enow.com Web Search

Search results

1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network

2. Buddha in art - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddha_in_art

   Dhyana Buddha Mudra – Amitabha Buddha: This mudra has the left hand resting on the lap with the palm facing upwards, the right hand on the top of the left one (also with its palm facing upwards), and the two thumbs touching each other. Sometimes a bowl is placed above his palms.

3. Gilt-bronze Maitreya in Meditation (National Treasure No. 83)

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilt-bronze_Maitreya_in...

   The statue is seated on a round pedestal and posed with its right leg crossed over its left knee while the figure's right hand is touching its cheek and the left hand rests on the crossed leg. This contemplative pose was a popular subject of Buddhist art and the archetype spread from India to China and Korea and then to Japan.

4. Buddhas and bodhisattvas in art - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhas_and_bodhisattvas...

   Vairocana, the first Dhyani Buddha, embodying sovereignty and occupying the center, [7] is a special case (in any case, he is distinct from Gautama and not normally confused with him). He was one of the Buddhas of Bamiyan blown up by the Taliban which China mourned and tried to replace with the world's tallest statue, named Spring Temple Buddha ...

5. Jigokudani Stone Buddhas - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jigokudani_Stone_Buddhas

   The statue appears to have been painted and traces of gold leaf remain. To the left of the main Buddha statue is a statue of Yakushi Nyōrai with a double circular halo, and on the right side is a standing image of Jūichimen Kannon. On the right wall is an image of Nyōirin Kannon and on the right wall are images of Amida Nyōrai and a Senjū ...

6. Buddhist art - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhist_art

   Buddhist art is visual art produced in the context of Buddhism.It includes depictions of Gautama Buddha and other Buddhas and bodhisattvas, notable Buddhist figures both historical and mythical, narrative scenes from their lives, mandalas, and physical objects associated with Buddhist practice, such as vajras, bells, stupas and Buddhist temple architecture. [1]

7. Art of Mathura - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_of_Mathura

   These statues of the Buddha display characteristics and attitudes seen in the Greco-Buddhist art of Gandhara: the head of the Buddha is surrounded by a halo, the clothing covers both shoulders, the left hand hold the gown of the Buddha while the other hand form an Abbhiya mudra, and the folds in the clothing are more typical of the Gandharan ...