Laotian art

Laos
- the only landlocked country in Southeast Asia
- arts influenced by Theravada Buddhism and Hinduism
- ceramics, Buddhist sculptures and lao music

Lao Buddhist sculptures

Were created in a variety of material including:
 Gold, silver and most often bronze.
 Brick-and-mortar
Phya Vat

 Wood
Phra Keo (The Emerald Buddha)

- serves as the palladium of the Kingdom of Thailand, and resides at the Grand Palace
in Bangkok.
Phra Phutta Butsavarat

- also enshrined in its own chapel at the Grand Palace in Bangkok

Vat Manorom

Phra Bang

(kahit po mag kasama na lang sa isang slide tong vat manorom at phra bang)
Pak Ou Caves

- Near Pak Ou (mouth of the Ou river) the Tham Ting (lower cave) and the Tham
Theung (upper cave) are near Luang Prabang, Laos.
- magnificent group of caves that are only accessible by boat, about two hours upstream
from the center of Luang Prabang.
- noted for their impressive Buddhist and Lao style sculptures carved into the cave
walls, and hundreds of discarded Buddhist figures laid out over the floors and wall
shelves.

Tibetan art
Tibet
- located on the northern side of the Himalayas
- first and foremost a form of sacred art, reflecting the over-riding influence of Tibetan
Buddhism on these cultures.
- Stone carving, mural painting, and Thangka painting
- India and Nepal influence the art of Tibet

Sand Mandala
- is a Tibetan Buddhist tradition which symbolises the transitory nature of things. As part
of Buddhist canon, all things material are seen as transitory.

Mahayana Buddhism
- emphasized the role of bodhisattvas, compassionate beings who forgo their personal
escape to Nirvana in order to assist others.
Tibetan Buddhism
- offspring of Mahayana Buddhism, inherited this tradition
- contains Tantric Buddhism, also known as Vajrayana Buddhism for its common
symbolism of the vajra, the diamond thunderbolt
Vajrayana Buddhism
- developed in India and neighbouring countries, notably Tibet.
- varja means thunderbolt or diamond, yana means spiritual pursuit of the ultimately
valueable and indestructible.
Many Buddhists carve mantras into rocks as a form of devotion.
Tantric Buddhism

- wrathful deities, often depicted with angry faces, circles of flame, or with the skulls of
the dead.
Tibetan Painting
- Historians note that Chinese painting had a profound influence on Tibetan painting in
general.
- from the 14th and 15th century.
- According to Giuseppe Tucci, by the time of the Qing Dynasty, "a new Tibetan art was
then developed, which in a certain sense was a provincial echo of the Chinese 18th
century's smooth ornate preciosity.