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- Title
CZECHOSLOVA K COLLECTORS IN MONGOLIA AND VOTIVE PAINTINGS OF GREEN TARA IN THE NÁPRSTEK MUSEUM.
- Authors
Heroldová, Helena
- Abstract
The goddess Tārā, the motherly helper and protector, belongs among the most popular deities in the countries under the influence of Tibetan Buddhism, including Mongolia. Portrayed in sculpture, print and painting, her iconography is established for centuries. She is depicted as a beautiful woman with the green body sitting on a lotus throne, her hands in gestures of protection. Her main attribute is a blue or a pink lotus in her hand. The selection of small votive paintings of the Green Tārā found in the Collection of Tibetan and Mongolian art in the Náprstek Museum were collected by the Czechoslovak COMECON experts working in Mongolia in the 1960s the 1970s. Although relatively contemporary, the paintings represent the changes in her iconography and material processing, as well as the paintings' function in the society undergoing social and religious changes, as Mongolia did during the 20th century.
- Subjects
PRAGUE (Czech Republic); TARA (Goddess); VOTIVE images (Art); MONGOLIAN art; COUNCIL for Mutual Economic Assistance; TRAVELERS; BUDDHISM
- Publication
Annals of the Náprstek Muzeum, 2014, Vol 35, Issue 2, p81
- ISSN
0231-844X
- Publication type
Article