"Our first encounter with these Tibetan medical paintings is filled
with delight, wonder, and pleasure. Their boisterous colors, their
exquisite detail, their marvelous array of subject matter, the
often playful and energetic figures that people them - all these
perceptions strike us at once. We are drawn to the paintings
instantly but at the same time are beset with questions." - Janet
Gyatso, from the Introduction The first full set of Tibetan medical
paintings, or medical tangkas, were painted between 1687 and 1703
and were inspired by Sangye Gyatso, Regent of the Fifth Dalai Lama,
who was a great patron of medical learning. In a beautiful and
unique artistic style, the paintings illustrate Tibetan medical
knowledge that drew on medical traditions from India, ancient
Greece, Persia, pre-Buddhist Tibet, and China, while remaining
firmly rooted in Buddhism. Copies of the iconic images have been
created in meticulous detail through the centuries and Body and
Spirit focuses on a set of contemporary paintings in the
traditional technique by the Nepalese artist Romio Shrestha and his
assistants in Kathmandu. The tangkas illuminate human anatomy and
the causes and effects of illness, as well as their diagnosis and
treatment. Most of the paintings consist of rows of small human
figures, animals, plants, minerals, houses, landscapes, and demons
and deities, depicting the rich complexity of human endeavor:
farming, animal husbandry, personal hygiene, marriage, sex,
birthing, fighting, sleeping, studying, and meditating. The
thousands of small and large images were designed to add visual
form to the technical information: an eye-pleasing teaching aid for
medical students.
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