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Silk Road transmission of art

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Many artistic influences transited along the Silk Road, especially through the Central Asia, where Hellenistic, Iranian, Indian and Chinese influence were able to intermix. In particular Greco-Buddhist art represent one of the most vivid examples of this interaction. Following contacts of metropolitan China with nomadic western and northwestern border territories in the 8th century BCE, gold was... Read enhanced Wikipedia article
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    Silk Road transmission of art

    Many artistic influences transited along the Silk Road, especially through the Central Asia, where Hellenistic, Iranian, Indian and Chinese influence were able to intermix.
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    Japanese art

    They illustrate the terminal point of the Silk Road transmission of Art during the first few centuries of our era.
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    ChineseJadePlaques

    Silk Road

    Chinese jade and steatite plaques, in the Scythian-style animal art of the steppes. 4th–3rd century BC. ... See also: Silk Road transmission of Buddhism
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    Silk Road transmission of Buddhism

    The Silk Road transmission of Buddhism essentially ended around the 7th century with the rise of Islam in Central Asia. ... Silk Road artistic influences can be found as far as Japan to this day, in architectural motifs or representations of Japanese gods (see Greco-Buddhist art).
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    Buddhist art

    See also: Dunhuang, Mogao Caves, Kingdom of Khotan, Silk Road, Silk Road transmission of Buddhism ... Asian art
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    MonWheel

    History of Buddhism

    Mons Wheel of the Law (Dharmachakra), art of Dvaravati, c.8th century. ... Further information: Silk Road transmission of Buddhism
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    Greco-Buddhist art

    See also: Silk Road transmission of Buddhism ... | Art in Ancient Greece |
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    Greco-Buddhism

    See also: Silk Road transmission of Buddhism ... UNESCO: Threatened Greco-Buddhist art
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    Serindian art

    Serindian art was rediscovered through the expeditions of Sir Aurel Stein in Central Asia at the beginning of the 20th century. ... Silk Road transmission of Buddhism
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    Bodhidharma

    Throughout Buddhist art, Bodhidharma is depicted as a rather ill-tempered, profusely bearded and wide-eyed barbarian. ... Timeline · Gautama Buddha · Buddhist councils · History of Buddhism in India · Decline of Buddhism in India · Ashoka the Great · Greco-Buddhism · Silk Road transmission of Buddhism

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