apr 1, 400 - Buddha from Bamiyan
Description:
Date: 400 CE - 800 CE (destroyed in 2001)
Artist: Unknown
Medium: cut rock with plaster and polychrome paint
Location: Afghanistan
Function:
-Pilgrimage site
Form:
-Two huge standing Buddhas
-Larger (175 ft): Vairocana, universal buddha
-Smaller (115 ft): Sakyammuni, historical Buddha
-Pilgrims can walk through the cave galleries into passageways that lead to the level of the Buddha's shoulder
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