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Abstract
The article presents the main stages of the Buddhist art of Tibet, the formation of the Buddhist pantheon, its specificity and the influence from the earliest cults, Tantrism, Hinduism. It describes iconological hierarchy of Buddhist images and basic forms of art – the thangka, fresco, sculpture.
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