If you meet the Buddha downtown, kill him!
August 17, 2006 12:12 PM Subscribe
Holy Madness! (Flash interface.) The Rubin Museum of Art in New York City has launched a website that allows you to pore over and compare Tibetan Buddhist artwork from their exhibits. Use the "Decode" feature to pick paintings apart and learn about their intricate components.
See also: their ambitious calendar of events.
See also: their ambitious calendar of events.
Almost FPPed this, but I'll be more modest as not to create two back-to-back Tibet posts:
posted by trinarian at 12:31 PM on August 17, 2006
"The reincarnation of the Panchen Lama has been regulated since the Qing dynasty, that is, since the 17th century."Der Spiegel interviews the Communist Party Chief of Tibet. [via Political Theory Daily Review]
posted by trinarian at 12:31 PM on August 17, 2006
Nice find. This is a terrific way to explore artwork.
posted by brain_drain at 12:31 PM on August 17, 2006
posted by brain_drain at 12:31 PM on August 17, 2006
Thanks trinarian! I added tags to include your material.
posted by hermitosis at 12:38 PM on August 17, 2006
posted by hermitosis at 12:38 PM on August 17, 2006
Wow. What a great tool...
posted by WinnipegDragon at 1:08 PM on August 17, 2006
posted by WinnipegDragon at 1:08 PM on August 17, 2006
Ajanta: A Journey Into the Religio-Aesthetic Kingdom of Buddhist Art
(Possibly NSFW.)
posted by homunculus at 3:31 PM on August 17, 2006
(Possibly NSFW.)
posted by homunculus at 3:31 PM on August 17, 2006
Imagine having this kind of information in your eye while you visit a museum, with some kind of augmented reality gadget. It could be quite cool.
posted by darkripper at 4:20 PM on August 17, 2006
posted by darkripper at 4:20 PM on August 17, 2006
Excellent links. I'll add this to my vacation travels around NYC next week. I've never been to this museum. Thanks!
posted by bim at 4:42 PM on August 17, 2006
posted by bim at 4:42 PM on August 17, 2006
...and thanks for the Der Speigel interview too, trinarian. Mr. Zhang sounded like an automaton.
posted by bim at 4:52 PM on August 17, 2006
posted by bim at 4:52 PM on August 17, 2006
I wish people would just stop making stuff that requires Flash 8 until there's a plugin for it for Linux.
posted by Joakim Ziegler at 5:01 PM on August 17, 2006
posted by Joakim Ziegler at 5:01 PM on August 17, 2006
This museum is in the former home of Barneys — talk about your karmic chameleon!
posted by rob511 at 9:29 PM on August 17, 2006
posted by rob511 at 9:29 PM on August 17, 2006
Brilliant site. Thanks hermitosis. Can't believe it's in the old Barney's building, which is huge. They must be expecting a lot of visitors.
The amazing Himalayan Art Resource has the Rubin museum's images online too.
And as an additional link, photos of a Tibetan "sky burial" taken from wonderful plep's previous post about Tibetan art.
posted by nickyskye at 1:25 AM on August 18, 2006 [1 favorite]
The amazing Himalayan Art Resource has the Rubin museum's images online too.
And as an additional link, photos of a Tibetan "sky burial" taken from wonderful plep's previous post about Tibetan art.
posted by nickyskye at 1:25 AM on August 18, 2006 [1 favorite]
Tibetan Wi-Fi Website Attacked
In Dharmsala, they'll probably get a cyber Mahakala as a firewall.
posted by nickyskye at 1:30 PM on August 18, 2006
In Dharmsala, they'll probably get a cyber Mahakala as a firewall.
posted by nickyskye at 1:30 PM on August 18, 2006
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