Question

Write about Gandhara school of art

Answer 1

Gandhara School was based on Greco-Roman norms encapsulating foreign techniques and an alien spirit. It is also known as Graeco-Buddhist School of art. The foreign influence is evident from the sculptures of Buddha in which they bear resemblance to the Greek sculptures.

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.

Salient features of Gandhara School of Art

Gandhara Style has naturalism in body form, drapery, and pictorial scale. The male figures are shown with musculature, drapery with sharp flowing folds,wavy curled hair and sharp features.