ARTS 149 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Indian Rock-Cut Architecture, Pillars Of Ashoka, Four Lions
Document Summary
Art of south and southeast asia before 1200. Geography: south and southeast asia are home to Cultural traditions: one of the few things both regions share is a historical importance to trade networks and an exposure to similar religious ideas, most notably hinduism, Art of south asia: earliest civilization of sa nurtured along indus river. Elevated citadel area ~ 50 ft high. Public bath: numerous terra-cotta figurines and a few stone and bronze statuettes have been found at indus sites. They reveal a confident maturity of artistic conception and technique: vedic period. Metaphysical texts known as the upanishads were written. They emphasize the relationship between the individual soul and universal soul, or brahman. Believers aspire to attain liberation from the endless cycle of existence, samsara. During the reign of the third maurya king, ashoka, buddhism became a religion to extend across the entire empire. There were monolithic pillars set up primarily at the sites of buddhist monasteries, including the.
