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| title | Faith & Form: Selected Calligraphy and Painting from Japanese Religious Traditions | repository | Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery |
| description | n this interactive exhibit, collectors Sylvan Barnet and William Burto take users by the virtual hand and guide them through Faith & Form, an exhibition at the Freer Gallery of the Smithsonian Museum. The exhibition is based on Japanese art collected by Barnet and Burto, who "have assembled one of the finest collections of Japanese religious art in the West." Once they have launched the interactive, visitors should be sure to listen to Barnet and Burto discuss the figures in the "Womb World mandala". This mandala is a hanging scroll from the 13th century, and the image automatically adjusts to zoom in on selected figures, such as horses, goats, and humans, all arranged around the central Buddha. The collectors' commentary for another piece in the show, a section of the Lotus Sutra, a beautiful piece of calligraphy adorned with gold leaf, advises viewers to admire the piece as if it were a single page of a first folio Shakespeare. |
| formats | Electronic Resource |
| access | http://www.asia.si.edu/exhibitions/online/faithandform/default.htm |
| record link | http://www.asia.si.edu/exhibitions/online/faithandform/default.htm |
| record source | http://www.asia.si.edu/exhibitions/online/faithandform/default.htm |
| updated | 03/16/2023 10:30:07 |
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