[Net-Gold] Art: Culture: Religion: Discovering Buddhist Art - Online Exhibit

[David P. Dillard]

Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2005 16:01:40 -0800 (PST)
From: Judith Decker <jdeck...@yahoo.com>
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Subject: [Net-Gold] Art: Culture: Religion: Discovering Buddhist Art -
online exhibit

Dear Net Gold Members,

The Seattle Art Museum has an excellent online
presentation for Buddhist Art:
Discovering Buddhist Art
http://www.seattleartmuseum.org/exhibit/interactives/buddhism/enter.asp

This was recommended in the Scout Report.

11. Discovering Buddhist Art [Macromedia Flash Player]
http://www.seattleartmuseum.org/exhibit/interactives/buddhism/enter.asp

Even if you can't get to the Seattle Art Museum (SAM)
to see Discovering Buddhist Art, you can learn a lot
about it from this Web interactive site
prepared to accompany the show. And the Web site
features a number of pieces from SAM's collections
that are not on display at the museum. Examine dozens
of Buddhas--busts, heads, carved into architectural
fragments, and standing figures, including Shakyamuni,
the founder of Buddhism, depicted with long earlobes,
hair in a topknot, and a bump on the forehead,
denoting wisdom. In addition to Buddhas, see
Boddhisattvas and colorful mandalas, and a video of
Tibetan monks making a sand mandala. There are also
sections on Otherworldly Beings, Buddhist Teachers,
Animals, Manuscripts, Ritual Objects, and
Containers. [DS]
Copyright Scout Report 2005

Homeschoolers, I can think of many hands-on project
ideas to go with this exhibit. Email me offlist if you
are interested.

Many thanks to Sean Grigsby for posting the Art Links.
I have shared many of the artists with the art ed
lists (crediting Sean).

Regards,

Judy Decker

Incredible Art Department
http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/
Incredible Art Resources
http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/lessons/middle/