The Huntington Archive of
Buddhist Art,
Ohio State University,
USA
The John C. and Susan L. Huntington Photographic
Archive of Buddhist and Related Art contains nearly 300,000 original color
slides and black and white and color photographs of art and architecture
throughout Asia. Countries covered in the collection include India, Afghanistan,
Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, China, Japan, Thailand, Indonesia,
Myanmar, and Taiwan. Works range from approximately 2500 B.C.E. to the
present, and documentation includes contemporary religious activities
in various parts of Asia. The Archive documents the art and architecture
of these countries in situ, as well as works of art found in most major
Asian, European, and American museums. This broad, yet detailed, collection
contains predominantly Buddhist material, but also includes Hindu, Jain,
Islamic, and other works. The Archive is actively involved in preparing
this for redirection into the various modes of ECAI user interfaces. This
includes, among other things, adding spatial and temporal indicators to
the Archive's databases.
As an ECAI Principal Center, The Huntington
Archive contributes their considerable expertise in image management,
dissemination, and presentation (including interface design) to the ECAI
collaboration. Digitization processes, imaging standards, and other protocols
used and developed in the Archive since 1994 are available to all ECAI
participants and individuals wishing to redirect their data to the ECAI.
