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Essay on buddhist caves art and articheture

Answer 1

Buddhism has left its mark in the field of art and architecture of India. The first human statues worshipped in India were probably those of Buddha. The Greek and the Indian sculptors worked together to create a new kind of art, which is known as the Gandhara School of Art. The early Buddhist monuments of Sanchi, Bharhut, Bodh Gaya, Amaravati and other places are illuminating examples of artistic activity. For the residence of the monks rooms were hewn out of the rocks and thus began the cave architecture at Barabar hills in Gaya and at Nasik.

Buddhist art reached its highest watermark during the Gupta period in the paintings at Ajanta (caves, I, II, XVI and XIX) and at Bagh near Gwalior (in Madhya Pradesh). Most of these paintings depict scenes of the Jataka stories but there are secular paintings as well. The painting of Great Bodhisattva in cave I at Ajanta is one of the finest pieces of painting.

Buddha figures in general can be classified under three main categories such as sthanaka (standing), asana (seated), sayana (recumbent). Each of these, when shown as a part of the composite relief, specially the standing and sitting figures, with the hands shows in particular poses (mudra) was intended to illustrate different incidents of the life of Buddha. The recumbent form is utilised to represent the Mahaparinirvana of Buddha at Kusinagar.

Answer 2

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Buddhism has left its mark in the field of art and architecture of India. The first human statues worshipped in India were probably those of Buddha. The Greek and the Indian sculptors worked together to create a new kind of art, which is known as the Gandhara School of Art. The early Buddhist monuments of Sanchi, Bharhut, Bodh Gaya, Amaravati and other places are illuminating examples of artistic activity. For the residence of the monks rooms were hewn out of the rocks and thus began the cave architecture at Barabar hills in Gaya and at Nasik.
Buddhist art reached its highest watermark during the Gupta period in the paintings at Ajanta (caves, I, II, XVI and XIX) and at Bagh near Gwalior (in Madhya Pradesh). Most of these paintings depict scenes of the Jataka stories but there are secular paintings as well. The painting of Great Bodhisattva in cave I at Ajanta is one of the finest pieces of painting.
Buddha figures in general can be classified under three main categories such as sthanaka (standing), asana (seated), sayana (recumbent). Each of these, when shown as a part of the composite relief, specially the standing and sitting figures, with the hands shows in particular poses (mudra) was intended to illustrate different incidents of the life of Buddha. The recumbent form is utilised to represent the Mahaparinirvana of Buddha at Kusinagar.

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