FA 34a Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Standing Buddha, Mahayana, Schist
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Grey schist stone allows for great detail, and was the material used in statues of buddha and. A halo behind the figure"s head was used to suggest the luminosity of the figure. Often in gandhara sculpture, statues of buddha and bodhisattvas are depicted with mustaches. Mustaches were possibly influences derived from rome or persia, and are not found on all. Unlike gandhara sculpture, mathura sculpture emphasized minimalism with plainer hair and thinner drapery. Mathura statues used sandstone instead of grey schist stone. Unlike mathura statues, gandhara statues have dense hair and heavy, realistic drapery. Art was produced for buddhism, hinduism, and jainism. A statue of a jainist saint bears many similarities to that of buddha. Jainist statue is not wearing clothes, lacks a cranial protuberance, and contains a jainist mark on its chest. Aside from the meditation and no fear hand gestures, the turning the wheel of.
