Message-Id: <mailto:199411171647.KAA26027@library.wustl.edu> Date: Thu, 17 Nov 1994 08:54:29 -0500 From: David Y Allen <mailto:DYALLEN@CCMAIL.SUNYSB.EDU> Subject: Buddhist images To: Multiple recipients of list IMAGELIB
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David Y Allen
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17-Nov-1994 08:37am EST
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Subject: Buddhist images
Michel Clasquin inquired about clipart with religious themes. I can't
help very much with biblical subjects, although I know a lot of it is
available--I have seen a good deal of it listed in catalogs from companies like
Software Labs that specialize in retailing public domain software.
As for Buddhist images, I know of several possibilities. The Tiger
Team Buddhist Information Network (Berkeley California) has a dial-up bulletin
board with lots of clip art. Their number is 510-268-0102. For information
e-mail to mailto:info@tigerteam.org. I have downloaded a number of their images.
They have a good selection, but the resolution of many of them may not be high
enough for your purposes.
There are also a number of other possibilities that I have not tried.
One of the most promising seems to be an FTP archive called Buddhist Image Bank
at University of North Carolina. FTP to Sunsite.unc.edu and go to directory
pub/academic/religious_studies/Buddhism/Tantric_Studies/Iconography. This and
a number of other sites that carry Buddhist art are listed in the usful
Buddhist Electronic Resources Directory (B.E.R.D.), which is available from a
sub-directory coombspapers via FTP or COOMBSQUEST gopher on the node
COOMBS.ANU.EDU.AU and from the UMichigan Clearinghouse at una.hh.lib.umich.edu.