Worksheet
Object Focus—Buddhist Paintings
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Summary The sixth worksheet of a 9-part Buddhism Education Pack, drawing in the history of The Silk Road to teach about Buddhist history and culture. This worksheet asks students to critically examine and analyze a painting of the Buddha.
Contributor International Dunhuang Project
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This worksheet is the sixth of a 9-part Buddhism Education Pack from the International Dunhuang Project—Cultural Routes of Eurasia, a collaboration between six EU partners (from the UK, Hungary, France, and Germany) and three associate partners from China. “Object Focus: Buddhist Paintings” chooses a single painting to examine in detail and discern its historical significance.
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International Dunhuang Project
IDP is an international collaboration to make artefacts from Dunhuang and the Eastern Silk Road available online and to encourage their use in education and research.