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Smithsonian X 3D - Cosmic Buddha (Buda cósmico)

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December 31, 2013

Cosmic Buddha
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Cosmic Buddha, Freer and Sackler Galleries. This life-size limestone figure is covered in low-relief etchings of narrative scenes, providing a rare glimpse into early Chinese vision of the Buddhist cosmos, as portrayed in a symbolic map of the universe. Traces of pigment on the surface suggest that the dense design was originally painted, making the scenes easier to read. To study such low-relief compositions, scholars have traditionally made rubbings with black ink on white paper, to give stronger contrast to the outlines. 3-D scanning, used with a wide variety of imaging techniques, can give even more clarity to the designs.

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Buda cósmico, Galerías Freer y Sackler. Esta figura hecha a escala en caliza esta cubierta de marcas en bajo relieve que muestran escenas narrativas, proporcionando un vistazo único a la visión antigua del cosmos budista en la China, como un mapa simbólico del universo. Las escenas eran más fáciles de leer antes, ya que algunos rastros de pigmento hallados en su superficie sugieren que el diseño complejo fue pintado originalmente. Para estudiar composiciones en un relieve tan bajo, los investigadores tradicionalmente hacían calcos con tinta negra en papel blanco, lo cual brinda un contraste más fuerte a los contornos. El escaneo 3-D, utilizado con una amplia variedad de técnicas de imágenes, puede proporcionar incluso más claridad a los diseños.


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