Tag: Buddhist
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Exploring Buddhist Art at the Rubin Museum of Art
The Rubin Museum of Art in New York City is all about Himalayan art – works with religion and symbolism very different from what most of us are used to.
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Gargoyles and Grotesques of Borobudur Temple, Java
Borobudur Temple is a massive Buddhist temple in Java, Indonesia. Built in the ninth century, Borobudur has a complex, tiered design and is richly decorated with hundreds of Buddha statues and thousands of relief-carved scenes depicting important Buddhist stories. It also has stupas and other sculpted imagery including gargoyles. Finding gargoyles, particularly functional gargoyles as these seem to be (rather than purely-decorative grotesques),…
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A Strange Connection
I’ve always seen parallels between Indian or Southeast Asian and ancient Egyptian statuary. The styles, poses, clothing, and modes of representation all seem very similar to me, yet no one has ever been able to give me a satisfactory explanation as to why. When I was at the Met last week, I saw the Lost Kingdoms:…