Knowledge: art
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See Also:
- society → religion and spirituality → arts
- society → religion and spirituality → arts → visual → sacred geometry and art
Links
- Asian Arts
http://www.asianart.com/ - Exhibition of Asian Arts.
- Chinese and Japanese Art links
http://www.nyu.edu/gsas/dept/fineart/html/chinese/links.html#Section6 - Chinese and Japanese Art History Virtual Library Links
- Everyone's Mandala Coloring Book
http://www.mandali.com/ - Monique Mandali, M.A., is a transpersonal psychotherapist in private practice in Billings, Montana. Monique uses mandalas in her own work with clients and presents workshops and retreats that heal body, mind, and spirit.
- Mandala
http://www.jyh.dk/indengl.htm - Information about the Tibetan Mandala.
- Psychedelic Art by Hans Taeger
http://www.iol.ie/~taeger/psydicky/psydicky.html - A gallery of psychedelic sketches and diary pages of the early 70's by Hans Taeger. Quotes concerning the interrelations between psychedelics, Buddhism and meditation.
- The Huntington Archive Home Page
http://kaladarshan.arts.ohio-state.edu/ - Archive of Buddhist and Related Art. A Photographic Research and Teaching Archive at Ohio State University.
- Stupas
http://www.stupa.org.nz/ - Stupas are Buddhist monuments traditionally containing relic(s) of the Buddha. This site covers their history, meaning, symbolism; and links to stupas both finished and under construction all around the world.
- Buddhist Art and Architecture
http://www.buddhanet.net/gallery.htm - About the symbolism behind hand mudrus and mandalas, and the perfect proportions behind every Buddha figure.
- Himalayan Art
http://www.himalayanart.org/choose.cfm - The Himalayan Art Project web page features over 1500 artworks from Tibet, Nepal, Bhutan, India, China and Mongolia.
- Mahayana Art by Brian Barry
http://www.bbbudart.com - A selection of artworks, translations, and articles by this Seoul-based American Buddhist artist
- Dunhuang Cave Art
http://www.ignca.nic.in/ks_19026.htm - Dunhuang was at the hub of cultural exchanges between China and the West along the "Silk Road". So, the cave art of Dunhuang possesses a special geographical and cultural significance. The cave art derived from the style and technique of Buddhist art of the Western Regions. Its main purpose was to exalt the noble examples of the life of Buddha and stories about his previous lives in accumulating philanthropic virtues.
- Asian Art Gallery
http://www.asianart-gallery.de - Online gallery of Buddhist art.
- Nezu Institute of Fine Arts
http://www.nezu-muse.or.jp/index_e.html - Includes paintings, calligraphy, sculpture, ceramics, textiles, metal, wood, and Buddhist art.
- Contemporary and Computer Buddhist Art
http://www.buddhanet.net/mag_art.htm - hosted by BuddhaNet's online magazine - BuddhaZine.
- The Maitreya Project
http://www.maitreyaproject.org/ - Building a 500 foot statue of Maitreya, the future Buddha at Kushinagar in eastern Uttar Pradesh India. A symbol of loving kindness for the world.
- Himalayan Art
http://www.himalayanart.org/ - Features over 1500 artworks from Tibet, Nepal, Bhutan, India, China and Mongolia. Art from leading private and museum collections, accompanied by scholarship, cataloging and interpretation.
- Urthona Magazine
http://www.urthona.com - Explores the arts and Western culture from a Buddhist perspective providing insightful coverage of the arts
- The World of the Buddha Footrprint
http://www.buddhafootprint.com - In early Buddhism the most popular symbol was of the Buddha's footprints. Scholar Dr. Waldemar C. Sailer presents studies about the history and significance of the Buddha footprints existing in 15 Asian countries.
- Dharmapala Centre
http://www.bremen.de/info/nepal/ - School of Thangka Painting in Nepal
- What Web! Online Mindful Poetry Zone
http://www.levity.com/interbeing/whatweb.html - Selections from the book "What Book: Buddha Poems from Beat to Hiphop," edited by Gary Gach, Parallax Press, 1998.
- Isisdownunder's Kuan Yin Pictures and Information
http://www.geocities.com/isisdownunder1/index.html - Pictures and explanation of Kuan Yin.
- Buddhist Manuscripts of the Great Silk Road
http://www.lotossutra.at/english/start_e.htm - Virtual tour of the "Exhibition of Buddhist Manuscripts and Block Prints" at the National Library of Austria.
- Buddhism Gallery
http://www.geocities.com/directx_user/gallery/index.htm - Small online gallery of Buddhist paintings, thangkas, statues, and icons.
- Korean Sokkuram
http://www.stone.biz/eng/seokguram/ - World Heritage Stone Cave Hermitage, featuring Korean Buddhist Images, Deva and Boddhisattva images.
- Buddha Image Archive
http://www.flyvision.org/sbm/bia/ - Several dozen Buddha images for downloading.
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