Last Friday I went to the Rubin Museum of Art to see Himalayan art. I saw a variety of Himalayan art including textiles, sculptures, paintings, ritual objects and prints. All of these objects spanned from the 2nd to the 21st century. My favorite part by far were the textiles, because they used very vivid colors such as a variety of blues and greens. Most of these art pieces were of a religious nature.
Interestingly, the origin of many of these textiles could be discerned by the particular religious portrayal in the textile itself given that most of the different countries in the Himalayas have different religions, like Hinduism or Buddhism. [click to continue….]
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