[Buddha-l] Fw: Two New Resources on the Huntington Archive

[jkirk]

FYI folks, Joanna
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> Dear Colleagues,
> 
> 1) I am pleased to announce that after three years of work and with a
> major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the first
> section of the Digital database is ready for use. It consists of
> about 40,000 black and white photographs from Susan's an my
> photographic documentation work in India, Nepal, Sri Lanka,
> Bangladesh and Afghanistan. the majority of the material is Buddhist
> but many of the great Hindu temple sites are included as well. Much
> of the photography was done in 1969-70 when access and photographic
> permission were easier to obtain.
> 
> The site is entirely intended for educational use and to that end the
> use of the site is free for personal research and teaching.
> Unfortunately if you need high resolution images for publication,
> there is a tiered fee system. Please see the site for details
> 
> Please note that the search engine is still a "work in progress" and
> that it will be upgraded in the near future (once testing is done).
> There is also a speed problem if you too many responses to a query.
> That has to do with multi-server logistics and a solution is in the
> works.
> 
> http://huntingtonarchive.osu.edu/ go to Digital Database
> 
> 2) I have put up a few test examples of didactic drawings that I made
> for the Circle of Bliss: Buddhist Meditational Art catalog and
> exhibition along with others that I have made as part of a "Visual
> Encyclopedia of Buddhist Iconography." I basically intend that these
> be available as both classroom graphics to use  to explain some of
> the basic concepts of Buddhism and a a resource for individuals who
> wish to learn about Buddhism.
> 
> At the moment, there are about 150 pages up in several areas
> concerning mostly Mahayana and Tantric Buddhist concepts.  I have a
> database of roughly 2000+ terms for which similar didactics could be
> made. In addition, a pictorial database of images is also
> underdevelopment.
> 
> I would deeply appreciate feedback as to the usefulness of this project.
> 
> In particular, I  would appreciate comments on the Chitta (yes, at
> the moment, we are using phonetic spellings) , Mount Meru (which will
> soon be expanded greatly), Mount Menu and the Yogin, the Five
> Certainties, and (lower on the page under "Buddhist Symbol Systems)
> Symbolic Systems of Stupas (which is the most fully developed of the
> entries so far).
> 
> You are most welcome to review the other charts, but they are less
> effective as complete explanations and we will be removing or
> replacing them sometime this summer.
> 
> http://huntingtonarchive.osu.edu/  go to "projects," go to "NEW:
> Visual Encyclopedia of Buddhist Iconography"
> 
> Enjoy, and thank you in advance for your responses.
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> John C. Huntington, Founding Co-Director of the Huntington Archive
> Dina Bangdel, Curator of the huntington Archive
>