A room of quiet contemplation : time to lose yourself deep in wandering thought / National Museum of Korea.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kungnip Chungang Pangmulgwan (Korea)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Buddhist sculpture--Korea--Exhibitions.

Buddhist sculpture.

Meditation--Exhibitions.

Meditation.

Bodhisattvas in art.

Kungnip Chungang Pangmulgwan (Korea).

Korea.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

57 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Seoul : National Museum of Korea, 2022.

Summary:

When you wlk into the quiet, dark Room of Quiet Contemplation, an image of endlessly circulating water and infinitely expanding space greets you. As you step slowly following the glimmer of the dim light and feeling a sense of the divine transcending time and space, you encounter the two pensive bodhisattvas lost in thought, crossing 1400 years of time, religions, and ideologies. With their mystical smiles, the two pensive beings seem to be gazing into a different world, expressing compassion for our suffering, or maybe they have discovered the secrets of the universe. As you face the two pensive bodhisattvas, you feel ripples of emotional healing and peacefulness pass through you.

Contents:

Space : invitation to a tranquil journey, a time for contemplation, a space for contemplation

Interview : facing a being of contemplation, a unique experience

Interview : a time to experience contemplation and design creating the aura of a space

Story : two pensive bodhisattva statues : beings lost in contemplation

Artist's note : the world of the pensive bodhisattva, where it seems everything has returned to the beginning

Interview : solemnly and quietly : above all, safeley and carefully, as if dealing with living human beings

Inteview : a cultural icon drawing attention of people around the world beyond Korea

Questions & answers : frequently-asked questions on the religious, artistic, and scientific aspects of the pensive bodhisattva statures

Information : facts about the Korean national treasure statues of the pensive bodhisattva

Essay : two pensive bodhisattva statues meet in the same place more than a thousand years after leaving their quiet temple homes

Essay : the smile on the pensive bodhisattva statues : can art actually laugh?

Contemporary art : pensive bodhisattva staues, responding slowly, little by little

Interview : refresh yourself with the pensive bodhisattva statues on the Peaceful Hill in Zepeto World

Goods : life with contemplation, pensive bodhisattvas beside me

Visitors ; the moment dep emotion suddenly surges up.

ISBN:

9788981642358

8981642354

OCLC:

1341413369