Technology Innovators Restore Buddhist Art at Longmen Grottoes with Projection Technology

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CHINA---Christie and its partner, Wincomn Technology Development, have restored the essence of ancient art at Longmen Grottoes, one of China’s cave shrines carved with Buddhist sculptures that earned its recognition as a UNESCO heritage site. Christie projectors display multimedia contents representing the expressions of the Buddhas and other statues, using projection mapping on the uneven surfaces of the Fengxian Temple. Located 12 kilometers south of Luoyang, the Longmen Grottoes house tens of thousands of statues of Buddha and his disciples. Dating to as early as the Northern Wei dynasty in 493 CE, the sculptures span many hundreds of years of artistic mastery representing a myriad of artistic styles from the simple and well-shaped carving of the Northern Wei dynasty to the more sophisticated artmanship, characterized by its delicate details, of the Tang dynasty. Since 1951, the Longmen Grottoes have undergone massive restoration works.  [link]