Buddhist art
Dharma-inspired visual works
Buddhist art encompasses visual and material expressions of Buddhist beliefs and practices, from sculpture and painting to architecture and ritual objects.
It developed across Asia over two millennia, producing distinctive regional styles—the serene Buddha figures of Gandhara, the elaborate mandalas of Tibet, the rock-carved temples of China and India.
Images of the Buddha, bodhisattvas, and sacred narratives serve devotional, meditative, and instructional purposes: The museum's Buddhist art collection spans twelve centuries.
- mandalasRitual circular diagrams
- thangkaTibetan religious fabric painting
- temple muralsReligious wall paintings
- cave paintingsPrehistoric artwork on stone
- stupaBuddhist relic monument
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Visual culture of Muslim civilizations
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