N E P A L - P A I N T I N G
Nepalese painting shows the influence of both India and Tibet. The earliest Nepalese painting dates from around the 12th-13th Century CE, and is influenced by Indian art. Early Tibetan thangkas were influenced by Nepalese painting, and changed later with the adoption of Chinese painting models, which included landscape for the background.
The early Nepalese thangka, known as paubhas, are characterized by a two dimensional style of architectural facades, and may have a dominance of red because red is the color of religion in both India and Nepal. Unlike Tibet, which adopted Chinese landscape style for the backgrounds, Nepalese paubhas have remained largely unchanged from their original Indian style.
