Art

 Buddhist art

Buddhist art originated on the Indian subcontinent following the historical life of Siddhartha Gautama, 6th to 5th century BC, and thereafter evolved by contact with other cultures as it spread throughout Asia and the world.

Buddhist art followed believers as the dharma spread, adapted, and evolved in each new host country. It developed to the north through Central Asia and into Eastern Asia to form the Northern branch of Buddhist art, and to the east as far as Southeast Asia to form the Southern branch of Buddhist art. In India, Buddhist art flourished and even influenced the development of Hindu art, until Buddhism nearly disappeared in India around the 10th century due in part to the vigorous expansion of Islam alongside Hinduism.

 Footprint of the Buddha. 1st century, Gandhara.

 Representation of the Buddha in the Greco-Buddhist art of Gandhara, 1st century AD.

 A Chinese wooden Bodhisattva from the Song Dynasty (960-1279 CE)

 Statue from a Buddhist monastery, 700 AD, Afghanistan

 Serindian art, 6th-7th century terracotta, Tumshuq (Xinjiang).

 A Chinese Northern Wei Buddha Maitreya, 443 AD.

 Tang Bodhisattva.

 

 Bangasayusang, semi-seated contemplative Maitreya probably from Silla circa early 7th century.

 

 Seokguram Grotto is a World Heritage Site and dates to the Unified Silla era.

 

 

 The Goryeo era Gyeongcheonsa Pagoda sits on the first floor of the National Museum of Korea.

 

Scroll calligraphy of Bodhidharma "Zen points directly to the human heart, see into your nature and become Buddha", by Hakuin Ekaku (1686 to 1769)

 

Yama (mid-17th? – early 18th century, Tibet)

 

The boy Buddha rising up from lotus. Crimson and gilded wood, Trần-Hồ dynasty, Vietnam, 14th-15th century

 

A Cambodian Buddha, 14th century

 

A Mandalay-style statue of Buddha

 

Bodhisattva Lokesvara, Cambodia 12th century

 

Phra Atchana Wat Si Chum, Sukhothai Province, Thailand 

A Buddha in Borobudur.

 

A detailed carved relief stone from Borobudur.

 The statue of Prajñāpāramitā from Singhasari, East Java.