Mathura school of art
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The Mathura school of art is an ancient Indian artistic tradition renowned for its red sandstone sculptures and early iconic images of Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain deities that flourished under the Kushan and Gupta empires.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gupta art | 1 |
| Kushan art | 1 |
| Mathura art | 1 |
| Mathura school of art canonical | 1 |
| Mathura school of sculpture | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Indian art tradition
ⓘ
school of art ⓘ |
| archaeologicalSite |
Govindnagar, Mathura
ⓘ
Jaisinghpura, Mathura ⓘ Kankali Tila ⓘ |
| artForm | sculpture ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Kanishka I
ⓘ
Vasudeva I ⓘ |
| contrastedWith |
Greco-Buddhist art
ⓘ
surface form:
Gandhara school of art
|
| country | India ⓘ |
| endTime | 6th century CE ⓘ |
| flourishedDuring |
Gupta Empire
ⓘ
surface form:
Gupta period
Kushan Empire ⓘ
surface form:
Kushan period
|
| iconographicInnovation |
Jina images in kayotsarga posture
ⓘ
early images of Vishnu with four arms ⓘ linga with human face (lingodbhava type variants) ⓘ standardized Buddha icon with ushnisha and urna ⓘ standing Buddha with monastic robe clinging to the body ⓘ |
| influenced |
Gupta art
ⓘ
later North Indian sculpture ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Jain tirthankara images
ⓘ
Vaishnava and Shaiva images ⓘ anthropomorphic images of the Buddha ⓘ indigenous Indian stylistic features ⓘ yaksha and yakshi sculptures ⓘ |
| languageOfInscriptions |
Prakrit
ⓘ
Sanskrit ⓘ |
| location | Mathura ⓘ |
| materialUsed |
red sandstone
ⓘ
spotted red sandstone ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Mathura ⓘ |
| patron |
Gupta Empire
ⓘ
Kushan Empire ⓘ |
| produced |
early iconic images of Hindu deities
ⓘ
early iconic images of Jain tirthankaras ⓘ early iconic images of the Buddha ⓘ |
| region | Uttar Pradesh ⓘ |
| religiousTraditionRepresented |
Buddhism
ⓘ
Hinduism ⓘ Jainism ⓘ |
| scriptUsedOnInscriptions | Brahmi script ⓘ |
| startTime | 1st century CE ⓘ |
| styleCharacteristic |
broad shoulders and powerful torsos
ⓘ
elaborate jewelry and headdresses ⓘ full, fleshy forms ⓘ sensuous modeling of the human body ⓘ smiling or serene facial expressions ⓘ symbolic rather than naturalistic drapery ⓘ use of halo behind the head ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Gupta art
this entity surface form:
Mathura art