New Lotus#103 (2012-05-07)
Protecting Buddhist Culture: The Buddhist Art Forum 2012
What was striking about this conference was that it was particularly comprehensive in its thematic approach. It is an extremely rare opportunity to listen to papers about the ritual function of Central Asian cave art, and then to enjoy a visually stunning presentation about Buddhist pilgrimage in the Eastern Himalayas. Some talks were about the specifications of a single piece of artwork, such as John Clarke and Diana Heath’s presentation of a sculpture of Virupa and its place in the corpus of Yongle Bronzes. Others dealt with the digitization of Buddhist texts, which is a topic close to Susan Whitfield’s heart in her talk about the International Dunhuang Project she directs. Digitization of the canon and documentation of temples, monasteries, and sites is the going to be the future of protecting and preserving the Buddhist heritage.
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Source : Wildmind (2012/05/16)
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