Buddhist art and culture

religious art, technology, philosophy, and architecture. One of the largest influences of Chinese culture on Japan actually came through Korea. Buddhism was introduced to Japan in 552 by the gift of a Korean king to the Emperor. This gift consisted of a gilded bronze Buddha and sutras written in Chinese. From this gift and the Emperor’s subsequent conversion to Buddhism many changes came from the mainland. There are many examples of Chinese influence on Japanese art, especially Buddhist art. One…

Buddhist art developed in Asia from the philosophies of the Buddhist religion and the influences of local and foreign art styles. The first remaining Buddhist art work is dated nearly three hundred years after Buddha was born. The oldest structures and art are found in caves, statues, and mounds called stupas. The challenge artists faced when creating art was the struggle between conveying meaning and Buddha’s teachings without depicting Buddha himself. In early Buddha philosophy he was not a…

Certainly, every age is unique in the character of its culture. In the same way, Indian art forms have continuously evolved over many years. Eventually, ancient India had various art forms like paintings, architecture, and sculpture that had been gradually developed. Thereafter, advanced town planning is seen in Harappa and Mohenjodaro, with their centrally planned cities indicating a highly developed architecture. Another remarkable example of sculpture from the Harappan civilization comes in…

Buddhist Religion in Thailand Our religion plays a powerful role on who we are and our beliefs. As Henslin mentions on Sociology: A Down to Earth Approach, “Religious ideas... provide the foundation of morality for both the religious and the nonreligious” (84). From religion, we learn “doctrines and values” and it can influence “what kinds of clothing, speech, and manners are appropriate for formal occasions” (84). Buddhism is one of the biggest religions in the world with over 381 million…

Shinto, sacred way or way of the god. Japan started in the Jomon Period. Many pottery were found during this time. Just like other culture it pottery was a common job for the females. Japan was known for having harmony with nature. For instant Haniwa Figure (300-710 CE), a warrior figure made of clay. They clay is use for the respect of nature materials. Buddhist art of Chinese and Korea arrived to Japan. No a surprise to find Buddha figure in japan. Japan also had many scroll painting like…

Yungang Grottoes are Ancient Buddhist temples, located in Datong, China, formed from caves. These magnificent examples of ancient rock cut architecture portray the power of trade on the silk road perfectly because they are a shrine to Buddhism located thousands of miles away from the religion’s origin. The 492 caverns that form the Mogao Caves represent and house the greatest achievements in Buddhist art and, like the Yungang Grottoes, are located in China. In addition to Buddhist treasures, the…

upon their use of simple brush strokes, unity within the art form, and the poem that it is often accompanied with. Japanese, Korean, and Malaysian people learned this beautiful art from the Chinese and created their own unique versions of it. For this paper I will be focusing on the Japanese from of Sumi-e painting, specifically the history and culture behind it. Although modern day sumi-e paintings can include colors, the traditional art of sumi-e paintings involves only the color black. In…

In Buddhist and Hindu traditions, esthetics illuminates and complicates the category of religion by showing how people have shaped and expressed their different influences on things such as artwork in the Buddhist tradition and the deities in the Hindu tradition. Esthetics gives a clearer representation of a specific religion by showing exactly what something looks like to multitudes of people. Consequently, this makes it harder to establish a singular religion because so many people have…

Japan both had traditions and culture ties with Buddhism and had similar ideas about patriarchy with their social hierarchies, but had highly different approaches when it came to trading with other kingdoms. First off, Japan loved China and its Buddhist culture during their ancient time period. While China had its culture tied to Buddhism, Japan constantly sent over scholars to learn about the Buddhist religion. Soon after they started learning about Buddhism, Buddhist schools started popping…

sculpture is the Gandhara art, which is the style of Buddhist visual art (Bussagli). It located at commercial crossroads between Rome and the Hallenistic world to the west, south Asia, and central Asia. It is the region was mainly an area of Buddhist practive and It taught under the Kushan rulers. “Gandhara sculpture was based on the Classical models of Greek and Roman art” (Czuma). In other words, it connected cultures together and was considered one of the most accepting cultures and honored…