In the mid 1920s Prince Damrong Rajanubhab and George Coedès jointly formulated the stylistic classification of Thailand's antiquities that was employed to reorganize the collection of the Bangkok ...

Few periods in Japanese history are more fascinating than the seventh century. This was the period when Buddhism experienced its initial flowering in the country and the time when Asukadera, Kudara ...

Introduction: Art museums -- Attraction and aversion to Buddhist icons -- The Buddhist image as sacred story -- The expressive detail: Buddhist symbolism and iconography -- Fully enlightened Buddhas - ...

Why have Buddhists been so much tempted to make and worship images? What did they, or do we, see in Buddha images? What are the images meant to tell us in their visual forms? Since its inception ...

For the Xiang-Dong Buddhist Art Museum, Jiakun Architects crafted a new home for an important collection of Buddhist icons inside the envelope of an old factory. In doing so, the firm juxtaposed the ...

As Japan gears up to host the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and caters to a surging influx of foreign visitors, the country faces a cultural dilemma: Should it stop identifying Buddhist temples on maps with the ...

In contrast to India’s conquest of Buddhism’s multimillion-dollar tourism market and brand as the land of Lord Buddha, Pakistan’s participation in its Buddhist tradition has received significantly ...

Ancient sculptures, including remnants of Shaiva and Buddhist deities, have been found along the banks of the Baitarani River in Odisha’s Bhadrak district, researchers said. The sculptures were found ...

What was the importance of landscape painting in traditional Korean art and culture? How did landscape painting develop in Korea? What are the distinctive characteristics of Korean landscape painting?

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Hello, I'm Rachael Kohn and this is The Ark on ABC Radio National. The answer may not be entirely clear ...