mathura school of art flourished during the reign of maurya empire.
mathura school of art flourished during the reign of maurya empire.
mathura school of art flourished during the reign of?
maurya empire
this gallery has art objects from the kushan period (1st - 3rd century ce). the major school of arts were the gandhara school of art and the mathura school of art. the gandhara school had huge influence of greek iconography and the themes were mainly buddhist. most prominent among the objects is the "standing buddha", made in grey schist stone in gandhara school of arts and it belongs to the 2nd century ce. this period was the first time when buddha was shown in physical form. the mathura school of arts had primary themes of buddhism, jainism and brahmanism while the gandhara arts were primarily of buddhist themes. other sculptures include the "kuber" (hindu god of fortune), the "chattramukhi shivlinga", the "bodhisattva", and the jain votive plaques.
national museum, new delhi
mathura school of art, style of buddhist visual art that flourished in the mathura, from the 2nd century bc to the 12th century a.d; its most distinctive contributions were made during the kushan and gupta periods (1st–6th century a.d). images in the mottled red sandstone from the nearby sīkri quarries are found widely distributed over north central india, attesting to mathurā's importance as an exporter of sculpture. the mathura school images are related to the earlier yakṣa (male nature deity) figures, a resemblance particularly evident in the colossal standing buddha images of the early kushān period. in these, and in the more representative seated buddhas, the overall effect is one of enormous energy. the shoulders are broad, the chest swells, and the legs are firmly planted with feet spaced apart.
mathura district