About this video
A Korean female monk artist keeps the tradition of Buddhist painting alive, treating the creation of images as a religious practice with set rules of iconography, traditional materials and techniques. The video follows her painting of the Water Moon Avalokitesvara, the bodhisattva of compassion, which she completed at the Asian Art Museum and consecrated by painting the eyes last. Fellow monk artists also demonstrate woodblock printing of Buddhist texts, a Korean tradition more than a thousand years old.
You'll be able to
- explain why making Buddhist images is a religious practice, not just art.
- describe key features of the Water Moon Avalokitesvara painting.
- explain how monk artists keep Korean Buddhist art traditions alive.
Key words
- iconography
- The set of rules and symbols used to show religious figures correctly in art.
- bodhisattva
- A compassionate being on the path to enlightenment who helps others; Avalokitesvara is one.
- consecration
- A ceremony that makes an object sacred.
- veneration
- Deep respect and worship.
- effigy
- A small figure or image representing a person or deity.
- patronage
- Support or sponsorship given to an artist or a work.
Transcript
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printing Buddhist texts onto paper from carved wooden blocks a tradition that dates back more than a thousand years in Korea the efforts of a new generation of monk artists such as these will ensure the continued development of Korean Buddhist art for generations to come put your logo won't mean wrongs ha ha ha ha nah um ooh toes Horton Gupta Chuang huh um John damu ha ha ha uhh you Oh dumb chung-yong hum DevOps Hodges hum Boogedy
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