Drawing on the National Museum of Asian Art's collections and collecions from across the Smithsonian, artworks spanning two millennia reveal Asia's rich Buddhist heritage. They represent diverse ...
In fact, the art played a crucial role in the development of the Buddhist religion. Although the Buddha, Prince Siddhartha, lived in the region of Northern India bordering Nepal, his influence on ...
There was more flaying than I expected, though not necessarily more than I wanted, at “Mandalas: Mapping the Buddhist Art of Tibet.” Any visitors going to the Met’s exhibition in search of ...
NARA—The Nara National Museum has unveiled the details of its first full-scale exhibition devoted to national treasures, which will bring together Japan’s finest works of Buddhist art next ...
For example, the art of the Silk Road includes the devotional art of Buddhism and Islam, the ideas behind certain styles of art such as narrative murals, and the technology to produce various works of ...
A centuries-old Buddhist model of the universe has new meaning for the shortest of days and longest of worries. By Holland Cotter The Metropolitan Museum of Art is, in these darkest days of ...
Visitors will be transported hundreds of years into the past as they walk through a new exhibit at the Minneapolis Institute of Art (MIA). On Saturday, MIA will unveil the Tibetan Buddhist shrine ...
“Digital Dunhuang – Tales of Heaven and Earth”, which runs until October 22, showcases the Buddhist artwork found in the Mogao caves of Dunhuang, in the mainland’s north-western Gansu provinc ...