12 oct 300 año aC - Great Stupa
Descripción:
Date: 300 BCE - 100 CEArtist: Unknown
Medium: stone masonry, sandstone on dome
Location: Sanchi, Madhya Preadesh, India
Function:
- walkway for circumambulation
- replication of the dome of heaven
- Buddhist shrine
Form:
- Three umbrellas a the top representing Buddha, Buddha's law, and Monastic Orders
-Railing at crest of mound surrounds the umbrellas, symbolically a acred tree
- Double stairway at south end leads from base to drum where there is walkway for circumambulation
- Four Toranas: richly carved scenes on architraves
Comparison:
- Angkor wat
- Parthenon
- Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut
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fecha:
12 oct 300 año aC
Ahora mismo
~ 2328 years ago