Arte Índia

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Akshardham Temple in New Delhi, 2005
"Standing Buddha" Gandhara, 1st-2nd century
"Prince Siddhartha Gautama Shakyamuni" Gandhara, 1st-2nd century
Gandhara was an ancient kingdom in what is now northern Pakistan and eastern Afghanistan
One of the Buddhas of Bamyan, Afghanistan. Two of these monumental Buddhas were built in the sixth century. The Taliban destroyed them in 2001.
"Shiva Nataraja, the Lord of the Dance" India, 990 CE
"Seated Buddha" Gandhara, 2nd Century
"Mithuna" from the facade of a chaitya hall, Karli, India, 1st century AD
"Great Stuppa" at Sanchi, India, 3rd century BCE
Sanchi is pretty much smack dab in the middle of India.
Great Stupa at Sanchi, India, 3rd century BCE to 1st Century CE
"Yakshi; detail of Eastern Gateway" Sanchi
"Stuppas 2 and 3"
"Seated Buddha" Mathura early 2nd century
Mathura was in what is now Uttar Pradesh, in northern India
"Preaching Buddha" India, 475 CE
The Ajanta Caves, northeast of Bombay, dates from the first century BCE
Second half from 450 CE
30 rock-cut caves
"Padmapani" Ajanta Cave I
Ajanta Cave 19
Cave 19 (Chaitya hall interior)
cave interior
"Jakata Tales" I don't know which cave
Ending the Ajanta Cave segment is another view of the complex
"Buddha with Disciples, Binyang cave, China, earth 6th century
"Shakyamuni Bubbha Preaching on Vulture Peak" Dunhuang, China, 8th century, emproidery
"Temple of Vishnu" Uttar Pradesh, India, early 6th century
"Vishnu sleeping on Ananta" (Temple of Vishnu) Uttar Pradesh, India, early 6th century
"Water Nymph" detail of a frieze, Angkor Wat, Cambodia, 12th century
Towers with monumental faces of the Devaraja, Anhkor Thom, cambodia , 13th century
"Kuyuk the Great Khan" 1438, Persia, commercialy produced
Lal and Sanwah "Akbar Viewing a Wild Elephant Captured near Malwa" 1600, Mughal India
Bichtir "Allegorical Representation of the Emperor Jahangir Seated on an Hourglass Throne" early 17th century
Music: "Woy Bala" (Hey, Kid) (Uyghur) performed by Nur Mahammat Tursun on the Satar

Brownie points to whoever can spot the Englishman in the painting.

Europa - Arte Religiosa

Religious Art of the World: Part 1: Europe
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This video focuses on mideaval Italy and France with some stuff from Germany and England.

Donatello, "Saint Mark" the Orsanmichele church, Florence, Italy, 1411
Duccio di Buoninsegna, "Maesta," 1308-1311
Maestà (front, Central Panel, Detail of): The Mother of God Enthroned with the Christ Child,
amidst Angels and Saints
Maestà (Front Panel, Detail of):
Maestà (Detail): Christ Summoning Apostles
Maestà (detail): Christ Entering Jerusalem?
Jan van Eyck, "The Annunciation" 1435
Jan van Eyck, "The Ghent Altarpiece with altar wings closed" 1432 (Netherlandish painter; Northern Europe)
Jan van Eyck, "The Ghent Altarpiece with altar wings open" 1432
Fra Filippo Lippi, "Madonna and Child with Angels" 1457 (Italian)
"Ekkehard and Uta" the cathedral at Naumburg, Germany, 1250
"Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Chartres (West Facade)" France 1140-1500's
"Notre-Dame de Chartres (Christ in Majesty)"
"Notre-Dame de Chartres (Clerestorey and flying buttresses)"
"Notre-Dame de Chartres (Nave)"
"Notre-Dame de Chartres (Our Lady of the Beautiful Window)"
"Notre-Dame de Chartres (Rose Window)"
"Notre-Dame de Chartres (Saints Martin Jerome and Gregory)"
"Notre-Dame de Chartres (South Elevation)"
"Notre-Dame de Chartres (Vierge du Pilier)"
Eadwine the Scribe, "Eadwine the Scribe at Work" 1066, English
"Durham Cathedral" England, 1093
"Durham Cathedral (Nave)"
O Successores by Hildegard of Bingen

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