Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/11/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I really like the style in this painting, and as always your photography of it is impeccable. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog YNWA On Nov 17, 2010, at 2:06 AM, John Nebel wrote: > http://thangkas.csd.net/pindola_bharadvaja_16.html > > Somewhat different from the previous paintings, this is the first of a > series of sixteen based on now lost 9th century works. > > > "When we examine the Buddhist literature preserved > in the libraries of the great monasteries in China, > we find in it mention of only sixteen great Arhats, > the number eighteen being apparently unknown even to > the comparatively modern native treatises. As for > the pictures > > and images of these sixteen, they are mainly derived > from the works of one or two painters of the T'ang > dynasty. About the year 880 an artist named Kuan Hsiu > made pictures of the Sixteen Lohan, which > were given to a Buddhist monastery near Ch'ien-t'ang > in the province of Chekiang. These became celebrated, > and were preserved with great care and treated with > ceremonious respect." > > Watters, T. > > The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society 1898.04 p329/30 > > > C&C welcome > > John > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >