How a process of scanning, rendering, and reconstructing a mysterious temple location in Pakistan provides a model for all heritage and Buddhist sites
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Techniques of the Masters: How to Carve Japanese Buddhist Statuary
Exploring the techniques of Japanese Buddhist sculpture
Reinventing the Wheel: Karma Pakshi and the reincarnated Karmapas
Charles Manson’s talk on the seminal founding figure of the Karmapa lineage of religious leaders
Baltic Gold: Amber Intersections of Faith and Beauty
The Indra and Harry Banga Gallery’s “Amber: Baltic Gold” is a unique exhibit of amber’s journey of 3000+ years across Europe and China
Lives of the Busshi: Japanese Sculpture Under the Kamakura
How master sculptors Unkei and Kaikei propelled the Kei school to new heights with a great project at Todai-ji Temple
The Bhamala Buddhist Complex: Buddhist Pakistan’s Treasure Trove, Part One
Discovering the antiquities, architecture, and art of the ancient Bhamala Buddhist Complex in Pakistan
Of Artisans and Aristos: Butsuzo Flourishing in Japan
How the fortunes of Buddhist sculpting schools and artistic tastes rose and fell with the noble houses and shogunates of Japan
Jocho: The maestro that started Japanese Buddhist Sculpture
“Carving the Divine” charts the art of Japanese Buddhist sculpture, which traces its art and aesthetics to a sculpting titan called Jocho
In Review: “The Taming of the Demons,” Charles B. Jones’ “Pure Land”
Here are some books I’m reviewing or have recently reviewed.
A Mausoleum of Marvels: Murals of the High Tang in Hong Kong
There is a certain poetry in unearthing the vast world of an entire era of Chinese society, culture, politics, and power by using digitization technology on the murals of dead princes and nobles. The exhibit, “A Glimpse of Tang Prosperity from Murals—The Exhibition Tour on Murals of the Tang Dynasty,” features what I would call […]