Cummings teaches art history from all regions of Asia ... to representations of the bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara at the Mogao caves, China. My work is deeply contextualized within the study of religion ...

It is a cultural collaboration that echoes the glorious history of the caves ... Tang-era sculpture of a kneeling bodhisattva from Cave 328. The art is still in the careful custody of the ...

The region of Kashmir, India was once ruled by more than 11 Greek kings. Even after the fall of the Greek kingdom ...

Here's Professor Richard Gombrich, a leading expert on Buddhist history and thought ... There is a particular future Buddha, a bodhisattva called Avalokiteshvara, and he is first found in ...

A short history of Chinese "religions ... to assure proper burial and treatment of the hun and po souls. Divination, the art of using omens or magic powers to discern movements in the supernatural ...

The UAB Department of Art + Art History fosters critical and creative thinking, communication, problem solving and community engagement through our curriculum and programs. We are accredited by the ...

Memorials and tales to his followers and the great saints, who play a prominent role in Buddhist cosmology, play a great role in Buddhist history and ritual ... detail and complexity and the role of ...

UJI, Kyoto Prefecture--A drawing of bodhisattva Buddhist saints was found ... a former professor of art history at Nara Women’s University. “It is a national treasure class painting.” ...

In 2024, Viking launched ocean cruises in China and Afar was among the first ones onboard to experience the ports visited, ...

The two vaults around it are arranged in strict accordance with the ancient directives on the art of war – facing ... cultural and economic history of that period. Historians believe the ...

Even during the later Vedic period around 1,000 BCE, many historians, including renowned art historian Vasudev ... to their ...

Have a passion for art or art history? Love everything about creativity? We have a place for you here. Our nationally accredited program has a full selection of offerings in studio art, visual arts ...