ARH 222
Art of China
Identification List: 10
Northern Wei Buddhist Art (439-535 A.D.)
I.
Colossal Buddha, Cave 20, Yün-kang [Yungang] cave temples, 460’s A.D.
II.
Tun-huang [Dunhuang] Cave 254: Jataka of the Sacrifice to the Starving Tigress
and her cubs, wall painting, ca. 470’s
III.
Maitreya Buddha, gilt bronze, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 477 A.D.
IV.
Standing Buddha, Cave 6, Yün-kang [Yungang], 480’s A.D.
V.
Lung-men [Longmen] cave temples, Loyang [Luoyang]: Cave 3 seated
Shakyamuni Buddha, ca. 515 CE
VI.
Shakyamuni and Prabhutaratna, gilt bronze, dated 518 CE
VII.
Maitreya Bodhisattva, stone, late N. Wei, ca. 530, MFA, Boston
Names and Terms
Northern Wei: dynasty in north China from ca. 439-535 A.D.
Jataka: stories of the past lives of the Buddha
Lotus Sutra: a popular Mahayana sutra, said to have been taught by Shakyamuni Buddha
on the Vulture Peak in central India
Loyang [Luoyang]: ancient city in Honan [Henan] province in central China (just south
of the Yellow River)