MetaFilter posts tagged with buddhism and Painting

The Ayahuasca Monologues

homunculus — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 14:24:14 -0800

homunculus — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 20:15:47 -0800

homunculus — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 21:20:20 -0800

Ancient Buddhist Paintings From Bamiyan Were Made Of Oil, Hundreds Of Years Before Technique Was 'Invented' In Europe. [Via Monkey Filter.] Previous posts on ancient Buddhist murals.

homunculus — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 13:16:20 -0800

India's Ancient Art. "Fifth-century painters created stunning murals in dim man-made caves. A gifted photographer brings them to light." Ajanta was also mentioned in this post.

homunculus — Sun, 13 May 2007 10:06:08 -0800

Paintings of Buddha dating back at least to the 12th century have been discovered in a cave in Nepal. Tipped by a local shepherd, a team of international researchers climbed to some old caves where they found a mural with 55 panels depicting the life of Buddha, reminiscent of the artwork of the Ajanta Caves in India (possibly NSFW). There are probably many other forgotten caves in the Mustang area (previously discussed here,) but they may be threatened by a planned trans-Himalayan highway.

homunculus — Sat, 27 Dec 2003 16:24:21 -0800

A restoration project has been underway since 1998 to restore the 15th-century Tibetan Buddhist monastery wall paintings of Lo Monthang, a city in the kingdom of Mustang in northwest Nepal. The results have been very impressive. Mustang is also home to some amazing cave temples.