The winner of the eighth biennial competition of the Shimada Prize for an outstanding publication on the history of East Asian art will be presented to Patricia Berger, Thursday, Dec. 11, 7 p.m., at ...

Discover India's oldest monument. Commissioned by Emperor Ashoka, it is a key site for early Buddhist stone architecture and ...

The majority of people appreciate Buddhist sculptures for their beauty of form and serenity of spirit. However, there are several underlying questions to be asked about the sculptures presented in the ...

This book is designed to equip the cultural tourist and art student with the means to interpret each painting, building, or artifact in terms of the iconography and symbolism of the Buddhist religion.

An ancient Buddha statue from the early Goryeo dynasty was recently discovered at an archaeological site in North Korea. The Goryeo study saw the flourishing of Buddhist art and architecture funded by ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art sits quietly at 338 Lighthouse Ave., on Lighthouse Hill, at the edge of the Greenbelt Park. Identified by its protective fieldstone ...

Trian Nguyen is an Associate Professor of Art and Visual Culture and the Luce Junior Professor of Asian Studies. He came to Bates in 2000 under the auspices of a grant from the Luce Foundation, and is ...

When, at dusk on a fall day in 1933, Liang Sicheng, China’s pre-eminent architectural historian, first laid eyes on the Wooden Pagoda of Ying County, he was in awe. “When we were still some five miles ...