Transcript The Silk Road: Through the Era of the Four Empires

NEW INTEREST IN THE SILK ROAD: A SHOP IN BUKHARA,
UZBEKISTAN
SOME MAJOR SILK ROAD CARAVAN ROUTES AND
ADJACENT SEA ROUTES
BANDITRY ALONG THE SILK ROAD
A TANG-ERA MURAL IN THE MOGAO CAVES
MOGAO CAVES, DUNHUANG
THE MOGAO CAVES
A “CARPET CEILING” AT THE MOGAO CAVES WITH
IRANIAN-INSPIRED APSARASAS (FLYING HEAVENLY
BEINGS)
TANG COURT LADIES PLAYING POLO
WHO SAID POLO WAS ONLY FOR MEN?
MUSIC FROM CENTRAL ASIA ALONG THE SILK ROAD
CARRYING MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS TO CHINA FROM
PERSIA AND INDIA
MULBERRY BUSHES IN ANHUI PROVINCE
A RELIC OF THE BUDDHA’S FINGER
THE FOUR EMPIRES
THE GANSU HORSE
RUINS OF A BEACON TOWER NEAR DUNHUANG
THE JADE PASS, OR GATE
THIS IS NOT AN ANCIENT SIGN
REMAINS OF THE GREAT WALL OF ZHAO
CAESAR AUGUSTUS AS PONTIFEX MAXIMUS
ARTISTIC TECHNIQUES: CONTRAPOSTO, DRAPERY,
IDEALIZED REALISM, AND FACIAL EXPRESSION
KUSHAN ART SHOWING CONTRAPPOSTO, DRAPERY,
AND IDEALIZED REALISM
GANDHARAN BUDDHIST STATUARY
HOW DID THIS BUDDHA TRAVEL TO CHINA?
ALL THE WAY TO CHINA: A NORTHERN WEI BUDDHA
(477 CE)
FRAGMENT OF A MURAL AT MIRAN
COMPARE THIS ROMANO-COPTIC FUNERARY EFFIGY