Japanese "super clone" technique and Buddhist art

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Japanese "super clone" technique and Buddhist art

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The famous Shaka (Sakyamuni) triad statue of Horyuji temple, left, and its “super clone" at the Nagano Prefectural Art Museum in the city of Nagano. The museum has created a replica of what the statue originally looked like over a millennium ago.
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Shukongo Shin (also spelled as Shikkongo Jin, Skt. Vajrapani), is Vajradhara, the "Thunderbolt Bearer," at Todaiji Temple in Nara dates from 733. The modern "super clone" on the right shows how it looked in those days.
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This is really cool stuff.

Apparently some museums have done this with Greco-Roman marble statues. It reveals that they didn't all depict white people, despite what one might assume, so is very poignant as a teaching tool.
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Hazel wrote: Mon May 24, 2021 3:51 pm This is really cool stuff.

Apparently some museums have done this with Greco-Roman marble statues. It reveals that they didn't all depict white people, despite what one might assume, so is very poignant as a teaching tool.
https://www.openculture.com/2019/12/rom ... olors.html

https://moco-choco.com/2014/04/18/true- ... n-statues/
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