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Visual Resources Teaching Collection
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Work Title (display):
Great Stupa, Sanchi
Image Title:
diagram of exterior
Work Dates (display):
3rd century BCE to first century BCE
Work Dates type:
creation
Image Date (display):
2006-08-29
Work Creator (display):
Ashoka the Great (Maurya, 304 BCE - 232 BCE)
Work Creator gender:
male
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male
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Work Creator (display):
unknown Maurya
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unknown
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unknown
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Work Creator UCB affiliation notes (display):
Refers to the sculpture and stone-cut architecture created under the Mauryan emperors, and more specifically to art created during the forty-year reign of Ashoka, the third Maurya emperor (died 232 BCE), who ruled over all of India. Earlier sculpture had generally been made of wood but during the Maurya period stone became the preferred medium. Polished monolithic edict pillars with intricately carved capitals were erected throughout India. The capitals, made of a tan sandstone called Chunar, are the best remaining examples of Mauryan imperial art; their unique surface gloss is known as the 'Mauryan polish.' The subjects of the capitals often represent aspects of Buddhism in symbolic terms as well as Ashoka's position as an enlightened world-ruler. The style of carving is strongly influenced by Persian or, more specifically, Achaemenid sculpture. The practice of erecting monumental columns may be indigenous to India; recent evidence suggests that the Ashokan edict columns come out of ancient tradition of a cult of the cosmic pillar, or 'Axis Mundi.' Only a few Mauryan figural sculptures have survived: the earliest known two sculptures of Jain Tirthankaras as well yakshi and yaksha figures (female and male earth-spirits). They are noted for their monumentality and voluptuousness. The oldest surviving Indian architecture is from the Maurya period: these rock-cut chambers built by Ashoka for monks were the beginning of a long Indian tradition that came to be important to all of India's religious communities. (AAT)
Work Creator Multiple Roles (display):
architect: unknown; patron: Ashoka the Great
Work Style Period:
Sunga
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Sunga
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Work Style Period:
Maurya
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Maurya
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Work Style Period:
2nd century BCE
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2nd century BCE
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Work Style Period:
1st century BCE
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1st century BCE
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Work Subject:
relics
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relics
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Work Subject:
stupas
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stupas
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Work Subject:
Buddhism
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Buddhism
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Work Subject:
Ashoka, King of Magadha (fl. 259 B.C.)
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Ashoka, King of Magadha (fl. 259 B.C.)
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Work Worktype:
architecture (object genre)
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architecture (object genre)
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Work Worktype:
stupas
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stupas
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Work Category (VRC classification):
architecture
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architecture
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false
Work Location (Geographic) name:
Sanchi, India
Image Source Reproduction citation:
Kleiner, Fred. S., and Christin J. Mamiya, eds. Gardner's Art Through the Ages. 12th ed. Belmont, CA: Thomson/Wadsworth Learning, 2005.
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Kleiner, Fred. S., and Christin J. Mamiya, eds. Gardner's Art Through the Ages. 12th ed. Belmont, CA: Thomson/Wadsworth Learning, 2005.
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false
Image Source Reproduction refid:
0-534-64091-5
Image Source Reproduction page number:
172
Image Source Reproduction plate-figure number:
6-6
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ISBN
Image Rights (display):
unknown
Image Rights fair use checklist:
1) use of this image is for education and educational research; 2) access is restricted to University of Colorado and Auraria Higher Education Center communities; 3) the original photographer is credited if known; 4) the image is published; 5) the amount of the work in relation to the whole is needed for education or educational research; 6) the number of derivatives is the minimum required for education or educational research; 7) the image has not been found to be reasonably available for sale; 8) duplication of the image does not violate preexisting contracts.
Work Rights (display):
public domain
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Holding Institution:
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Collection:
Art and Art History Visual Resources Center
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