BUDDHIST ART
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 |
Asian Arts - http://www.asianart.com/
Exhibition of Asian Arts. |
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. |
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. |
Contemporary and Computer Buddhist Art - http://www.buddhanet.net/mag_art.htm
hosted by BuddhaNet's online magazine - BuddhaZine. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
Isisdownunder's Kuan Yin Pictures and Information - http://www.geocities.com/isisdownunder1/index.html
Pictures and explanation of Kuan Yin. |
Urthona Magazine - http://www.urthona.com
Explores the arts and Western culture from a Buddhist perspective providing insightful coverage of the arts |
Mandala - http://www.jyh.dk/indengl.htm
Information about the Tibetan Mandala. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
Mahayana Art by Brian Barry - http://www.bbbudart.com
A selection of artworks, translations, and articles by this Seoul-based American Buddhist artist |
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. |
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. |
Asian Art Gallery - http://www.asianart-gallery.de
Online gallery of Buddhist art. |
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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. |
Asian Art Gallery - http://www.asianart-gallery.de
Online gallery of Buddhist art. |
Buddhism Gallery - http://www.geocities.com/directx_user/gallery/index.htm
Small online gallery of Buddhist paintings, thangkas, statues, and icons. |
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. |
Dharmapala Centre - http://www.bremen.de/info/nepal/
School of Thangka Painting in Nepal |
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. |
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