The Great Stupa 3rd century – 1st century Sanchi, Madhya Pradesh, India

ARTIST TITLE Unknown The Great Stupa 3rd century – 1st century Sanchi, Madhya Pradesh, India Diameter approximately 118 feet SUBJECT Archlecture MEDIA Stone ABOUT THE ARTISTS The artists who creatic indian art and architecture are taney known. Sometimes, plaque an an artwork or building les the name of the person who ped for the creation Other ses, art owners who donated their works to hole sites had ther names readed for these on the people who paid for art and architecture are more ay to be known than the arists themes The Buddhist emperor of the Mauryan cynesty, Alhoka, donated a large at the north entrance gate of the stupa during the Ind century ac defore becoming an emp Achoka was a wamer king humerted in Buddhism after viewing the bloody attlefield at one of his greatest minary stires because Ashoka didn’t want to be ponible for any mon deaths, he practiced the Buddhist code of nonscience and devoted V to the support fuddhism ABOUT ART HISTORY Suuden are structures that told the ashes or room of bone of Buddha They may u het opened or touched by an important perun, which are called The fast stua ere taled huve been low munde mounds of Later, they became more omplex and often included symbol nages Many Buddhat shapes, munalaries, and temps have be anted onto a buto time tharsi Buddhish bleve in namation, or rebirt, and try do deeds in this the thal wit hep mem and others to do twitter position at their next e People who want to work toward a better mothe The next he can make offerings of new cam, new planter astmonal awork to a religious st ABOUT THE ARTWORK the stube a square shaped railing surrounds a large olar and three unbelas. These umbrelas symbolize the importance of whatever a below them A large pole tuns down the one of the structure and in the ound. The pole symbolizes the center it the unionse The stua has our large gateways opening out to the four directions. Each gateway cantars some stone cang. The carvings show arcul ones of generosity They ako show people worshiping at different sacred ses From a top www, the outside legs of the stupe all bend and poet in the same section, giving a feeling of moismem The was meet in the center the carde com symbols the one unchanging sper of the esther wores, the buddhists beer that a of constantly mangg and any the center om which althers come, unchanging The stupars in than mon of the stupas ABOUT THE TECHNIQUE sae and the fact the Ahok gest that it was tant gran rete nus, whoved during the sth cemy many sacred shines the low mound of the sounded by a Thigh wals help the wah pes block out the out world aft tween the ring the stage coowise direction one of the mo commut forme of worshin fub The Gamer ut stais, and was around the condit Buddhin art communicates stones and messages to the www.Artised hours that would he them uncate message Sometimes a main chester anatory might be shown two dent time periods (on the same panel for empothe dry of Buddha’s frame the monkey king, th money shown we in a single panel-one king se the monkeys and the secont eaching human king about me importance of being consonate beings. The technique come the meaning of the com CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE ound the 1300 and 400 Ahat time Miners took over Indi and many if the fun fel cum As Balchis mod miughout Asis, they spread their rigien Toden Buddhapes can be buil ghen the Asen werk hefore the 1300 many Buddhist masters were hingers Trine movies we deed on the Musin won Hower monks who left OTHER WORKS BY THE ARTIST Stupas are found in the world cutes the Pakan Rangladesh Thaland Chest, Nepal The Buna, Sarka iapan Korea Vietnam Indonesa and Camboda Shan come defients and shapes the symbolem of the dues ay the same Other stupas of shape and hem edudu Sawh and chath stupas in final and that San DISCUSSION QUESTIONS Why edit the parare if the hange over the 2 What the puth 1 Who the artis Why are toast) What do we do at stup, and why y 五 b ne SRA Art Connections, Lag P 55 Level 4 Unit 4