• Wall paintings (murals)

• Paintings on the walls of temples

• Paintings in manuscripts (books)
Newar art is basically religious art. Newar have
learned the past and absorbed the
contemporary, now they are attempting to
unlearn the rules and formulae what they had
learned, and manner. Listening to oneself and
expressing in one’s own visual language is
perhaps one of the best ways of creating
art.devotional paubha painting, sculpture and
metal craftsmanship are world-renowned for
their exquisite beauty.[4] The earliest dated
paubha discovered so far is Vasudhara Mandala
which was painted in 1365 AD (Nepal Sambat
485).[5] The murals on the walls of two 15th-
century monasteries in the former kingdom of
Mustang in the Nepal Himalaya provide
illustrations of Newar works outside the
Kathmandu Valley.[6] Stone sculpture, wood
carving, repoussé art and metal statues of
Buddhist and Hindu deities made by the lost-
wax casting process[7] are specimens of Newar
artistry.[8] The Peacock Window of Bhaktapur
and Desay Madu Jhya of Kathmandu are known
for their wood carving.
Building elements like the carved Newar
window, roof struts on temples and the
tympanum of temples and shrine houses exhibit
traditional creativity. From as early as the
seventh century, visitors have noted the skill of
Newar artists and craftsmen who left their
influence on the art of Tibet and China.[9] Newars
introduced the lost-wax technique into Bhutan
and they were commissioned to paint murals on
the walls of monasteries there.[10][11]
Sandpainting of mandala made during festivals
and death rituals is another specialty of Newar
art.
Nepali art is as old as Nepali culture despite
the fact that we can only find the sculptures
of fourth century A.D., the point of time in
houses of Kathmandu valley despite the fact
that the earliest Nepali painting ever found is
the Prajnaparamita manuscript illumination.
Our culture is as old as our civilization, and
our art is a constituent part of our culture.
Our cultural rituals and festivals integrate a
number of arts as sculpture, music, painting,
performance and installation. At the then
time, art was not for art’s sake but for life. Art
had spiritual as well as pragmatic value. We
can find this trend, for instance, in Mithila art
even today.

performance and installation. At the then

time, art was not for art’s sake but for life. Art
had sp Newar art is basically religious art.
Newar have learned the past and absorbed
the contemporary, now they are attempting to
unlearn the rules and formulae what they had
learned, and hearing their own inner voice,
creating their own codes and putting their own
signature in subconscious manner. Listening
to oneself and expressing in one’s own visual
language is perhaps one of the best ways of
creating art.devotional paubha painting,
sculpture and metal craftsmanship are world-
renowned for their exquisite beauty.[4] iritual as
well as pragmatic value. We