Tibet+-+Industrial+and+Artistic+Technology

   __**Religious Art **__   __**Wooden Block Prints **__   __**Metal Work **__       **Works Cited:** "East Asian arts." Encyclopædia Britannica. 2009. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. 02 May. 2009 < [] >. "Tibet (Xizang)." Encyclopedia Americana. 2009. Grolier Online. 2 May 2009 < [|__http://ea.grolier.com/cgi-bin/article?assetid=0386030-03__] >. "Buddhism." Encyclopædia Britannica. 2009. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. 02 May. 2009 < [] >. "printmaking." Encyclopædia Britannica. 2009. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. 02 May. 2009 < [|__http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/477079/printmaking__] >.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Tibet is most well known for the religious scroll paintings, metal images, and wooden block prints that were made.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Three categories of images representing different emotions, different materials used to make each one.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Distinct arrangement of divine religious figures
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">mostly symmetrical
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Buddhism religious scroll paintings a common practice in Northern Tibet
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Brushes used scarcely.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Scrolls composed of cotton usually.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Secured with metal border.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Scrolls stretched over wooden blocks.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Filled in with colours, derived from minerals, mixed with Lime and gluten.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Backgrounds filled in with gold.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">From southern forested regions.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">template for carving used.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Wood smoothed with stones.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Fine details outlined with small, sharp blade.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Chinese influence noticeable in reversed design.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Indians helped introduce application of wooden block prints into text.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Metal works not made for luxury, opposite to Chinese customs.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Metal produced for function as well.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Engraving risked tearing the metal.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Metal were expensive, they used bronze, silver, and gold.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Tracing was used: bowl would be placed on wooden block, chisel used to make pattern.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Early mirrors made: metal washed many times, polished against wooden block, with treated animal shell.