Buddhist Art Art

Buddhist art is a spiritual art style that includes paintings, sculptures, and sacred objects representing Buddhist teachings and beliefs. Buddhist artworks often depict the Buddha, bodhisattvas, and symbolic elements, combining religious meaning with regional artistic traditions across Asia.

Bronze sculpture of Maitreya making the abhaya mudra by Unknown Artist

The bodhisattva Maitreya

Unknown Artist

The Bodhisattva Kannon, gold sculpture by unknown artist

The Bodhisattva Kannon, from the triptych Approach of the Amida Trinity

Unknown Artist

Buddha Amida sculpture in gold by a Japanese artist

The Buddha Amida, from the triptych Approach of the Amida Trinity

Japanese

Head of a Buddha stone sculpture by an unknown artist

Head of a Buddha

Unknown Artist

Thangka of Green Tara, 18th century, by Tibet, depicting compassion and surrounded by deities.

Painted Banner (Thangka) of Green Tara Surrounded by Twenty Manifestations

Tibet

Welcoming Descent of Amitâbha Buddha, gold medium, unknown artist

Welcoming Descent of Amitâbha Buddha (Amida Nyorai) flanked by the Bodhisattvas Avalokiteshvara (Kannon Bosatsu) and Mahâsthâmaprâpta (Seishi Bosatsu); Amida sanzon raigō zu

Unknown Artist

Thangka of two lamas in debate, ink on silk by Tibet Central Tibet

Painted Banner (Thangka) of Lineage Painting of Two Lamas in Debate

Tibet Central Tibet

Gold work depicting Buddhist themes by Monk Musashi Hōgen

Illustrated History of the Yūzū nenbutsu Sect (Yūzū nenbutsu engi), Vol. II

Monk Musashi Hōgen

Jizo Bodhisattva, silk, Unknown Artist, young monk on a cloud with devotees

Jizo Bodhisattva

Unknown Artist

Altar Table with Mandala of Amitayus, wood, Tibet

Altar Table with Mandala of Amitayus, the Buddha of Infinite Life

Tibet

Thangka of Hevajra, ink on silk, by Tibet Central Tibet

Painted Banner (Thangka) of Skull-Cup Bearing (Kapâladhara) Hevajra

Tibet Central Tibet

Bodhisattva of Benevolence on silk, Unknown Artist

Puxian, the Bodhisattva of Benevolence

Unknown Artist

Thangka depicting the Medicine Buddha, gold medium, Central Tibet, 14th century

Painted Banner (Thangka) with the Medicine Buddha (Bhaishajyaguru)

Central Tibet

Avalokiteshvara bronze statue by Unknown Artist with Buddha Amitabha in the hairstyle.

Avalokiteshvara

Unknown Artist

Stone sculpture of Maitreya by Unknown Artist

The bodhisattva Maitreya

Unknown Artist

Wood sculpture of Guanyin meditating on a rock, unknown artist

Guanyin

Unknown Artist

Head of a four-faced deity, stone sculpture by unknown artist

Head of a deity with four faces

Unknown Artist

Bodhisattva Seishi, gold medium, unknown artist, flowing robes and spiritual essence

The Bodhisattva Seishi, from the triptych Approach of the Amida Trinity

Unknown Artist

Painted Banner of Avalokiteshvara, textile by Nepal

Painted Banner (Thangka) of the Avalokiteshvara Incarnation of the Rain God Rato Matsyendranatha

Nepal

Bronze sculpture of Padmapani emerging from a lotus, unknown artist

Padmapani

Unknown Artist

Painted Banner (Thangka) depicting Sixteen Arhats, ink on silk, Tibet

Painted Banner (Thangka) from a Set of Seven Portraying the Sixteen Arhats (Elders), Early Disciples of the Historical Buddha Shakyamuni

Tibet

Buddha preaching the sutra, gold medium, Unknown Artist

The Buddha Preaching the “Perfection of Wisdom” (Prajnaparamita) Sutra

Unknown Artist

Shaka Nyorai gold sculpture with Monju and Fugen by unknown artist

Shaka Nyorai (Shakyamuni Buddha) with the Bodhisattvas Monju Bosatsu (Mañjusrî) and Fugen Bosatsu (Samantabhadra); Shakyamuni Triad (Shaka sanzon zō)

Unknown Artist

Seated Bodhisattva, mid-12th century, paper medium by Takuma Tametō

Seated Bodhisattva (Kongoho Bosatsu), from a notebook depicting the Diamond World Mandala (Kongōkai Mandara)

Takuma Tametō

Wood sculpture of The Buddha Amida by unknown artist

The Buddha Amida

Unknown Artist

Gold manuscript page with ancient calligraphy by Western Tibet Guge

Page from the Perfection of Wisdom Sutra (Astasahasrika Prajnaparamitasutra)

Western Tibet Guge

Thangka of Bodhisattva Maitreya in gold by Tibet Southern Tibet

Painted Banner (Thangka) of Bodhisattva Maitreya Surrounded by his Retinue

Tibet Southern Tibet

Figure of Guanyin seated on a lotus flower, Buddhist Art, unknown artist

Figure of Guanyin seated on a lotus flower against a rocky wall

Unknown Artist

Jingoji Sutra and Wrapper, bronze by unknown artist, featuring intricate script and delicate lines

Jingoji Sutra and Wrapper

Unknown Artist

Thangka of Amitayus Buddha in ink on silk by Tibet

Painted Banner (Thangka) of Amitayus Buddha Surrounded by One Hundred Buddhas

Tibet