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China and the Met uncover new secrets in a 700-year-old mural
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China and the Met uncover new secrets in a 700-year-old mural

So: a remarkable collaboration between China’s National Academy of Arts and New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art is shedding new light on a 700-year-old Chinese mural. Over three years, a team of artists and conservationists created a life-sized replica, carefully recording every crack, faded detail and past restoration. Their close study also revealed that the mural’s sections had been arranged incorrectly, leaving the Buddha’s head two centimeters out of alignment. Now, the partnership is helping bring researchers together and deepen the appreciation and preservation of Chinese cultural heritage.
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