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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 317469, member: 2844"]We will never know, and with thangkas that is not relevant.</p><p>A thangka artist has to work within the limits of very strict conventions, which means many thangkas of a certain type look similar. There are differences in regional styles, but hardly any from one artist to another in the same region.</p><p>Buddhism is not about individualism and expressing ego, and if an artist's work was recognizably his, he would probably be very embarassed because he had not stuck to the rules.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 317469, member: 2844"]We will never know, and with thangkas that is not relevant. A thangka artist has to work within the limits of very strict conventions, which means many thangkas of a certain type look similar. There are differences in regional styles, but hardly any from one artist to another in the same region. Buddhism is not about individualism and expressing ego, and if an artist's work was recognizably his, he would probably be very embarassed because he had not stuck to the rules.[/QUOTE]
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