Mckenna Form- Cut rock plaster Function- Pilgrimage site. Content- Niche shaped like a halo around the body. Context- Found in Bamiyan, Afghanistan Change- Largest Buddha sculptures ever created. Interpretation- One buddha is thought to be representative of male aspects, while the other, smaller one is thought to represent female aspects. Artistic intent- The area near the feet was carved out so that people could circumambulate the sculptures. Audience response- It was destroyed by the Taliban in an act of iconoclasm.
Nandini Form: polychrome paint Function: Trading center Content: faces and hands were originally covered in copper Context: architects were the Kushan people of Gandharan Change: gandharan style blended greco-roman aesthetics with Buddhist symbolism Interpretation: Smaller Buddha was the historical Buddha while the larger statue was the universal Buddha Intent: many of the caves served as accommodations for caravans along the silk road Audience response: when Genghis Khan invaded and killed all the people, he left the Buddhas intact.
katherine form- pigment and gold function- represented the male and female aspects of the univers content- painted in gold pigment context- built by the kushan people of Gandharan change- first colossal buddhas interpretation- blended with greco-roman aesthetisicm intent- niche shaped like a halo response- pilgrims could walk through the cave galleries
Mckenna
ReplyDeleteForm- Cut rock plaster
Function- Pilgrimage site.
Content- Niche shaped like a halo around the body.
Context- Found in Bamiyan, Afghanistan
Change- Largest Buddha sculptures ever created.
Interpretation- One buddha is thought to be representative of male aspects, while the other, smaller one is thought to represent female aspects.
Artistic intent- The area near the feet was carved out so that people could circumambulate the sculptures.
Audience response- It was destroyed by the Taliban in an act of iconoclasm.
Nandini
ReplyDeleteForm: polychrome paint
Function: Trading center
Content: faces and hands were originally covered in copper
Context: architects were the Kushan people of Gandharan
Change: gandharan style blended greco-roman aesthetics with Buddhist symbolism
Interpretation: Smaller Buddha was the historical Buddha while the larger statue was the universal Buddha
Intent: many of the caves served as accommodations for caravans along the silk road
Audience response: when Genghis Khan invaded and killed all the people, he left the Buddhas intact.
katherine
ReplyDeleteform- pigment and gold
function- represented the male and female aspects of the univers
content- painted in gold pigment
context- built by the kushan people of Gandharan
change- first colossal buddhas
interpretation- blended with greco-roman aesthetisicm
intent- niche shaped like a halo
response- pilgrims could walk through the cave galleries