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Buddhist Art
Myanmar
Buddha
Sculptures
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Myanmar art,
Buddhist
art Myanmar, Myanmar
arts,
Buddhist
paintings,
Buddha
statues,
Buddha
sculptures
oriental art,
Buddha
image.
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Buddhist art is mainly
about Buddha and his
life.
There are Buddha sculptures and other
Buddhist art in Myanmar such as pictures,
paintings, statues, images and other very
decorative objects in galleries and shops. A
idea very often used are monks, almost
every gallery has some images of fine arts
depicting a monk or several of them.
A oriental
gallery online could also be used to have a
look but in terms of art the interaction
with the outside world is very limited, the
people and most artists simply dont have a
connection to other countries.
Sometimes art
exhibitions are made in Singapore and other
places but the persons who make the money
are the owners of the galleries there and
not the Myanmar artist and Buddha. |
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Most common art forms
are
statues and paintings.
Since most of the buyers use the
objects for decorative purposes they
always are in search for a
impressive artwork, images,
figurines and jade Buddha are also
in high demand.
Another object of
desire for a collector or just as a
decorative enhancement as
sculptures, for the personal use
often amulets and Buddha jade
pendants are used.
Placing the objects into a house
convey a positive spiritual
expression, a quiet, peaceful
smiling sitting Buddha statue is an
ideal object in the house to express
this.
Images and other Buddhist art work
plus architecture have an important
impact in many traditional
societies. Mudras are associated
with life, society and teaching.
Best seen at images and Buddha
sculptures.
Around Myanmar, Thailand and
Cambodia is plenty of art in this
direction unfortunately lots has
been looted and stolen in the past
and brought out of the country
shipped to Europe, USA, Hong Kong
and Singapore which made the
authorities in the relevant
countries very sensitive about this
matter.
Actually all this smuggling
is still done its only more
difficult and prices have been
raised because of the additional
risks.
Just looking around at
Singapore
Tanglin Center, certain places in
Hong Kong and Bangkok or maybe in
the area around the big auction
houses in London and New York, it’s
amazing what a variety of old
oriental art is still on display for
sale. This are mainly all kind of
Buddha statues in bronze and stone
plus paintings. |
Buddha Statues from Myanmar Artist
Buddhist Art Jade Buddha
Buddha Sculptures |
Life of Gautama Buddha, wall
murals in a temple at Bagan
Myanmar
Buddhist painting
wall murals |
Buddhist painting
wall murals |
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- Some history
This eastern art is nothing new
already in the centuries before zero
of the western time count statues,
artwork, paintings and other was
created. The first were so called
“jakata stories” depicting the life
of Gautama Buddha and the life of
that time. These were usually
decorations in temples but Buddha as
a person was very seldom shown in a
picture, mural or statues in India,
where Buddhism finally came from
since he said many times showing a
person after he passed away should
not be done.
Buddha statues with human
expressions started around the first
century
The human representation of Buddha
started showing up in the 1st
century CE in Northern India. This
was in The Kingdom of Gandhara,
today north Pakistan and Mathura
region in northern India. Mathura is
also the birth place of Shree
Krishna (the incarnation of Lord
Vishnu and a major pilgrimage
destination in India, this was the
time when Buddhist paintings in form
of murals were seen first. In the Kingdom of Gandhara influence
from the Greeks, conquest of
Alexander the Great in 331 BCE, gave
some motivation to produce statues
and similar in Greek style.
Buddhist art further developed in
India for a few more centuries.
By the 10th century this was somehow
phased out by Hinduism and Islam
which took over. Now Buddhist art
flourished in neighboring countries
such as today Sri Lanka, China and
Myanmar. Mahayana Buddhism moved
towards Central Asia plus China,
Korea and Japan and Theravada
Buddhism took the southern route
Burma or Myanmar, Thailand plus
Cambodia. |
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Buddha Image |
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