McArthur, curator of East Asian Art at the Pacific Asia Museum in Pasadena, has set for herself no small task: to create a concise, accessible primer to the intricate world of Buddhist art. She ...
Anyone interested in the temple decorations of Korean temples will discover painted and sculpted fish all around the main halls _ on the pillars, brackets, ceiling and walls. It is also easy to find ...
Long before the Nazis, the swastika was everywhere — carved into temples, painted on pottery, used in Hindu, Buddhist, and ...
TATTOO parlours offer free swastika tattoos in a bid to "reclaim" the Nazi symbol as an ancient Buddhist and Hindu sign of peace. More than 120 tattoo parlours around the world offered the free ...
It’s all in the details: the Nepali Thangka paintings have vivid colours with red, orange, yellow, blue and green dominating, representing Buddhist symbols and images, capturing the cosmic world of ...