Describe the sculpture Buddhist head from Takshila from your course of study that epitomizes sculptural dexterity
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AnsDuring the Mauryan period, and particularly during the reign of the Great Emperor Asoka (270 to 232 B.C.E.) and with his embrace of Buddhism, which became the predominant religion during the time, Buddhist influence in the sculptures became visible. Asoka erected many Pillars topped by famous sculptures of animals, mostly lions, of which six survive around India, carrying his edicts. Mauryan art is represented both in court art as well as popular art. While the tall stone pillars and their decorative capitals represent court art, examples of popular art may be seen in sculptures like the Deedarganj Yakshi which now in the Patna Museum in Bihar. Maurya
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The materials used for gandhara sculpture were green phyllite and grey-blue mica schist which in general, belong to an earlier phase, and stucco, which was used increasingly after the 3rd century CE. The sculptures were originally painted and gilded.Gandhara art, style of Buddhist visual art that developed in what is now northwestern Pakistan and eastern Afghanistan between the 1st century bce and the 7th century ce.When these routes ceased to be important, the city sank into insignificance and was finally destroyed by the Huns in the 5th century ce. Taxila was designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1980.Taxila was known in Pali as Takkasilā, and in Sanskrit as तक्षशिला (Takshashila, IAST: Takṣaśilā; "City of Cut Stone"). The Greeks pared the city's name down to Taxila which became the name that the Europeans were familiar with ever since the time of Alexander the Great.Taxila, located in the Rawalpindi district of Pakistan's Punjab province, is a vast serial site that includes a Mesolithic cave and the archaeological remains of four early settlement sites, Buddhist monasteries, and a Muslim mosque and madrassa.
This head shows close stylistic affinities with early stucco production from Gandharan sites at Taxila. The sensitive modeling has an expressive quality that is not seen in the more formal images in stone from this period.During the Mauryan period, and particularly during the reign of the Great Emperor Asoka (270 to 232 B.C.E.) and with his embrace of Buddhism, which became the predominant religion during the time, Buddhist influence in the sculptures became visible. Asoka erected many Pillars topped by famous sculptures of animals, mostly lions, of which six survive around India, carrying his edicts. Mauryan art is represented both in court art as well as popular art. While the tall stone pillars and their decorative capitals represent court art, examples of popular art may be seen in sculptures like the Deedarganj Yakshi which now in the Patna Museum in Bihar.