Question

Briefly explain about Gandhara school of art and Characteristics of Gandhara School of art

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Answer 1

Gandhara school of art :-

• The Gandhara school of art had grown around Peshawar (Presently in Pakistan) in Northwest India, during the rule of Indo-Greek rulers but the real patrons of Gandhara school of art were the Sakas and the Kushanas, Kanishka in particular.

• Many artists from West Asia had settled down in the north-west of India after the Greek invasions and during the period of the Kushanas further, they were deeply influenced by the Graeco-Roman art.

• The Kushana kings, especially Kanishka, motivated the Gandhara artists to carve the themes from Buddha’s life and the jatakas thus a large number of the images of the Buddha and the Bodhisattvas were produced.

• Due to the application of Greek Techniques of art to the Buddhist subjects (beautiful images of the Buddha and Bodhisattvas) the Gandhara School of Art is also known as the Graeco-Buddhist School of Art.

• Almost all kinds of foreign influences like Greek, Roman, Persian, Saka and Kushan were assimilated in Gandhara style.

• Jalalabad, Begram, Hadda, Bamaran & Taxila were the main centres where art pieces of Gandhara School have been found and the Bamyan Buddha of Afghanistan considered as an example of the Gandhara School.

Characteristics of Gandhara School of art :-

• The reliefs of the Gandhara Sculpture depict Buddha’s birth, his renunciation and his preaching and the best of the sculptures were produced during the first and second centuries A.D.

• The drapery was thick with large and bold fold lines also the human body was cast in a realistic manner with minute attention being given to physical features like a moustache, muscles, and curly hair.

Since ruins of about fifteen monasteries were found in and around Peshawar and Rawalpindi thus it can be concluded that during first to fourth centuries A.D a large number of monasteries were built. The graeco-roman architectural impact was seen in form of an increase of height and additional ornamentation of the Buddhist stupas erected between first to fifth centuries. Moreover, these changes further made the stupa attractive.

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Answer 2

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It is a buddhist type of art