At the press opening for the Metropolitan Museum’s beyond-beautiful “Tree & Serpent: Early Buddhist Art in India, 200 B.C.E.-400 C.E.,” five red-robed monks chanted Pali blessings, the ...

NEW YORK — “Tree & Serpent,” an exhibition of early Buddhist art from India at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (through Nov. 13), put me in a strange and beautiful state. Packed with precious ...

A staff member unveils the cover of "Avatamsaka Sutra, Volume 22, Main Text, in Gold on Indigo Paper" during a media briefing ...

Souls trembling before judgment, a boiling cauldron and a chance at redemption through a blooming lotus — these striking ...

Early Buddhist art of Odisha Sunil Kumar Patnaik Smithsonian Libraries and Archives. Object Details author Patnaik, Sunil Kumar ... Buddhist art Buddhism--History Buddhist antiquities Art bouddhique ...

Over 60 ancient artefacts highlighting early Buddhist art have been brought from India and will be on display at the prestigious Metropolitan Museum of Art (Met) here for a special exhibition ...

When the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York puts on a show of early Buddhist art that was made in India and mostly lent from India, it is not merely an eye-opener for locals. Its reach is global ...

Early Buddhist Art in India on show at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art Video - New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art is abuzz with a unique show called ‘Tree & Serpent: Early Buddhist ...

New York, July 18 More than 140 objects highlighting early Buddhist art in India and dating from 200 BCE to 400 CE will be on display at the prestigious Metropolitan Museum of Art (Met) here, with ...

The Buddhist stature and other artworks in Japan have a history going back to the early seventh century CE, when Buddhism was brought to the country from the Asian continent. The methods and ...

Featuring more than 125 objects dating from 200 BCE to 400 CE, the exhibition presents a series of evocative and interlocking themes to reveal both the pre-Buddhist origins of figurative sculpture in ...