Mandala
SEE THINK WONDER
What do you see in the picture? What do you think is happening and what was the artist trying to tell you with this picture? What does this picture make you wonder about?
Chenrezig sand mandala created at the House of Commons of the United Kingdom on the occasion of the Dalai Lama's visit in May 2008
What is a Mandala
A Mandala is the Sanskrit word for circle. A mandala is a work of art that has origins in that are spiritual in nature.
Mandalas typically have radial symmetry; designs that create symmetry from a central access. A variety of themes and colors can be used to create a mandala ingive it furthur meaning.
A mandala (Sanskrit: मण्डल, romanized: maṇḍala, lit. 'circle', [ˈmɐɳɖɐlɐ]) is a geometric configuration of symbols. In various spiritual traditions, mandalas may be employed for focusing attention of practitioners and adepts, as a spiritual guidance tool, for establishing a sacred spaceand as an aid to meditation and trance induction https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandala
Assignment
Make your own mandala
Fold a paper to make a square. Then fold it in half corner to corner and side to side to create 8 raidi coming from the center point.
Begin drawing each shape on one of the raidi. Repeating the shape all the way around the square to create a symmetrical design.
Painted 17th-century Tibetan 'Five Deity Mandala', in the centre is Rakta Yamari (the Red Enemy of Death) embracing his consort Vajra Vetali, in the corners are the Red, Green, White and Yellow Yamaris, Rubin Museum of Art
A diagramic drawing of the Sri Yantra, showing the outside square, with four T-shaped gates, and the central circle
The Sun Stone of the Aztec civilization is now thought to be a ceremonial representation of the entire universe as seen by the Aztec religious class,
The round window at the site of the Marsh Chapel Experiment supervised by Walter Pahnke
In islamic art: The Seal of God; a mystic heptagram symbol composed by Dee
Tibetan Monks make a sand mandala
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more Ways to make your own mandala
Painted background with black printed
Drawn with marker and colored with colored pencil
Drawing with black glue and colored with paint
Vocabulary
mandala
radial symmetry
geometric form
organic form
repetition
pattern
meditation
spirtitual
impermanent
Pop culture has also appropriated the mandala.This madala is Designed and Sold by hybridgothica. It is based on Avatar: The Last Airbender, a tv show that relies heavily on Asian culture, spirituality, and martial arts in their worldbuilding and and storytelling