Sentences with phrase «buddhist art»

I was looking at a lot of Buddhist art, Silk Route painting and court figure painting, which is very different from the tradition of ink painting.

Since then, the museum's exhibitions have featured works of art from outside the private collection, and they have included examples of Buddhist Art, minimalist art, Old Masters, and many more.

Nelson - Atkins Museum Major Lender in Pan-Asian Buddhist Art Exhibition at Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts

Classical Indian Painting From Ajanta to late classical Buddhist art (up to 1150 CE).

A historian of South Asian and Himalayan art, with secondary areas of interest relating to issues of gender and identity in South Asian contemporary art and film, her interests are in the early modern period focus on the ritual and ideological functions of Buddhist art in South Asia, including theories of ritual performance and politics of identity.

Is she trying to release primal forces of nature or just having a lot of fun via bizarre forms reminiscent of early Buddhist art and inflatable toys of Munch's Scream?

Seeking another way of making images, Gaines found inspiration in Tantric Buddhist art.

Her exhibitions and accompanying catalogues cover a wide range of interests including Rembrandt's prints, botanical illustrations, Indian and Buddhist art, and contemporary German drawings.

Duke University Associate Professor Stanley Abe has published on Chinese Buddhist art, contemporary Chinese art, Asian American art, Abstract Expressionism, and the construction of art historical knowledge.

LOS ANGELES «Cave Temples of Dunhuang: Buddhist Art on China's Silk Road.»

«What I find compelling is to contemplate what those caves must have meant to people coming out of the desert — to walk into one of those caves to see the glory of Buddhist art,» says Neville Agnew, principal project specialist at the Getty Conservation Institute.

This expanse of 492 grottoes carved into the sandstone face of a nine - story - high cliff holds an unrivaled collection of Buddhist art, with more than 484,000 square feet of murals and 2,400 sculptures.

A visit to the Mogaoku earlier this year left no doubt as to the historic significance of the Buddhist art there.

In April, the China Institute in New York launched a yearlong celebration, starting with «Dunhuang: Buddhist Art at the Gateway of the Silk Road,» with a re-creation of one of the caves and a selection of artifacts from the site, followed on the 14th of this month by «Inspired by Dunhuang: Re-Creation in Contemporary Chinese Art» (through June 8).

Ariana Maki holds a Ph.D. in Art History with a focus on Buddhist Art and specializations in Himalayan and South Asian art, as well as a minor concentration in Islamic art and architecture.

GLENN LONEY»S JANUARY, 2015 RAMBLES At The Asia Society: TAKAHIRO IWASKAI: In Focus, BUDDHIST ART OF MYANMAR, At The Brooklyn Museum of Art: KEHIND WILEY: A New Republic, At The CUNY Grad Center's James Gallery: SPECTERS OF COMMUNISM: Contemporary Russian Art, At The Frick Collection: COYPEL»S DON QUIXOTE TAPESTRIES: Illustrating a Spanish Novel in Eighteenth Century France, At The Galerie St Etienne: ALTERNATE HISTORIES: Celebrating the 75th Anniversary of the Galerie St Etienne, At The Grolier Club: ALDUS MANUTIUS: A Legacy More Lasting Than Bronze, LITERATURE OF THE LIBERATION: The French Experience in Print — 1944 46, At LCLPA — The Lincoln Center Library for The Performing Arts» Vincent Astor Gallery: BROADWAY REVEALED: Behind the Theatre Curtain, At MMA — The Metropolitan Museum of Art: CAPTAIN LINNAEUS TRIPE: Photographer of India & Burma — 1832 1860, At The MLM — The Morgan Library & Museum: The World Monuments Fund 2015 Paul Mellon Lecture, RENAISSANCE & BAROQUE ROME: The Art of Urban Form, LINCOLN SPEAKS: Words That Transformed a Nation, PIRANESI & THE TEMPLES OF PAESTUM: Drawings from Sir John Soane's Museum, HEBREW ILLUMINATION FOR OUR TIME: The Art of Barbara Wolff, EMBRACING MODERNISM: Ten Years of Drawing Acquisitions, At MCNY — The Museum of the City of New York: EVERYTHING IS DESIGN: The Work of Paul Rand, SAVING PLACE: 50 Years of New York City Landmarks, At The Park Avenue Armory: WAS — The Annual Winter Antiques Show: A Benefit for the East Side House Settlement.

She will also share findings of her new research on Charles L. Freer, the founder of the Smithsonian's Freer Gallery of Art, exploring his collection of Chinese Buddhist art.

Bonhams Images of Devotion Sale in Hong Kong makes $ 9m: The standing 11th century Crowned Kurkihar Buddha, a canonical image in Buddhist art, from Collection FKH, USA, reached the highest auction price at HK$ 21,900,000 (US$ 2,329,600) The sale made more than HK$ 72,235,000 (US$ 9,102,080).

Sebastian Izzard Asian Art (New York) and London Gallery (Tokyo), specialists in Japanese and Buddhist art respectively, will combine their collections for a presentation spanning a thousand years of Japanese history in a variety of mediums, including medieval ceramics and Negoro lacquerware.

Secrets of Buddhist Art: Tibet, Japan, and Korea / through May 7 * Claire Morgan: Stop Me Feeling / through May 7 Irving Penn: Beyond Beauty / through May 29 Frist Center for the Visual Arts

Your influences come from very different scenarios Buddhist art, pure mathematics, Futurism, and Action Painting, could you tell me more about these interests and in which way they touch your poetic?

Journey To Dunhuang: Buddhist Art Of The Silk Road Caves at the Asian Art Museum closes June 12 Release June 3, 2016

Journey To Dunhuang: Buddhist Art Of The Silk Road Caves Opens At Asian Art Museum Mar 5 Release February 25, 2016

She took up meditation, and Buddhist art became an important influence on her work.

A fine example of Buddhist art and architecture, most of the rock cuttings depict the life of Gautama Buddha and of his previous incarnations.

In the same article, the reporter noted «an odd coincidence,» namely that «Bibi Chen had organized the Burma Road trip, in which eleven people went on a journey to view Buddhist art and disappeared.»

This would allow us to trace the marvelous influence of various religious cultures on Buddhist art over a thousand years and a thousand miles — a fabulous journey into the past.

The spread of Buddhism in Asia can be traced through looking at Buddhist art.

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These differences will help you realize how Buddhist art reflects local values as it spread.

For decades, the Amaravati sculptures, a stupendous collection of early Buddhist art considered one of the greatest treasures in the British Museum, have

For decades, the Amaravati sculptures, a stupendous collection of early Buddhist art considered one of the greatest treasures in the British Museum, have is a Nudist Dating Site for Nudists / Naturists.

Indonesia is buddhist art and advice.

I have fond memories of shopping there with my mother, listening to the colourful Sri Lankan music they played, and enjoying the Buddhist art on the walls.

Here by the third century the Hellenism which came in the wake of Alexander, while, as Buddhist art testifies, still potent, was a waning force.

As a supplement to the reading of the stories of the life of the Buddha, and an aid to understanding the role of the Buddha in Buddhism, Anil De Silva - Vigier's The Life of the Buddha Retold from Ancient Sources serves a unique function for it tells the life of the Buddha with illustrations of Buddhist art.

Certainly Buddhism is not understood until there is some appreciation for Buddhist art.

(CNN)- A statue resembling the goddess Athena and jewelry bearing images from Greco - Roman mythology may not be objects you'd expect to see in a museum exhibit of Buddhist art from Pakistan.

During 1973 — 76 he studied Taoist and Ch «an Buddhist Arts, including T'ai Chi Ch «uan, with Dr. Liu Hsiu Chi.

Not exact matches

The isolated kingdom of Bhutan has opened its doors to a team of art experts in order to preserve its Buddhist history.

Their presence among carvings of Buddha and Indian deities is meant to serve as a reminder of Pakistan's oft - forgotten multicultural roots, which form the basis of a new exhibit, «The Buddhist Heritage of Pakistan: Art of Gandhara.»

That and the bit where Jesus stays at a Buddhist temple and studies martial arts — but being The Son of God, he can not wield and weapons or practice offensive moves.

The Buddhist monk and author of The Art of Meditation explains how meditation improves mind and body alike, and how altruism could transform economics.

Duncan sensei integrated experience in the global fields of Astanga Vinyasa yoga, Buddhist martial arts, Zen meditation and Thai bodywork spans four decades.

10 years advanced Kuk Sool Won ™ Korean Buddhist martial arts training and competitive combat as taught by Sun Im Kwahn Jang Nym, S. J. Suh at the San Francisco studio headquarters.

With unprecedented access, WALK WITH ME goes deep inside a Zen Buddhist community who have given up all their possessions and signed up to a life of chastity for one common purpose - to transform their suffering, and practice the art of mindfulness with the world - famous teacher Thich Nhat Hanh.

Other films from Cannes making their US debut at Telluride include the Russian «Loveless,» directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev, about an unhappy couple searching for their son, and winner of Cannes» Jury Prize; «A Man of Integrity,» by Mohammad Rasoulof, set in corrupt Iranian society, which won the Grand Prize of the Un Certain Regard section; «The Rider,» by Chloe Zhao, about a badly injured young South Dakotan rodeo rider, which won the top prize, the Art Cinema Award, of the Director's Fortnight; «Tesnota (Closeness),» about a Jewish family forced to try to ransom their son and his new bride, also in Un Certain Regard, by Kantemir Balagov; and Barbet Schroeder's documentary about a Buddhist monk, «Le venerable W.»

A fast - paced 1978 film filled with gravity - defying action, Buddhist philosophy, politics and comedic goofiness, the plot followed San Te, the leader of a group of students rebelling against the oppressive Manchu government, and his martial - arts training at the Shaolin Temple.

The major subjects were logic, Tibetan art and culture, Sanskrit, medicine, and Buddhist philosophy which was further divided into five categories: Prajnaparimita, the perfection of wisdom; Madhyamika, the philosophy of the middle Way; Vinaya, the canon of monastic discipline; Abidharma, metaphysics; and Pramana, logic and epistemology.

The links between the martial arts and Buddhist techniques to calm and focus the mind fascinated her.