Description
The Greco-Buddhist art or Gandhara art is the artistic manifestation of Greco- Buddhism , a cultural syncretism between Ancient Greek art and Buddhism . It had mainly evolved in the ancient region of Gandhara, located in the northwestern fringe of the Indian subcontinent.
Gandhara art is characterized by Buddhist subject matter, sometimes adapting Greco-Roman elements, rendered in a style and forms that are heavily influenced by Greco-Roman art. It has the strong idealistic realism and sensuous description of Hellenistic art , and it is believed to have produced the first representations of Gautama Buddha in human form, ending the early period of aniconism in Buddhism.
The representation of the human form in large sculpture had a considerable influence, both to the south in the rest of India, and to the east, where the spread of Buddhism carried its influence as far as Japan.
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