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Free graphics for download.
http://www.all7.com/omg/dharma_savers.htm
Chinese and Japanese Art History Virtual Library Links
http://www.nyu.edu/gsas/dept/fin...html/chinese/links.html#Section6
Monique Mandali, M.A., is a transpersonal psychotherapist in private practice in Billings, Montana. Monique uses mandalas in her own work with clients and presents workshops and retreats that heal body, mind, and spirit.
http://www.mandali.com/
Information about the Tibetan Mandala.
http://www.jyh.dk/indengl.htm
Buddhist Studies - Art Resources
http://kaladarshan.arts.ohio-state.edu/anu/buddhart.html
A gallery of psychedelic sketches and diary pages of the early 70's by Hans Taeger. Quotes concerning the interrelations between psychedelics, Buddhism and meditation.
http://www.iol.ie/~taeger/psydicky/psydicky.html
Archive of Buddhist and Related Art. A Photographic Research and Teaching Archive at Ohio State University.
http://kaladarshan.arts.ohio-state.edu/
Stupas are Buddhist monuments traditionally containing relic(s) of the Buddha. This site covers their history, meaning, symbolism; and links to stupas both finished and under construction all around the world.
http://www.stupa.org.nz/
An effort to erect a 500 foot tall statue of Maitreya Buddha, at Bodhgaya, India.
http://www.maitreya-statue.org/
About the symbolism behind hand mudrus and mandalas, and the perfect proportions behind every Buddha figure.
http://www.buddhanet.net/gallery.htm
The Himalayan Art Project web page features over 1500 artworks from Tibet, Nepal, Bhutan, India, China and Mongolia.
http://www.himalayanart.org/choose.cfm
A selection of artworks, translations, and articles by this Seoul-based American Buddhist artist
http://www.bbbudart.com
Dunhuang was at the hub of cultural exchanges between China and the West along the "Silk Road". So, the cave art of Dunhuang possesses a special geographical and cultural significance. The cave art derived from the style and technique of Buddhist art of the Western Regions. Its main purpose was to exalt the noble examples of the life of Buddha and stories about his previous lives in accumulating philanthropic virtues.
site exerpt
Salient Features of Dunhuang Cave Art Grottoes are both a rare national treasure of China as well as a unique cultural heritage of all mankind. They stand out among the art treasures of the world by virtue of their colossal scale, the centuries-long span of history...Online gallery of Buddhist art.
http://www.asianart-gallery.de
hosted by BuddhaNet's online magazine - BuddhaZine.
http://www.buddhanet.net/mag_art.htm
Kosanji Temple was founded by the Buddhist priest Koso Kosanji in memory of his mother in 1936. Museum exhibits the history of the temple, as well as art collected by the priest.
http://www.kousanji.or.jp/english/index.html
Features over 1500 artworks from Tibet, Nepal, Bhutan, India, China and Mongolia. Art from leading private and museum collections, accompanied by scholarship, cataloging and interpretation.
http://www.himalayanart.org/
Explores the arts and Western culture from a Buddhist perspective providing insightful coverage of the arts
http://www.urthona.com
In early Buddhism the most popular symbol was of the Buddha's footprints. Scholar Dr. Waldemar C. Sailer presents studies about the history and significance of the Buddha footprints existing in 15 Asian countries.
http://www.buddhafootprint.com
Selections from the book "What Book: Buddha Poems from Beat to Hiphop," edited by Gary Gach, Parallax Press, 1998.
http://www.levity.com/interbeing/whatweb.html
Pictures and explanation of Kuan Yin.
http://www.geocities.com/isisdownunder1/index.html
Virtual tour of the "Exhibition of Buddhist Manuscripts and Block Prints" at the National Library of Austria.
http://www.lotossutra.at/english/start_e.htm
Small online gallery of Buddhist paintings, thangkas, statues, and icons.
http://www.geocities.com/directx_user/gallery/index.htm
World Heritage Stone Cave Hermitage, featuring Korean Buddhist Images, Deva and Boddhisattva images.
http://www.stone.biz/eng/seokguram/
Several dozen Buddha images for downloading.
http://www.flyvision.org/sbm/bia/
School of Thangka Painting in Nepal
http://www.bremen.de/info/nepal/