When artist Bai Ming visited Guimet Museum in Paris in 2009, he saw a Buddhist sculpture from Cambodia. The sense of quietness and the smooth lines of the work moved him, reminding him of mei ping (a type of vase popular in ancient China), and inspiring him to create a vase later.
When artist Bai Ming visited Guimet Museum in Paris in 2009, he saw a Buddhist sculpture from Cambodia. The sense of quietness and the smooth lines of the work moved him, reminding him of mei ping (a type of vase popular in ancient China), and inspiring him to create a vase later.
Buddhism and Christianity arose independently of each other, separated as they were by almost 3,000 miles and at least 500 years. In terms of religious belief systems they are even farther apart.
Two Indians - Deepa Anappara and Geetanjali Shree - are among five nominees for this years 5,000 euro Emile Guimet Prize for Asian Literature for works translated into French, an award that is supported by the Oxford Book Store.The other .