Word: scrolls
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...exhibit displays a variety of fascinating objects that provide insight into Buddhist beliefs, practices and developments. Chinese, Korean and Japanese hanging scrolls illustrate and record Buddhist “sutras,” or sacred texts. Ceremonial objects such as Chinese censers and Tibetan bell handles bring to mind images of traditional Buddhist ceremonies. Wooden and brass statues, as well as several scroll paintings, depict frightening monsters who serve as protector deities that ward off demons...
...exhibit’s informal centerpiece consists of four monumental hanging scroll paintings that depict “The Kings of Hell.” In the Buddhist tradition, the Kings of Hell controlled the fate of the dead, judging good and bad deeds and meting out horrific punishments. The scroll paintings – from China, Korea, and Japan – present these scenes of the underworld in similar fashions, evidence of a strict adherence to iconographic convention throughout East Asia. “I hope the viewer realizes that Buddhist subject matter remains the same in Asian...
Mowry’s favorite piece in the show is a 14th century Korean scroll painting of a bodhisattva (an enlightened being who has chosen to help others attain enlightenment rather than reach nirvana himself), cloaked by thin veils of diaphanous silk. “The work is extraordinarily well painted and well preserved,” he said...
Viewers, beware. The Two Towers, the dazzling second installment of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, picks up exactly where the first one left off. No Star Wars--style scroll to bring you up to speed, no quick compilation of scenes from the first film, no opening Cate Blanchett narration--nothing. It begins in medias res, as though you had just stepped out for a few seconds to get more popcorn. If you didn't see last year's The Fellowship of the Ring, Peter Jackson, the trilogy's wizardly director, isn't about to cut you any slack...
...different area of knowledge GUESTS Most are from the advertising, publishing and fashion world. But Neil Armstrong once stayed in Room 500.006: Astronomy SPECIAL FEATURES Each room has a collection of books, but guests can also relax on the poetry terrace, which is decorated with a James Joyce scroll and volumes of verse by assorted others