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A short video on the Indo-Greek kingdoms and their relationship to Buddhism.
This is a brief video based on a PowerPoint presentation I did for my university's Fourth Annual Classics Conference (I added in some more interesting transitions, pictures, and music for aesthetic purposes).
This topic caught my interest because it represents the first true dichotomy of Eastern and Western cultures. As well, during this cultural syncretism, we have surviving scultpures of Buddhist mythological figures interacting peacefully with Hellenistic mythological figures. As well, this is something that does NOT come up very often in the Classics textbooks. I had to dig deep to find this stuff, and I thought it deserved some more attention from a wider audience. There's just something about the blending of two seemingly irreconcilable religious/cultural traditions that I find too irresistible to ignore. So I hope you enjoy!
Some Things I Left Out By Mistake:
1. The coin of Menander with Athena and the Lion are actually of Menander II. I found this out after I was done putting this together. The coins are still a prime example of the embrace of Buddhism in the area following the rule of Menander I, so I will not change it.
2. In 1889, in Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales, workmen dug up a coin that was identified as one of Menander's coins. This potentially means that the influence of Menander extended from India to England. However, it was most likely brought over by merchant traders. It is still remarkable, nonetheless.
Music (in order):
1. Popol Vuh- Kleiner Kreiger
2. Popol Vuh- King Minos
3. Popol Vuh- Through Pains To Heaven
4. Popol Vuh- Einsjäger und Siebenjäger
- published: 11 Feb 2010
- views: 10569
Buddhist art originated on the Indian subcontinent following the historical life of Siddhartha Gautama, 6th to 5th century BC, and thereafter evolved by contact with other cultures as it spread throughout Asia and the world.
(1) Footprint of the Buddha. 1st century, Gandhara
Although India had a long sculptural tradition and a mastery of rich iconography, the Buddha was not yet represented in human form, but only through Buddhist symbolism.
It has been argued that earlier anthropomorphic representations of the Buddha may have been made of wood and may have perished since then. However, no related archaeological evidence has been found.
(2) Representation of the Buddha in the Greco-Buddhist art of Gandhara, 1st century AD
Anthropomorphic representations of the Buddha started to emerge from the 1st century AD in Northern India. The two main centers of creation have been identified as Gandhara, in Pakistan, and the region of Mathura, in central northern India.
The art of Gandhara benefited from centuries of interaction with Greek culture since the conquests of Alexander the Great in 332 BC and the subsequent establishment of the Greco-Bactrian and Indo-Greek Kingdoms, leading to the development of Greco-Buddhist art.
This iconic art was characterized from the start by a realistic idealism, combining realistic human features, proportions, attitudes and attributes, together with a sense of perfection and serenity reaching to the divine. This expression became the iconographic canon for subsequent Buddhist art.
As Buddhism expanded outside of India from the 1st century AD, its original artistic package blended with other artistic influences.
(3) Tang Bodhisattva
Buddhist sculpture of the Tang Dynasty evolved towards a markedly life-like expression. From there Buddhism spread to Korea, and Japanese missions to Tang China helped it gain a foothold in Japan.
(4) Seokguram Grotto, Korea
Korean Buddhist art was also influenced by new Tang Dynasty styles. State-sponsored Buddhist art flourished during this period, the epitome of which is the Seokguram Grotto.
(5) The boy Buddha rising up from lotus. Crimson and gilded wood, Vietnam, 14th-15th century
Chinese influence was predominant in the north of Vietnam between the 1st and 9th centuries, and Confucianism and Mahayana Buddhism were prevalent. Overall, the art of Vietnam has been strongly influenced by Chinese Buddhist art.
(6) A Cambodian Buddha, 14th century
From the 9th to the 13th centuries, Southeast Asia had very powerful empires and became extremely active in Buddhist architectural and artistic creation. The Sri Vijaya Empire to the south and the Khmer Empire to the north competed for influence, but both were adherents of Mahayana Buddhism, and their art expressed the rich Mahayana pantheon of the Bodhisattvas. The Theravada Buddhism of the Pali canon was introduced to the region around the 13th century from Sri Lanka, and was adopted by the newly founded ethnic Thai kingdom of Sukhothai.
(7) A Mandalay-style statue of Buddha, Myanmar (Burma)
During the Konbaung dynasty, at the end of the 18th century, the Mandalay style of the Buddha image emerged, a style that remains popular to this day.
(8) Phra Atchana Wat Si Chum, Sukhothai Province, Thailand
From the 1st to the 7th centuries, Buddhist art in Thailand was first influenced by direct contact with Indian traders and the expansion of the Mon kingdom, with numerous monumental statues of great virtuosity.
From the 9th century, the various schools of Thai art then became strongly influenced by Cambodian Khmer art in the north and Sri Vijaya art in the south.
From the 13th century, Theravada Buddhism was introduced from Sri Lanka around the same time as the ethnic Thai kingdom of Sukhothai was established. The new faith inspired highly stylized images in Thai Buddhism, with sometimes very geometrical and almost abstract figures.
During the Ayutthaya period (14th-18th centuries), the Buddha came to be represented in a more stylistic manner with sumptuous garments and jeweled ornamentations. Many Thai sculptures or temples tended to be gilded, and on occasion enriched with inlays.
(9) A Buddha in Borobudur
Like the rest of Southeast Asia, Indonesia seems to have been most strongly influenced by India from the 1st century AD. Extremely rich and refined architectural remains are found in Java and Sumatra. The most magnificent is the temple of Borobudur (the largest Buddhist structure in the world, built around 780-850 AD).
- published: 21 Jun 2012
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Gandharan Civilization was based in present day northern Pakistan and eastern Afghanistan, but its direct influence stretched from Central Asia to northwest India.
Gandhara was a part of Vedic, Persian, Greek, Bactrian, Scythian, Parthian, Kushan, Hephthalite, and other kingdoms/empires. It became a melting pot of Indo-Aryan, Iranian, Greek, and other cultures/peoples.
Buddhism was popular in Gandhara along with Hellenic beliefs, Zoroastrianism, Manichaeism, Mithraism, Shaivism, and Vedic beliefs.
Buddhism spread to east/northeast Asia from Gandhara via missionaries and traders using the Silk Road. Gandhara's location in the middle of the Silk Road also invited other cultures.
Gandhara was famous for its world class universities such as the one in Taxila where medicine, religion, sciences, literature, and arts were taught.
Gandhara's other contributions include the first linguistic system of grammar (Panini), the highly admired style of Greco-Buddhist arts, transmission of the concept of zero to the Arab world, and much more ...
Greek, Aramaic, Sanskrit, Old Persian, and Prakrits (local languages) such as Gandhari (written in Kharoshti script) were the spoken/written languages in Gandhara.
Despite becoming mostly Muslim, the Gandharan legacy lives on with the continuation of many aspects of culture, arts, traditions, etc. in present day Pakistan, Afghanistan, and beyond.
- published: 04 Dec 2010
- views: 8632
Buddhist symbolism is the use of Buddhist art to represent certain aspects of dharma, which began in the 4th century BCE. Anthropomorphic symbolism appeared from around the 1st century CE with the arts of Mathura and the Greco-Buddhist art of Gandhara, and were combined with the previous symbols. Various symbolic innovations were later introduced, especially through Tibetan Buddhism.
This video is targeted to blind users.
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Article text available under CC-BY-SA
Creative Commons image source in video
- published: 04 Dec 2014
- views: 862
The Ancient Greek and Roman ART - Facts
The arts of ancient Greece have exercised an enormous influence on the culture of many countries all over the world, particularly in the areas of sculpture and architecture. In the West, the art of the Roman Empire was largely derived from Greek models. In the East, Alexander the Great's conquests initiated several centuries of exchange between Greek, Central Asian and Indian cultures, resulting in Greco-Buddhist art, with ramifications as far as Japan. Following the Renaissance in Europe, the humanist aesthetic and the high technical standards of Greek art inspired generations of European artists. Well into the 19th century, the classical tradition derived from Greece dominated the art of the western world.
The art of Ancient Greece is usually divided stylistically into four periods: the Geometric, Archaic, Classical, and Hellenistic. The Geometric age is usually dated from about 1000 BC, although in reality little is known about art in Greece during the preceding 200 years (traditionally known as the Greek Dark Ages), the period of the 7th century BC witnessed the slow development of the Archaic style as exemplified by the black-figure style of vase painting. The onset of the Persian Wars (480 BC to 448 BC) is usually taken as the dividing line between the Archaic and the Classical periods, and the reign of Alexander the Great (336 BC to 323 BC) is taken as separating the Classical from the Hellenistic periods.
Roman art refers to the visual arts made in Ancient Rome and in the territories of the Roman Empire. Roman art includes architecture, painting, sculpture and mosaic work. Luxury objects in metal-work, gem engraving, ivory carvings, and glass, are sometimes considered in modern terms to be minor forms of Roman art,[1] although this would not necessarily have been the case for contemporaries. Sculpture was perhaps considered as the highest form of art by Romans, but figure painting was also very highly regarded. The two forms have had very contrasting rates of survival, with a very large body of sculpture surviving from about the 1st century BC onwards, though very little from before, but very little painting at all remains, and probably nothing that a contemporary would have considered to be of the highest quality. Ancient Roman pottery was not a luxury product, but a vast production of "fine wares" in terra sigillata were decorated with reliefs that reflected the latest taste, and provided a large group in society with stylish objects at what was evidently an affordable price. Roman coins were an important means of propaganda, and have survived in enormous numbers. Other perishable forms of art have not survived at all.
- published: 09 Jan 2015
- views: 7984
2011年11月20日
This video shows the excavation in Afghanistan illustrates the Greco-Roman influences on Buddhism, follow by a series of pictures comparing the Greek and Byzantine arts with Buddhism arts.
- published: 20 Nov 2011
- views: 6002
The Indian Handicrafts & beautiful Sculpture shop.. The first known sculpture in the Indian subcontinent is from the Indus Valley civilization (3300--1700 BC), found in sites at Mohenjo-daro and Harappa in modern-day Pakistan. These include the famous small bronze female dancer. However such figures in bronze and stone are rare and greatly outnumbered by pottery figurines and stone seals, often of animals or deities very finely depicted. After the collapse of the Indus Valley civilization there is little record of sculpture until the Buddhist era, apart from a hoard of copper figures of (somewhat controversially) c. 1500 BCE from Daimabad.The pink sandstone Hindu, Jain and Buddhist sculptures of Mathura from the 1st to 3rd centuries CE reflected both native Indian traditions and the Western influences received through the Greco-Buddhist art of Gandhara, and effectively established the basis for subsequent Indian religious sculpture.Greco-Buddhist art is the artistic manifestation of Greco-Buddhism, a cultural syncretism between the Classical Greek culture and Buddhism, which developed over a period of close to 1000 years in Central Asia, between the conquests of Alexander the Great in the 4th century BCE, and the Islamic conquests of the 7th century CE. Greco-Buddhist art is characterized by the strong idealistic realism of Hellenistic art and the first representations of the Buddha in human form, which have helped define the artistic (and particularly, sculptural) canon for Buddhist art throughout the Asian continent up to the present.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sculpture_in_the_Indian_subcontinent
- published: 31 Dec 2013
- views: 206
Video shows what Greco-Buddhism means. The cultural syncretism between Hellenistic culture and Buddhism.. Greco-Buddhism Meaning. How to pronounce, definition audio dictionary. How to say Greco-Buddhism. Powered by MaryTTS, Wiktionary
- published: 28 Apr 2015
- views: 47
The Tokyo National Museum established in 1872, is the oldest Japanese national museum, the largest art museum in Japan and one of the largest art museums in the world. The museum collects, houses, and preserves a comprehensive collection of art works and archaeological objects of Asia, focusing on Japan. The museum holds over 110,000 objects, which includes 87 Japanese National Treasure holdings and 610 Important Cultural Property holdings. The museum also conducts research and organizes educational events related to its collection. The museum's collections focus on ancient Japanese art and Asian art along the Silk Road. There is also a large collection of Greco-Buddhist art.
- published: 24 May 2016
- views: 31
Buddhist art
Buddhist art is the artistic practices that are influenced by Buddhism. It includes art media which depict Buddhas, bodhisattvas, and other entities; notable Buddhist figures, both historical and mythical; narrative scenes from the lives of all of these; mandalas and other graphic aids to practice; as well as physical objects associated with Buddhist practice, such as vajras, bells, stupas and Buddhist temple architecture. Buddhist art originated on the Indian subcontinent following the historical life of Siddhartha Gautama, 6th to 5th century BC, and thereafter evolved by contact with other cultures as it spread throughout Asia and the world.
Buddhist art followed believers as the dharma spread, adapted, and evolved in each new host country. It developed to the north through Central Asia and into Eastern Asia to form the Northern branch of Buddhist art, and to the east as far as Southeast Asia to form the Southern branch of Buddhist art. In India, Buddhist art flourished and co-developed with Hindu and Jain art, with cave temple complexes built together, each likely influencing the other.
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2:24Greco-Buddhism
Greco-BuddhismGreco-Buddhism
A short video on the Indo-Greek kingdoms and their relationship to Buddhism. -
9:09The Indo-Greeks: The First Western Buddhists
The Indo-Greeks: The First Western BuddhistsThe Indo-Greeks: The First Western Buddhists
This is a brief video based on a PowerPoint presentation I did for my university's Fourth Annual Classics Conference (I added in some more interesting transitions, pictures, and music for aesthetic purposes). This topic caught my interest because it represents the first true dichotomy of Eastern and Western cultures. As well, during this cultural syncretism, we have surviving scultpures of Buddhist mythological figures interacting peacefully with Hellenistic mythological figures. As well, this is something that does NOT come up very often in the Classics textbooks. I had to dig deep to find this stuff, and I thought it deserved some more attention from a wider audience. There's just something about the blending of two seemingly irreconcilable religious/cultural traditions that I find too irresistible to ignore. So I hope you enjoy! Some Things I Left Out By Mistake: 1. The coin of Menander with Athena and the Lion are actually of Menander II. I found this out after I was done putting this together. The coins are still a prime example of the embrace of Buddhism in the area following the rule of Menander I, so I will not change it. 2. In 1889, in Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales, workmen dug up a coin that was identified as one of Menander's coins. This potentially means that the influence of Menander extended from India to England. However, it was most likely brought over by merchant traders. It is still remarkable, nonetheless. Music (in order): 1. Popol Vuh- Kleiner Kreiger 2. Popol Vuh- King Minos 3. Popol Vuh- Through Pains To Heaven 4. Popol Vuh- Einsjäger und Siebenjäger -
1:28Buddhist Art
Buddhist ArtBuddhist Art
Buddhist art originated on the Indian subcontinent following the historical life of Siddhartha Gautama, 6th to 5th century BC, and thereafter evolved by contact with other cultures as it spread throughout Asia and the world. (1) Footprint of the Buddha. 1st century, Gandhara Although India had a long sculptural tradition and a mastery of rich iconography, the Buddha was not yet represented in human form, but only through Buddhist symbolism. It has been argued that earlier anthropomorphic representations of the Buddha may have been made of wood and may have perished since then. However, no related archaeological evidence has been found. (2) Representation of the Buddha in the Greco-Buddhist art of Gandhara, 1st century AD Anthropomorphic representations of the Buddha started to emerge from the 1st century AD in Northern India. The two main centers of creation have been identified as Gandhara, in Pakistan, and the region of Mathura, in central northern India. The art of Gandhara benefited from centuries of interaction with Greek culture since the conquests of Alexander the Great in 332 BC and the subsequent establishment of the Greco-Bactrian and Indo-Greek Kingdoms, leading to the development of Greco-Buddhist art. This iconic art was characterized from the start by a realistic idealism, combining realistic human features, proportions, attitudes and attributes, together with a sense of perfection and serenity reaching to the divine. This expression became the iconographic canon for subsequent Buddhist art. As Buddhism expanded outside of India from the 1st century AD, its original artistic package blended with other artistic influences. (3) Tang Bodhisattva Buddhist sculpture of the Tang Dynasty evolved towards a markedly life-like expression. From there Buddhism spread to Korea, and Japanese missions to Tang China helped it gain a foothold in Japan. (4) Seokguram Grotto, Korea Korean Buddhist art was also influenced by new Tang Dynasty styles. State-sponsored Buddhist art flourished during this period, the epitome of which is the Seokguram Grotto. (5) The boy Buddha rising up from lotus. Crimson and gilded wood, Vietnam, 14th-15th century Chinese influence was predominant in the north of Vietnam between the 1st and 9th centuries, and Confucianism and Mahayana Buddhism were prevalent. Overall, the art of Vietnam has been strongly influenced by Chinese Buddhist art. (6) A Cambodian Buddha, 14th century From the 9th to the 13th centuries, Southeast Asia had very powerful empires and became extremely active in Buddhist architectural and artistic creation. The Sri Vijaya Empire to the south and the Khmer Empire to the north competed for influence, but both were adherents of Mahayana Buddhism, and their art expressed the rich Mahayana pantheon of the Bodhisattvas. The Theravada Buddhism of the Pali canon was introduced to the region around the 13th century from Sri Lanka, and was adopted by the newly founded ethnic Thai kingdom of Sukhothai. (7) A Mandalay-style statue of Buddha, Myanmar (Burma) During the Konbaung dynasty, at the end of the 18th century, the Mandalay style of the Buddha image emerged, a style that remains popular to this day. (8) Phra Atchana Wat Si Chum, Sukhothai Province, Thailand From the 1st to the 7th centuries, Buddhist art in Thailand was first influenced by direct contact with Indian traders and the expansion of the Mon kingdom, with numerous monumental statues of great virtuosity. From the 9th century, the various schools of Thai art then became strongly influenced by Cambodian Khmer art in the north and Sri Vijaya art in the south. From the 13th century, Theravada Buddhism was introduced from Sri Lanka around the same time as the ethnic Thai kingdom of Sukhothai was established. The new faith inspired highly stylized images in Thai Buddhism, with sometimes very geometrical and almost abstract figures. During the Ayutthaya period (14th-18th centuries), the Buddha came to be represented in a more stylistic manner with sumptuous garments and jeweled ornamentations. Many Thai sculptures or temples tended to be gilded, and on occasion enriched with inlays. (9) A Buddha in Borobudur Like the rest of Southeast Asia, Indonesia seems to have been most strongly influenced by India from the 1st century AD. Extremely rich and refined architectural remains are found in Java and Sumatra. The most magnificent is the temple of Borobudur (the largest Buddhist structure in the world, built around 780-850 AD). -
5:01Gandharan Civilization
Gandharan CivilizationGandharan Civilization
Gandharan Civilization was based in present day northern Pakistan and eastern Afghanistan, but its direct influence stretched from Central Asia to northwest India. Gandhara was a part of Vedic, Persian, Greek, Bactrian, Scythian, Parthian, Kushan, Hephthalite, and other kingdoms/empires. It became a melting pot of Indo-Aryan, Iranian, Greek, and other cultures/peoples. Buddhism was popular in Gandhara along with Hellenic beliefs, Zoroastrianism, Manichaeism, Mithraism, Shaivism, and Vedic beliefs. Buddhism spread to east/northeast Asia from Gandhara via missionaries and traders using the Silk Road. Gandhara's location in the middle of the Silk Road also invited other cultures. Gandhara was famous for its world class universities such as the one in Taxila where medicine, religion, sciences, literature, and arts were taught. Gandhara's other contributions include the first linguistic system of grammar (Panini), the highly admired style of Greco-Buddhist arts, transmission of the concept of zero to the Arab world, and much more ... Greek, Aramaic, Sanskrit, Old Persian, and Prakrits (local languages) such as Gandhari (written in Kharoshti script) were the spoken/written languages in Gandhara. Despite becoming mostly Muslim, the Gandharan legacy lives on with the continuation of many aspects of culture, arts, traditions, etc. in present day Pakistan, Afghanistan, and beyond. -
5:02Buddhist symbolism
Buddhist symbolismBuddhist symbolism
Buddhist symbolism is the use of Buddhist art to represent certain aspects of dharma, which began in the 4th century BCE. Anthropomorphic symbolism appeared from around the 1st century CE with the arts of Mathura and the Greco-Buddhist art of Gandhara, and were combined with the previous symbols. Various symbolic innovations were later introduced, especially through Tibetan Buddhism. This video is targeted to blind users. Attribution: Article text available under CC-BY-SA Creative Commons image source in video -
7:16The Ancient Greek and Roman ART - Facts
The Ancient Greek and Roman ART - FactsThe Ancient Greek and Roman ART - Facts
The Ancient Greek and Roman ART - Facts The arts of ancient Greece have exercised an enormous influence on the culture of many countries all over the world, particularly in the areas of sculpture and architecture. In the West, the art of the Roman Empire was largely derived from Greek models. In the East, Alexander the Great's conquests initiated several centuries of exchange between Greek, Central Asian and Indian cultures, resulting in Greco-Buddhist art, with ramifications as far as Japan. Following the Renaissance in Europe, the humanist aesthetic and the high technical standards of Greek art inspired generations of European artists. Well into the 19th century, the classical tradition derived from Greece dominated the art of the western world. The art of Ancient Greece is usually divided stylistically into four periods: the Geometric, Archaic, Classical, and Hellenistic. The Geometric age is usually dated from about 1000 BC, although in reality little is known about art in Greece during the preceding 200 years (traditionally known as the Greek Dark Ages), the period of the 7th century BC witnessed the slow development of the Archaic style as exemplified by the black-figure style of vase painting. The onset of the Persian Wars (480 BC to 448 BC) is usually taken as the dividing line between the Archaic and the Classical periods, and the reign of Alexander the Great (336 BC to 323 BC) is taken as separating the Classical from the Hellenistic periods. Roman art refers to the visual arts made in Ancient Rome and in the territories of the Roman Empire. Roman art includes architecture, painting, sculpture and mosaic work. Luxury objects in metal-work, gem engraving, ivory carvings, and glass, are sometimes considered in modern terms to be minor forms of Roman art,[1] although this would not necessarily have been the case for contemporaries. Sculpture was perhaps considered as the highest form of art by Romans, but figure painting was also very highly regarded. The two forms have had very contrasting rates of survival, with a very large body of sculpture surviving from about the 1st century BC onwards, though very little from before, but very little painting at all remains, and probably nothing that a contemporary would have considered to be of the highest quality. Ancient Roman pottery was not a luxury product, but a vast production of "fine wares" in terra sigillata were decorated with reliefs that reflected the latest taste, and provided a large group in society with stylish objects at what was evidently an affordable price. Roman coins were an important means of propaganda, and have survived in enormous numbers. Other perishable forms of art have not survived at all. -
8:20古希臘文明之佛教：阿富汗巴米揚佛教考古 Greco-Roman, Byzantine, Bamyan Buddhism
古希臘文明之佛教：阿富汗巴米揚佛教考古 Greco-Roman, Byzantine, Bamyan Buddhism古希臘文明之佛教：阿富汗巴米揚佛教考古 Greco-Roman, Byzantine, Bamyan Buddhism
2011年11月20日 This video shows the excavation in Afghanistan illustrates the Greco-Roman influences on Buddhism, follow by a series of pictures comparing the Greek and Byzantine arts with Buddhism arts. -
0:22The Indian Handicrafts & beautiful Sculpture shop
The Indian Handicrafts & beautiful Sculpture shopThe Indian Handicrafts & beautiful Sculpture shop
The Indian Handicrafts & beautiful Sculpture shop.. The first known sculpture in the Indian subcontinent is from the Indus Valley civilization (3300--1700 BC), found in sites at Mohenjo-daro and Harappa in modern-day Pakistan. These include the famous small bronze female dancer. However such figures in bronze and stone are rare and greatly outnumbered by pottery figurines and stone seals, often of animals or deities very finely depicted. After the collapse of the Indus Valley civilization there is little record of sculpture until the Buddhist era, apart from a hoard of copper figures of (somewhat controversially) c. 1500 BCE from Daimabad.The pink sandstone Hindu, Jain and Buddhist sculptures of Mathura from the 1st to 3rd centuries CE reflected both native Indian traditions and the Western influences received through the Greco-Buddhist art of Gandhara, and effectively established the basis for subsequent Indian religious sculpture.Greco-Buddhist art is the artistic manifestation of Greco-Buddhism, a cultural syncretism between the Classical Greek culture and Buddhism, which developed over a period of close to 1000 years in Central Asia, between the conquests of Alexander the Great in the 4th century BCE, and the Islamic conquests of the 7th century CE. Greco-Buddhist art is characterized by the strong idealistic realism of Hellenistic art and the first representations of the Buddha in human form, which have helped define the artistic (and particularly, sculptural) canon for Buddhist art throughout the Asian continent up to the present. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sculpture_in_the_Indian_subcontinent -
0:28Greco-Buddhism Meaning
Greco-Buddhism MeaningGreco-Buddhism Meaning
Video shows what Greco-Buddhism means. The cultural syncretism between Hellenistic culture and Buddhism.. Greco-Buddhism Meaning. How to pronounce, definition audio dictionary. How to say Greco-Buddhism. Powered by MaryTTS, Wiktionary -
7:51Tokyo National Museum
Tokyo National MuseumTokyo National Museum
The Tokyo National Museum established in 1872, is the oldest Japanese national museum, the largest art museum in Japan and one of the largest art museums in the world. The museum collects, houses, and preserves a comprehensive collection of art works and archaeological objects of Asia, focusing on Japan. The museum holds over 110,000 objects, which includes 87 Japanese National Treasure holdings and 610 Important Cultural Property holdings. The museum also conducts research and organizes educational events related to its collection. The museum's collections focus on ancient Japanese art and Asian art along the Silk Road. There is also a large collection of Greco-Buddhist art.
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Greco-Buddhism
A short video on the Indo-Greek kingdoms and their relationship to Buddhism. -
The Indo-Greeks: The First Western Buddhists
This is a brief video based on a PowerPoint presentation I did for my university's Fourth Annual Classics Conference (I added in some more interesting transitions, pictures, and music for aesthetic purposes). This topic caught my interest because it represents the first true dichotomy of Eastern and Western cultures. As well, during this cultural syncretism, we have surviving scultpures of Buddhist mythological figures interacting peacefully with Hellenistic mythological figures. As well, this is something that does NOT come up very often in the Classics textbooks. I had to dig deep to find this stuff, and I thought it deserved some more attention from a wider audience. There's just something about the blending of two seemingly irreconcilable religious/cultural traditions that I find to... -
Buddhist Art
Buddhist art originated on the Indian subcontinent following the historical life of Siddhartha Gautama, 6th to 5th century BC, and thereafter evolved by contact with other cultures as it spread throughout Asia and the world. (1) Footprint of the Buddha. 1st century, Gandhara Although India had a long sculptural tradition and a mastery of rich iconography, the Buddha was not yet represented in human form, but only through Buddhist symbolism. It has been argued that earlier anthropomorphic representations of the Buddha may have been made of wood and may have perished since then. However, no related archaeological evidence has been found. (2) Representation of the Buddha in the Greco-Buddhist art of Gandhara, 1st century AD Anthropomorphic representations of the Buddha started to emerge fr... -
Gandharan Civilization
Gandharan Civilization was based in present day northern Pakistan and eastern Afghanistan, but its direct influence stretched from Central Asia to northwest India. Gandhara was a part of Vedic, Persian, Greek, Bactrian, Scythian, Parthian, Kushan, Hephthalite, and other kingdoms/empires. It became a melting pot of Indo-Aryan, Iranian, Greek, and other cultures/peoples. Buddhism was popular in Gandhara along with Hellenic beliefs, Zoroastrianism, Manichaeism, Mithraism, Shaivism, and Vedic beliefs. Buddhism spread to east/northeast Asia from Gandhara via missionaries and traders using the Silk Road. Gandhara's location in the middle of the Silk Road also invited other cultures. Gandhara was famous for its world class universities such as the one in Taxila where medicine, religi... -
Buddhist symbolism
Buddhist symbolism is the use of Buddhist art to represent certain aspects of dharma, which began in the 4th century BCE. Anthropomorphic symbolism appeared from around the 1st century CE with the arts of Mathura and the Greco-Buddhist art of Gandhara, and were combined with the previous symbols. Various symbolic innovations were later introduced, especially through Tibetan Buddhism. This video is targeted to blind users. Attribution: Article text available under CC-BY-SA Creative Commons image source in video -
The Ancient Greek and Roman ART - Facts
The Ancient Greek and Roman ART - Facts The arts of ancient Greece have exercised an enormous influence on the culture of many countries all over the world, particularly in the areas of sculpture and architecture. In the West, the art of the Roman Empire was largely derived from Greek models. In the East, Alexander the Great's conquests initiated several centuries of exchange between Greek, Central Asian and Indian cultures, resulting in Greco-Buddhist art, with ramifications as far as Japan. Following the Renaissance in Europe, the humanist aesthetic and the high technical standards of Greek art inspired generations of European artists. Well into the 19th century, the classical tradition derived from Greece dominated the art of the western world. The art of Ancient Greece is usually div... -
古希臘文明之佛教：阿富汗巴米揚佛教考古 Greco-Roman, Byzantine, Bamyan Buddhism
2011年11月20日 This video shows the excavation in Afghanistan illustrates the Greco-Roman influences on Buddhism, follow by a series of pictures comparing the Greek and Byzantine arts with Buddhism arts. -
The Indian Handicrafts & beautiful Sculpture shop
The Indian Handicrafts & beautiful Sculpture shop.. The first known sculpture in the Indian subcontinent is from the Indus Valley civilization (3300--1700 BC), found in sites at Mohenjo-daro and Harappa in modern-day Pakistan. These include the famous small bronze female dancer. However such figures in bronze and stone are rare and greatly outnumbered by pottery figurines and stone seals, often of animals or deities very finely depicted. After the collapse of the Indus Valley civilization there is little record of sculpture until the Buddhist era, apart from a hoard of copper figures of (somewhat controversially) c. 1500 BCE from Daimabad.The pink sandstone Hindu, Jain and Buddhist sculptures of Mathura from the 1st to 3rd centuries CE reflected both native Indian traditions and the Wester... -
Greco-Buddhism Meaning
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Tokyo National Museum
The Tokyo National Museum established in 1872, is the oldest Japanese national museum, the largest art museum in Japan and one of the largest art museums in the world. The museum collects, houses, and preserves a comprehensive collection of art works and archaeological objects of Asia, focusing on Japan. The museum holds over 110,000 objects, which includes 87 Japanese National Treasure holdings and 610 Important Cultural Property holdings. The museum also conducts research and organizes educational events related to its collection. The museum's collections focus on ancient Japanese art and Asian art along the Silk Road. There is also a large collection of Greco-Buddhist art.
Greco-Buddhism
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A short video on the Indo-Greek kingdoms and their relationship to Buddhism.
A short video on the Indo-Greek kingdoms and their relationship to Buddhism.
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A short video on the Indo-Greek kingdoms and their relationship to Buddhism.
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The Indo-Greeks: The First Western Buddhists
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This is a brief video based on a PowerPoint presentation I did for my university's Fourth Annual Classics Conference (I added in some more interesting transitio...
This is a brief video based on a PowerPoint presentation I did for my university's Fourth Annual Classics Conference (I added in some more interesting transitions, pictures, and music for aesthetic purposes).
This topic caught my interest because it represents the first true dichotomy of Eastern and Western cultures. As well, during this cultural syncretism, we have surviving scultpures of Buddhist mythological figures interacting peacefully with Hellenistic mythological figures. As well, this is something that does NOT come up very often in the Classics textbooks. I had to dig deep to find this stuff, and I thought it deserved some more attention from a wider audience. There's just something about the blending of two seemingly irreconcilable religious/cultural traditions that I find too irresistible to ignore. So I hope you enjoy!
Some Things I Left Out By Mistake:
1. The coin of Menander with Athena and the Lion are actually of Menander II. I found this out after I was done putting this together. The coins are still a prime example of the embrace of Buddhism in the area following the rule of Menander I, so I will not change it.
2. In 1889, in Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales, workmen dug up a coin that was identified as one of Menander's coins. This potentially means that the influence of Menander extended from India to England. However, it was most likely brought over by merchant traders. It is still remarkable, nonetheless.
Music (in order):
1. Popol Vuh- Kleiner Kreiger
2. Popol Vuh- King Minos
3. Popol Vuh- Through Pains To Heaven
4. Popol Vuh- Einsjäger und Siebenjäger
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This is a brief video based on a PowerPoint presentation I did for my university's Fourth Annual Classics Conference (I added in some more interesting transitions, pictures, and music for aesthetic purposes).
This topic caught my interest because it represents the first true dichotomy of Eastern and Western cultures. As well, during this cultural syncretism, we have surviving scultpures of Buddhist mythological figures interacting peacefully with Hellenistic mythological figures. As well, this is something that does NOT come up very often in the Classics textbooks. I had to dig deep to find this stuff, and I thought it deserved some more attention from a wider audience. There's just something about the blending of two seemingly irreconcilable religious/cultural traditions that I find too irresistible to ignore. So I hope you enjoy!
Some Things I Left Out By Mistake:
1. The coin of Menander with Athena and the Lion are actually of Menander II. I found this out after I was done putting this together. The coins are still a prime example of the embrace of Buddhism in the area following the rule of Menander I, so I will not change it.
2. In 1889, in Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales, workmen dug up a coin that was identified as one of Menander's coins. This potentially means that the influence of Menander extended from India to England. However, it was most likely brought over by merchant traders. It is still remarkable, nonetheless.
Music (in order):
1. Popol Vuh- Kleiner Kreiger
2. Popol Vuh- King Minos
3. Popol Vuh- Through Pains To Heaven
4. Popol Vuh- Einsjäger und Siebenjäger
- published: 11 Feb 2010
- views: 10569
Buddhist Art
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Buddhist art originated on the Indian subcontinent following the historical life of Siddhartha Gautama, 6th to 5th century BC, and thereafter evolved by contact...
Buddhist art originated on the Indian subcontinent following the historical life of Siddhartha Gautama, 6th to 5th century BC, and thereafter evolved by contact with other cultures as it spread throughout Asia and the world.
(1) Footprint of the Buddha. 1st century, Gandhara
Although India had a long sculptural tradition and a mastery of rich iconography, the Buddha was not yet represented in human form, but only through Buddhist symbolism.
It has been argued that earlier anthropomorphic representations of the Buddha may have been made of wood and may have perished since then. However, no related archaeological evidence has been found.
(2) Representation of the Buddha in the Greco-Buddhist art of Gandhara, 1st century AD
Anthropomorphic representations of the Buddha started to emerge from the 1st century AD in Northern India. The two main centers of creation have been identified as Gandhara, in Pakistan, and the region of Mathura, in central northern India.
The art of Gandhara benefited from centuries of interaction with Greek culture since the conquests of Alexander the Great in 332 BC and the subsequent establishment of the Greco-Bactrian and Indo-Greek Kingdoms, leading to the development of Greco-Buddhist art.
This iconic art was characterized from the start by a realistic idealism, combining realistic human features, proportions, attitudes and attributes, together with a sense of perfection and serenity reaching to the divine. This expression became the iconographic canon for subsequent Buddhist art.
As Buddhism expanded outside of India from the 1st century AD, its original artistic package blended with other artistic influences.
(3) Tang Bodhisattva
Buddhist sculpture of the Tang Dynasty evolved towards a markedly life-like expression. From there Buddhism spread to Korea, and Japanese missions to Tang China helped it gain a foothold in Japan.
(4) Seokguram Grotto, Korea
Korean Buddhist art was also influenced by new Tang Dynasty styles. State-sponsored Buddhist art flourished during this period, the epitome of which is the Seokguram Grotto.
(5) The boy Buddha rising up from lotus. Crimson and gilded wood, Vietnam, 14th-15th century
Chinese influence was predominant in the north of Vietnam between the 1st and 9th centuries, and Confucianism and Mahayana Buddhism were prevalent. Overall, the art of Vietnam has been strongly influenced by Chinese Buddhist art.
(6) A Cambodian Buddha, 14th century
From the 9th to the 13th centuries, Southeast Asia had very powerful empires and became extremely active in Buddhist architectural and artistic creation. The Sri Vijaya Empire to the south and the Khmer Empire to the north competed for influence, but both were adherents of Mahayana Buddhism, and their art expressed the rich Mahayana pantheon of the Bodhisattvas. The Theravada Buddhism of the Pali canon was introduced to the region around the 13th century from Sri Lanka, and was adopted by the newly founded ethnic Thai kingdom of Sukhothai.
(7) A Mandalay-style statue of Buddha, Myanmar (Burma)
During the Konbaung dynasty, at the end of the 18th century, the Mandalay style of the Buddha image emerged, a style that remains popular to this day.
(8) Phra Atchana Wat Si Chum, Sukhothai Province, Thailand
From the 1st to the 7th centuries, Buddhist art in Thailand was first influenced by direct contact with Indian traders and the expansion of the Mon kingdom, with numerous monumental statues of great virtuosity.
From the 9th century, the various schools of Thai art then became strongly influenced by Cambodian Khmer art in the north and Sri Vijaya art in the south.
From the 13th century, Theravada Buddhism was introduced from Sri Lanka around the same time as the ethnic Thai kingdom of Sukhothai was established. The new faith inspired highly stylized images in Thai Buddhism, with sometimes very geometrical and almost abstract figures.
During the Ayutthaya period (14th-18th centuries), the Buddha came to be represented in a more stylistic manner with sumptuous garments and jeweled ornamentations. Many Thai sculptures or temples tended to be gilded, and on occasion enriched with inlays.
(9) A Buddha in Borobudur
Like the rest of Southeast Asia, Indonesia seems to have been most strongly influenced by India from the 1st century AD. Extremely rich and refined architectural remains are found in Java and Sumatra. The most magnificent is the temple of Borobudur (the largest Buddhist structure in the world, built around 780-850 AD).
wn.com/Buddhist Art
Buddhist art originated on the Indian subcontinent following the historical life of Siddhartha Gautama, 6th to 5th century BC, and thereafter evolved by contact with other cultures as it spread throughout Asia and the world.
(1) Footprint of the Buddha. 1st century, Gandhara
Although India had a long sculptural tradition and a mastery of rich iconography, the Buddha was not yet represented in human form, but only through Buddhist symbolism.
It has been argued that earlier anthropomorphic representations of the Buddha may have been made of wood and may have perished since then. However, no related archaeological evidence has been found.
(2) Representation of the Buddha in the Greco-Buddhist art of Gandhara, 1st century AD
Anthropomorphic representations of the Buddha started to emerge from the 1st century AD in Northern India. The two main centers of creation have been identified as Gandhara, in Pakistan, and the region of Mathura, in central northern India.
The art of Gandhara benefited from centuries of interaction with Greek culture since the conquests of Alexander the Great in 332 BC and the subsequent establishment of the Greco-Bactrian and Indo-Greek Kingdoms, leading to the development of Greco-Buddhist art.
This iconic art was characterized from the start by a realistic idealism, combining realistic human features, proportions, attitudes and attributes, together with a sense of perfection and serenity reaching to the divine. This expression became the iconographic canon for subsequent Buddhist art.
As Buddhism expanded outside of India from the 1st century AD, its original artistic package blended with other artistic influences.
(3) Tang Bodhisattva
Buddhist sculpture of the Tang Dynasty evolved towards a markedly life-like expression. From there Buddhism spread to Korea, and Japanese missions to Tang China helped it gain a foothold in Japan.
(4) Seokguram Grotto, Korea
Korean Buddhist art was also influenced by new Tang Dynasty styles. State-sponsored Buddhist art flourished during this period, the epitome of which is the Seokguram Grotto.
(5) The boy Buddha rising up from lotus. Crimson and gilded wood, Vietnam, 14th-15th century
Chinese influence was predominant in the north of Vietnam between the 1st and 9th centuries, and Confucianism and Mahayana Buddhism were prevalent. Overall, the art of Vietnam has been strongly influenced by Chinese Buddhist art.
(6) A Cambodian Buddha, 14th century
From the 9th to the 13th centuries, Southeast Asia had very powerful empires and became extremely active in Buddhist architectural and artistic creation. The Sri Vijaya Empire to the south and the Khmer Empire to the north competed for influence, but both were adherents of Mahayana Buddhism, and their art expressed the rich Mahayana pantheon of the Bodhisattvas. The Theravada Buddhism of the Pali canon was introduced to the region around the 13th century from Sri Lanka, and was adopted by the newly founded ethnic Thai kingdom of Sukhothai.
(7) A Mandalay-style statue of Buddha, Myanmar (Burma)
During the Konbaung dynasty, at the end of the 18th century, the Mandalay style of the Buddha image emerged, a style that remains popular to this day.
(8) Phra Atchana Wat Si Chum, Sukhothai Province, Thailand
From the 1st to the 7th centuries, Buddhist art in Thailand was first influenced by direct contact with Indian traders and the expansion of the Mon kingdom, with numerous monumental statues of great virtuosity.
From the 9th century, the various schools of Thai art then became strongly influenced by Cambodian Khmer art in the north and Sri Vijaya art in the south.
From the 13th century, Theravada Buddhism was introduced from Sri Lanka around the same time as the ethnic Thai kingdom of Sukhothai was established. The new faith inspired highly stylized images in Thai Buddhism, with sometimes very geometrical and almost abstract figures.
During the Ayutthaya period (14th-18th centuries), the Buddha came to be represented in a more stylistic manner with sumptuous garments and jeweled ornamentations. Many Thai sculptures or temples tended to be gilded, and on occasion enriched with inlays.
(9) A Buddha in Borobudur
Like the rest of Southeast Asia, Indonesia seems to have been most strongly influenced by India from the 1st century AD. Extremely rich and refined architectural remains are found in Java and Sumatra. The most magnificent is the temple of Borobudur (the largest Buddhist structure in the world, built around 780-850 AD).
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Gandharan Civilization
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Gandharan Civilization was based in present day northern Pakistan and eastern Afghanistan, but its direct influence stretched from Central Asia to northwest Ind...
Gandharan Civilization was based in present day northern Pakistan and eastern Afghanistan, but its direct influence stretched from Central Asia to northwest India.
Gandhara was a part of Vedic, Persian, Greek, Bactrian, Scythian, Parthian, Kushan, Hephthalite, and other kingdoms/empires. It became a melting pot of Indo-Aryan, Iranian, Greek, and other cultures/peoples.
Buddhism was popular in Gandhara along with Hellenic beliefs, Zoroastrianism, Manichaeism, Mithraism, Shaivism, and Vedic beliefs.
Buddhism spread to east/northeast Asia from Gandhara via missionaries and traders using the Silk Road. Gandhara's location in the middle of the Silk Road also invited other cultures.
Gandhara was famous for its world class universities such as the one in Taxila where medicine, religion, sciences, literature, and arts were taught.
Gandhara's other contributions include the first linguistic system of grammar (Panini), the highly admired style of Greco-Buddhist arts, transmission of the concept of zero to the Arab world, and much more ...
Greek, Aramaic, Sanskrit, Old Persian, and Prakrits (local languages) such as Gandhari (written in Kharoshti script) were the spoken/written languages in Gandhara.
Despite becoming mostly Muslim, the Gandharan legacy lives on with the continuation of many aspects of culture, arts, traditions, etc. in present day Pakistan, Afghanistan, and beyond.
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Gandharan Civilization was based in present day northern Pakistan and eastern Afghanistan, but its direct influence stretched from Central Asia to northwest India.
Gandhara was a part of Vedic, Persian, Greek, Bactrian, Scythian, Parthian, Kushan, Hephthalite, and other kingdoms/empires. It became a melting pot of Indo-Aryan, Iranian, Greek, and other cultures/peoples.
Buddhism was popular in Gandhara along with Hellenic beliefs, Zoroastrianism, Manichaeism, Mithraism, Shaivism, and Vedic beliefs.
Buddhism spread to east/northeast Asia from Gandhara via missionaries and traders using the Silk Road. Gandhara's location in the middle of the Silk Road also invited other cultures.
Gandhara was famous for its world class universities such as the one in Taxila where medicine, religion, sciences, literature, and arts were taught.
Gandhara's other contributions include the first linguistic system of grammar (Panini), the highly admired style of Greco-Buddhist arts, transmission of the concept of zero to the Arab world, and much more ...
Greek, Aramaic, Sanskrit, Old Persian, and Prakrits (local languages) such as Gandhari (written in Kharoshti script) were the spoken/written languages in Gandhara.
Despite becoming mostly Muslim, the Gandharan legacy lives on with the continuation of many aspects of culture, arts, traditions, etc. in present day Pakistan, Afghanistan, and beyond.
- published: 04 Dec 2010
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Buddhist symbolism
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Buddhist symbolism is the use of Buddhist art to represent certain aspects of dharma, which began in the 4th century BCE. Anthropomorphic symbolism appeared fro...
Buddhist symbolism is the use of Buddhist art to represent certain aspects of dharma, which began in the 4th century BCE. Anthropomorphic symbolism appeared from around the 1st century CE with the arts of Mathura and the Greco-Buddhist art of Gandhara, and were combined with the previous symbols. Various symbolic innovations were later introduced, especially through Tibetan Buddhism.
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Buddhist symbolism is the use of Buddhist art to represent certain aspects of dharma, which began in the 4th century BCE. Anthropomorphic symbolism appeared from around the 1st century CE with the arts of Mathura and the Greco-Buddhist art of Gandhara, and were combined with the previous symbols. Various symbolic innovations were later introduced, especially through Tibetan Buddhism.
This video is targeted to blind users.
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The Ancient Greek and Roman ART - Facts
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The Ancient Greek and Roman ART - Facts
The arts of ancient Greece have exercised an enormous influence on the culture of many countries all over the world, pa...
The Ancient Greek and Roman ART - Facts
The arts of ancient Greece have exercised an enormous influence on the culture of many countries all over the world, particularly in the areas of sculpture and architecture. In the West, the art of the Roman Empire was largely derived from Greek models. In the East, Alexander the Great's conquests initiated several centuries of exchange between Greek, Central Asian and Indian cultures, resulting in Greco-Buddhist art, with ramifications as far as Japan. Following the Renaissance in Europe, the humanist aesthetic and the high technical standards of Greek art inspired generations of European artists. Well into the 19th century, the classical tradition derived from Greece dominated the art of the western world.
The art of Ancient Greece is usually divided stylistically into four periods: the Geometric, Archaic, Classical, and Hellenistic. The Geometric age is usually dated from about 1000 BC, although in reality little is known about art in Greece during the preceding 200 years (traditionally known as the Greek Dark Ages), the period of the 7th century BC witnessed the slow development of the Archaic style as exemplified by the black-figure style of vase painting. The onset of the Persian Wars (480 BC to 448 BC) is usually taken as the dividing line between the Archaic and the Classical periods, and the reign of Alexander the Great (336 BC to 323 BC) is taken as separating the Classical from the Hellenistic periods.
Roman art refers to the visual arts made in Ancient Rome and in the territories of the Roman Empire. Roman art includes architecture, painting, sculpture and mosaic work. Luxury objects in metal-work, gem engraving, ivory carvings, and glass, are sometimes considered in modern terms to be minor forms of Roman art,[1] although this would not necessarily have been the case for contemporaries. Sculpture was perhaps considered as the highest form of art by Romans, but figure painting was also very highly regarded. The two forms have had very contrasting rates of survival, with a very large body of sculpture surviving from about the 1st century BC onwards, though very little from before, but very little painting at all remains, and probably nothing that a contemporary would have considered to be of the highest quality. Ancient Roman pottery was not a luxury product, but a vast production of "fine wares" in terra sigillata were decorated with reliefs that reflected the latest taste, and provided a large group in society with stylish objects at what was evidently an affordable price. Roman coins were an important means of propaganda, and have survived in enormous numbers. Other perishable forms of art have not survived at all.
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The Ancient Greek and Roman ART - Facts
The arts of ancient Greece have exercised an enormous influence on the culture of many countries all over the world, particularly in the areas of sculpture and architecture. In the West, the art of the Roman Empire was largely derived from Greek models. In the East, Alexander the Great's conquests initiated several centuries of exchange between Greek, Central Asian and Indian cultures, resulting in Greco-Buddhist art, with ramifications as far as Japan. Following the Renaissance in Europe, the humanist aesthetic and the high technical standards of Greek art inspired generations of European artists. Well into the 19th century, the classical tradition derived from Greece dominated the art of the western world.
The art of Ancient Greece is usually divided stylistically into four periods: the Geometric, Archaic, Classical, and Hellenistic. The Geometric age is usually dated from about 1000 BC, although in reality little is known about art in Greece during the preceding 200 years (traditionally known as the Greek Dark Ages), the period of the 7th century BC witnessed the slow development of the Archaic style as exemplified by the black-figure style of vase painting. The onset of the Persian Wars (480 BC to 448 BC) is usually taken as the dividing line between the Archaic and the Classical periods, and the reign of Alexander the Great (336 BC to 323 BC) is taken as separating the Classical from the Hellenistic periods.
Roman art refers to the visual arts made in Ancient Rome and in the territories of the Roman Empire. Roman art includes architecture, painting, sculpture and mosaic work. Luxury objects in metal-work, gem engraving, ivory carvings, and glass, are sometimes considered in modern terms to be minor forms of Roman art,[1] although this would not necessarily have been the case for contemporaries. Sculpture was perhaps considered as the highest form of art by Romans, but figure painting was also very highly regarded. The two forms have had very contrasting rates of survival, with a very large body of sculpture surviving from about the 1st century BC onwards, though very little from before, but very little painting at all remains, and probably nothing that a contemporary would have considered to be of the highest quality. Ancient Roman pottery was not a luxury product, but a vast production of "fine wares" in terra sigillata were decorated with reliefs that reflected the latest taste, and provided a large group in society with stylish objects at what was evidently an affordable price. Roman coins were an important means of propaganda, and have survived in enormous numbers. Other perishable forms of art have not survived at all.
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古希臘文明之佛教：阿富汗巴米揚佛教考古 Greco-Roman, Byzantine, Bamyan Buddhism
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This video shows the excavation in Afghanistan illustrates the Greco-Roman influences on Buddhism, follow by a series of pictures comparing the Gre...
2011年11月20日
This video shows the excavation in Afghanistan illustrates the Greco-Roman influences on Buddhism, follow by a series of pictures comparing the Greek and Byzantine arts with Buddhism arts.
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2011年11月20日
This video shows the excavation in Afghanistan illustrates the Greco-Roman influences on Buddhism, follow by a series of pictures comparing the Greek and Byzantine arts with Buddhism arts.
- published: 20 Nov 2011
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The Indian Handicrafts & beautiful Sculpture shop
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The Indian Handicrafts & beautiful Sculpture shop.. The first known sculpture in the Indian subcontinent is from the Indus Valley civilization (3300--1700 BC), ...
The Indian Handicrafts & beautiful Sculpture shop.. The first known sculpture in the Indian subcontinent is from the Indus Valley civilization (3300--1700 BC), found in sites at Mohenjo-daro and Harappa in modern-day Pakistan. These include the famous small bronze female dancer. However such figures in bronze and stone are rare and greatly outnumbered by pottery figurines and stone seals, often of animals or deities very finely depicted. After the collapse of the Indus Valley civilization there is little record of sculpture until the Buddhist era, apart from a hoard of copper figures of (somewhat controversially) c. 1500 BCE from Daimabad.The pink sandstone Hindu, Jain and Buddhist sculptures of Mathura from the 1st to 3rd centuries CE reflected both native Indian traditions and the Western influences received through the Greco-Buddhist art of Gandhara, and effectively established the basis for subsequent Indian religious sculpture.Greco-Buddhist art is the artistic manifestation of Greco-Buddhism, a cultural syncretism between the Classical Greek culture and Buddhism, which developed over a period of close to 1000 years in Central Asia, between the conquests of Alexander the Great in the 4th century BCE, and the Islamic conquests of the 7th century CE. Greco-Buddhist art is characterized by the strong idealistic realism of Hellenistic art and the first representations of the Buddha in human form, which have helped define the artistic (and particularly, sculptural) canon for Buddhist art throughout the Asian continent up to the present.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sculpture_in_the_Indian_subcontinent
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The Indian Handicrafts & beautiful Sculpture shop.. The first known sculpture in the Indian subcontinent is from the Indus Valley civilization (3300--1700 BC), found in sites at Mohenjo-daro and Harappa in modern-day Pakistan. These include the famous small bronze female dancer. However such figures in bronze and stone are rare and greatly outnumbered by pottery figurines and stone seals, often of animals or deities very finely depicted. After the collapse of the Indus Valley civilization there is little record of sculpture until the Buddhist era, apart from a hoard of copper figures of (somewhat controversially) c. 1500 BCE from Daimabad.The pink sandstone Hindu, Jain and Buddhist sculptures of Mathura from the 1st to 3rd centuries CE reflected both native Indian traditions and the Western influences received through the Greco-Buddhist art of Gandhara, and effectively established the basis for subsequent Indian religious sculpture.Greco-Buddhist art is the artistic manifestation of Greco-Buddhism, a cultural syncretism between the Classical Greek culture and Buddhism, which developed over a period of close to 1000 years in Central Asia, between the conquests of Alexander the Great in the 4th century BCE, and the Islamic conquests of the 7th century CE. Greco-Buddhist art is characterized by the strong idealistic realism of Hellenistic art and the first representations of the Buddha in human form, which have helped define the artistic (and particularly, sculptural) canon for Buddhist art throughout the Asian continent up to the present.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sculpture_in_the_Indian_subcontinent
- published: 31 Dec 2013
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Greco-Buddhism Meaning
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Video shows what Greco-Buddhism means. The cultural syncretism between Hellenistic culture and Buddhism.. Greco-Buddhism Meaning. How to pronounce, definition ...
Video shows what Greco-Buddhism means. The cultural syncretism between Hellenistic culture and Buddhism.. Greco-Buddhism Meaning. How to pronounce, definition audio dictionary. How to say Greco-Buddhism. Powered by MaryTTS, Wiktionary
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Video shows what Greco-Buddhism means. The cultural syncretism between Hellenistic culture and Buddhism.. Greco-Buddhism Meaning. How to pronounce, definition audio dictionary. How to say Greco-Buddhism. Powered by MaryTTS, Wiktionary
- published: 28 Apr 2015
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Tokyo National Museum
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The Tokyo National Museum established in 1872, is the oldest Japanese national museum, the largest art museum in Japan and one of the largest art museums in the...
The Tokyo National Museum established in 1872, is the oldest Japanese national museum, the largest art museum in Japan and one of the largest art museums in the world. The museum collects, houses, and preserves a comprehensive collection of art works and archaeological objects of Asia, focusing on Japan. The museum holds over 110,000 objects, which includes 87 Japanese National Treasure holdings and 610 Important Cultural Property holdings. The museum also conducts research and organizes educational events related to its collection. The museum's collections focus on ancient Japanese art and Asian art along the Silk Road. There is also a large collection of Greco-Buddhist art.
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The Tokyo National Museum established in 1872, is the oldest Japanese national museum, the largest art museum in Japan and one of the largest art museums in the world. The museum collects, houses, and preserves a comprehensive collection of art works and archaeological objects of Asia, focusing on Japan. The museum holds over 110,000 objects, which includes 87 Japanese National Treasure holdings and 610 Important Cultural Property holdings. The museum also conducts research and organizes educational events related to its collection. The museum's collections focus on ancient Japanese art and Asian art along the Silk Road. There is also a large collection of Greco-Buddhist art.
- published: 24 May 2016
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古希臘文明之佛教：阿富汗巴米揚佛教考古 Greco-Roman, Byzantine, Bamyan Buddhism
2011年11月20日
This video shows the excavation in Afghanistan illustrates the Greco-Roman in...
published: 20 Nov 2011
古希臘文明之佛教：阿富汗巴米揚佛教考古 Greco-Roman, Byzantine, Bamyan Buddhism
古希臘文明之佛教：阿富汗巴米揚佛教考古 Greco-Roman, Byzantine, Bamyan Buddhism
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The Indian Handicrafts & beautiful Sculpture shop
The Indian Handicrafts & beautiful Sculpture shop.. The first known sculpture in the India...
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The Indian Handicrafts & beautiful Sculpture shop
The Indian Handicrafts & beautiful Sculpture shop
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Greco-Buddhism Meaning
Video shows what Greco-Buddhism means. The cultural syncretism between Hellenistic culture...
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Greco-Buddhism Meaning
Greco-Buddhism Meaning
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Tokyo National Museum
The Tokyo National Museum established in 1872, is the oldest Japanese national museum, the...
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Tokyo National Museum
Tokyo National Museum
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Ben Askren, Olympics
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Myanmar government cracks down on Buddhist nationalists
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Indian origin wrestler fails dope test, expelled from Australia's Olympic squad
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Edit The Miami Herald 15 Jul 2016
It also said the international federation, United World Wrestling, had advised they will reallocate Kumar's position in the 66-kilogram Greco-Roman weight division to an athlete from another country ... ....
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