Images of Buddha - photographic creations of conversations with the deities
| Autor: | Chun-Ting Wei, 魏君庭 |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
| Druh dokumentu: | 學位論文 ; thesis |
| Popis: | 107 This body of artwork is a series of photographic images whose theme is that of Buddhist images and mudras. The main subject is statues of Buddha, and simultaneously it uses the related mudras to express the process of dialogue between the photographer and the deities. It places emphasis upon conversations with the gods that cannot be seen in our everyday reality, and uses the method of surrealist photography to convey the message of the existence of another realm. The purpose of this body of artwork is to follow the developments and changes of Buddhist images, and to collate the mudras associated with them. Lastly, the images produced use the method of surrealist photography to convey the mutual relationship between statues of Buddha and their associated mudras. This body of work has been split into five chapters. The first chapter discusses the background and the impetus behind the creations. It introduces the motivations and purpose behind the artworks. Chapter two is an analysis of existing documents and materials, it gives an overview into the developments and changes within the realms of Buddhist images, as well as the related mudras. It uses the discourse from scholars and books to understand the language and implied meaning of the mudras, as well as its perception of its awareness of the spiritual world. It also analyses the ways in which photographic art can be expressed, with surrealist photography as the main subject of discussion. The third chapter talks about the creative process. It explains the creative process, with the photographer going to famous temples to photograph Buddhist images. It talks about the difficulties encountered during the travelling and photography process, and how these problems were overcome. The mudras were replicated by the photographer herself within the home, by actually making the hand gestures herself and taking photos of them. She then used Adobe Photoshop as a tool to assist in composing the images. By using photography to achieve the effect of surrealist images, the photographer hopes to use the creations to display the worth and manifestations of every image of Buddha. Chapter four is an analysis of the artwork created, it talks about the creative philosophy behind the artwork and its emergence. Furthermore, it talks about the reasons behind how the images were arranged and the background story of how the Buddhist images were chosen. Chapter five is a conclusion to the whole body of artistic research and provides further suggestions. |
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