Buddhist Art in India. CHAPTER 6 SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST ASIA

Buddhist Art in India

CHAPTER 6

SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST ASIA

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INDUS RIVER VALLEY

GANGES RIVER VALLEY

Priest-king, Mohenjo-daro (& Harappa)

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No surviving temples/palaces

Buddhist Artin India

BUDDHISM

Lion capital, Sarnath, India

Buddhism spreads by AshokaColumns align with Axis of the UniverseChakra (Wheel of Law)

Great Stupa, SanchiReliquary (remains)

Circumambulation (clockwise) Yasti & Chatras (unite world/paradise)

Yakshi at the ToranaYakshi c.a.

200 a.d.

Chaitya Hall

plan and sectionApse houses small stupa

Ambulatory

Prince Siddhartha

Compare

1. BIRTH @ LUMBINI

2. ENLIGHTENMENTUNDER BODHI TREE

3. 1ST SERMON, SARNATH

4. PARINIRVANA

Gandhara Buddha

Meditating Buddha

MUDRA?

HaloUshnisha: bump

Urna: dot or curl of hair

Buddha seated on lion throne

Almost transparentrobes

Bodhi Tree

Mudra?Dharma Wheel

Classical (canon) Seated Buddha,

Preaching 1st Sermon, Sarnath

-Perfect bodily form-Emphasizes spirituality-MeditationMudra?* Replaces stupa as the normDeer & Wheel

Bodhisattva Padmapani, Ajanta caves

-Indian painting rare-delicate, sensuous-compassion