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THIGHS like the stems of banana trees, hands like opening lotus flowers-such, in Buddhist legend, is the formula for sculpting a statue of Buddha. See ART, Inspired Copyists. pHILOCTETES was an illustrious Greek warrior who received his in vincible weapons of war - bow and ar rows - from his dying friend Hercules...
...dominant theme of the exhibit is Buddha, for the art of Thailand grew out of a yearning for new ways to worship him. After Buddha died in the 5th century B.C., his bodily relics were divided and divided again, but there were never enough to supply all the stupas (Buddhist shrines) in the land. As a result, the faithful constructed a hierarchy of lesser deities (Bodhisattvas) to worship, as well as an elaborate system of "reminders" of the sage himself. A reminder could be a stupa that possessed no relics but was a replica of one that did. There were...
...humid climate, few paintings have survived, but the sculpture is more than sufficient to show the paradoxical versatility of Thailand's artists. The bronze Bodhisattva (see color) is a masterpiece of intricate workmanship; the lithe little dancing figure, who was meant both to protect and entertain Buddha, bends solemnly to the tinkle of music. The Buddhas that the artists made usually hewed to a perfect blending of art and tradition. Buddha's legs, tradition said, were to be like those of a deer, his thighs like the stems of banana trees, his hands like opening lotus flowers...
Although the Great Buddha is in Kamakura, I don't mind it belonging...
...Francisco ¶ TIME mistakenly located the Great Buddha Daibutsu (see cut). It belongs in Kamakura, not Nakamura...