Talk:Life of Buddha in art

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Did you know... that Japanese parodies of scenes from the life of Buddha in art include arrangements of vegetables?

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The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 01:29, 10 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Gourd as dead Buddha

... that Japanese parodies of scenes from the Life of Buddha in art include arrangements of vegetables (partial example pictured)? Source: Pal, Pratapaditya, Light of Asia : Buddha Sakyamuni in Asian art, 1984, p. 128, LACMA, ISBN 087587116X, Internet archive; or "Already in the Edo period quite a few light-hearted parodies had been created of the parinirvana, paintings such as Parinirvana of Ariwara no Narihira (Narihira nehan-zu, Tokyo National Museum) by Hanabusa Itcho- (1652–1724) and Fruit and Vegetable Parinirvana (Kaso nehan-zu, Kyoto National Museum) by Ito- Jakuchu- (1716– 1800)". from the British Museum here
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Moved to mainspace by Johnbod (talk). Self-nominated at 23:53, 23 September 2022 (UTC).[reply]

Other hooks available. I should say that some parts of this (up to c 20%) were copied/adapted from my The Eight Great Events in the Life of Buddha, on DYK a while back. Johnbod (talk) 23:55, 23 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Article is new enough, long enough, well sourced generally and is neutral. A QPQ is done. I have added a few ^{[citation needed]} since at those points the referencing was unclear to me - but overall the article is excellent. In terms of the hook and the image, I don't think the image of the gourd is very clear at the scale on DYK - I couldn't tell what it was at all. I would welcome an ALT hook, perhaps with one of the fasting buddha images, since they are so striking. Huge kudos to taking the topic on and for writing such a clear article! Lajmmoore (talk) 20:06, 17 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Johnbod: Since you missed this. Onegreatjoke (talk) 15:59, 26 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I didn't miss it at all, and have been very busy finding book refs for things illustrated immediately next to the text, and so on. But I think this now finished, Lajmmoore. Johnbod (talk) 17:40, 26 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Johnbod - thanks so much for adding the references in, sourcing looks really good now. I was thinking about the hook you already put up, and I think it might work the caption included the word gourd, or similar? Otherwise, if you do have another hook up your sleeve, that would be great. Thanks Lajmmoore (talk) 21:01, 26 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Lajmmoore. Ok, fiddled with the caption above. Johnbod (talk) 14:22, 30 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Johnbod I think that's clearer. All OK now Lajmmoore (talk) 07:39, 31 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, Lajmmoore - can you add GTG & the tick, which promoters look for. Johnbod (talk) 04:28, 3 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Johnbod,

Lajmmoore (talk) 15:50, 3 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Buddha sheltered by Mucalinda

This is an awesome article, but unfortunately, the image isn't great at the small size required for DYK. Might I suggest something along the lines of (this is kind of rough):

ALT1 ... that scene popularly depicted from Life of Buddha in art is Buddha being sheltered from the rain by the snake-king Mucalinda?

-- RoySmith (talk) 18:34, 4 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think that image is great at the size either, but the hook could be

ALT2 "...that scenes in the Life of Buddha in art include him meditating seated on the coils of a giant snake-king?" Johnbod (talk) 02:55, 5 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Or

ALT3 "...that scenes in the Life of Buddha in art include him visibly emaciated by fasting? Johnbod (talk) 02:55, 5 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Fasting Buddha

To add

Conversions:

Miracles:

Depictions:

Johnbod (talk) 16:00, 30 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Title

Gautama Buddha has just been moved (nine days ago) to The Buddha. Should this article be moved from Life of Buddha in art to Life of the Buddha in art before it appears on the Main Page (at DYK), for consistency? Ham II (talk) 13:20, 29 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think so. There is no ambiguity in this case, and it gives a title with too many short words (5). I've set up a redirect though. Johnbod (talk) 14:12, 29 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]