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[[User::Buddhawelt]], thank you for your contribution to the Tibetan art article. I see that the text you added is directly copied from another source at www.qhnews.com. Unless their writing is in the public domain we cannot use it on Wikipedia. Perhaps you can do some independent research on Regong Art and write your own version to add to this article? The contribution does seem worthwhile. In the meantime I'm removing the text which we cannot use. technopilgrim 07:18, 18 August 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Greek influence
I would like to question the relevance of the first paragraph: it sounds a bit absurd to me (and a sign of western tunnel-vision) to start an article on Tibetan Buddhist art with a paragraph on Greek influence. Although this is posed by some scholars, I am not aware that this Greek influence is either large or even proven with any certainty. It would be like starting a age on European culture with art in China because there might have been an influence via the Silk Road or something... rudy 11:55, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
- I agree with your concerns. This reference early on in the article, seems a bit like saying, never mind the natives, a confused Columbus discovered America! Maybe this heading could be moved to a side bar with the preface, "Some scholars believe..."--Tibetanmuseum 21:37, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
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- The Greek influence on Buddhist art is almost universally accepted by scholars. Greek influences of Alexander the Great directly contributed to the beginnings of actual portrait pieces of the Buddha beginning in the Indian region of Gandhara around the 1st-5th centuries AD. The Buddha figures from this region at this time bear a striking resemblance to more traditional Greek sculpture, and many Greek artisans were known to have lived in India at the time, so there really isn't much dispute among art historians. That being said, this really had no influence on Tibetan art directly, other than being the event that started the tradition of Buddhist sculpture as we now conceive of it. Chinese, Nepalese, and Tibetan Bon influences had a much greater impact on Tibetan Buddhist art. Maybe just a sentence about this would be fine, but saying it had a huge bearing on specifically Tibetan Buddhist art isn't really correct. Chiwara 15:34, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
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- Sorry, misread your comment.rudy 15:47, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
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