阿弥陀佛在西方极乐世界的集会 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	阿弥陀佛在西方极乐世界的集会
品名（英）	Amitabha Buddha’s assembly in the Western Paradise
入馆年号	2011年，2011.345
策展部门	亚洲艺术（Asian Art）
创作者	Unidentified artist
创作年份	公元 1767 - 公元 1833
创作地区
分类	绘画（Paintings）
尺寸	图像: 59 1/2 x 59 1/2 英寸 (151.1 x 151.1 厘米)
介绍（中）	这幅作品描绘了西方天堂的神圣人物聚集，即阿弥陀佛（韩语：Amita）的领域。中央神像坐在布料覆盖的雏菊上的莲花上，周围是十二名辅助演员，包括菩萨、弟子、监护人和侍从。特别是观世音菩萨（韩语：Gwaneum）和Kshitigarbha（韩语：Jijang）——分别在佛陀的左边和右边——经常在韩国净土佛教图像中作为阿弥陀佛的随行菩萨配对。他用右手拇指碰了碰右中指，做了一个示教的手势。像这样的水墨画被粘在粗织的半透明丝绸的背面，最终的图像是在上面绘制的（由底图的轮廓引导）。在这里，颜料渗入丝绸的纸张小区域显示出淡淡的红色和绿色痕迹。这件作品是完成的图纸，而不是研究草图;很少有这样的底图作为独立的艺术作品幸存下来。这幅画的优雅和动态的书法品质在最终的绘画中会消失，因为颜料掩盖了线条和王牌线条。这幅画揭示了朝鲜佛教绘画的制作过程，保留了这一创造性产出的一个重要方面。
介绍（英）	This work depicts an assembly of divine figures in the Western Paradise, the realm of the Amitabha Buddha (Korean: Amita). The central deity sits on a lotus flower atop a fabric-covered dais, surrounded by a supporting cast of twelve, including bodhisattvas, disciples, guardians, and attendants. In particular, Avalokiteshvara (Korean: Gwaneum) and Kshitigarbha (Korean: Jijang)—at the Buddha’s left and right, respectively—are often paired as attendant bodhisattvas to Amitabha in Korean Pure Land Buddhist iconography. He touches his right thumb to his right middle finger in a gesture indicative of teaching. Ink drawings such as this one were adhered to the backs of coarsely woven, semitransparent silks on which the final image was painted (guided by the outlines of the underdrawing). Here, the small areas of the paper where the pigments have seeped through the silk display faint traces of red and green. This piece is a finished drawing rather than a study sketch; few such underdrawings survive as independent works of art. The elegant and dynamic calligraphic quality of the drawing would have been lost in the final painting, as pigments mask and trump lines. The drawing reveals the processes involved in producing a Buddhist painting in Joseon Korea, preserving an important facet of that creative output.