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Bamiyan: 175-foot high Buddha image, set in a vast trefoil niche

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dc.contributor.authorRowland, Benjamin
dc.coverage.spatialIndia (Bamiyan, Afghanistan)
dc.date.accessioned2019-05-24T05:51:06Z
dc.date.available2019-05-24T05:51:06Z
dc.date.created1953
dc.date.updated2019-05-24T05:51:06Z
dc.descriptionPart of the great monastic establishment where the monasteries and temples are carved entirely from the face of the sandstone cliff, which is for more than a mile honeycombed with a great series of sanctuaries and assembly halls, The folds of the Buddha's robe were modelled on ropes attached to wooden dowels driven into the stone core, doubtless to reproduce on an enormous scale a late Gandhara statue in which the Buddha's robe is reduced to a series of strings clinging to the surface of the body, dated c. 500 A.D. Both stylistic and iconographic reasons for these large figures besides being to atract attention and command respect by gigantic dimensions, and to suggest superhumaness, thus, to indicate the Buddha as Mahapurusa, or as Brahma comprising all worlds within himself, Conception of Sakyamuni as Lokattara or Lord of the World, Great influence on the art of the Far East, eg, Yun Kang and Lung Men, and the great bronze Vairocana at Nara,en_AU
dc.format.extent35mmen_AU
dc.format.mediummounted transparencyen_AU
dc.format.mediumb&wen_AU
dc.format.mimetypeimage/tiffen_AU
dc.identifierANUA 682-647en_AU
dc.identifier.otherIA-698en_AU
dc.identifier.otherIA-698
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/163415
dc.language.isoen_AU
dc.provenanceDigitised by the Australian National University in 2019
dc.relation.ispartofseriesBasham Collection
dc.rights.licenseThis image is provided for research purposes only and must not be reproduced without the prior permission of the Archives Program, Australian National University.
dc.subjectGandhara Sculptureen_AU
dc.subjectBamiyanen_AU
dc.subjectstone sculptureen_AU
dc.subjectbook scanen_AU
dc.titleBamiyan: 175-foot high Buddha image, set in a vast trefoil niche
dc.typeImage
dspace.entity.typeANUArchivesItem
local.description.notesSource: B, Rowland, The Art and Architecture of India, London, Penguin books, 1953, pl, 55B

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