Flower Foot Daxian shared: "Fragrance Overflows Clearly-Pakistan Gandhara Art Exhibition" No. 5

Fragrance is far away - the fifth part of the Gandhara Art Exhibition in Pakistan

Special exhibition of Gansu Provincial Museum

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As the theme activity of the 6th Silk Road (Dunhuang) International Cultural Expo, "Fragrance Overflows - Gandhara Art Exhibition in Pakistan" was exhibited in the Gansu Provincial Museum. The exhibition is co-organized by the Palace Museum, Gansu Provincial Museum, and the Archaeology and Museum of the Ministry of National Heritage and Culture of Pakistan. Gandhara art is the product of the diverse fusion of Western civilization and Eastern culture, and occupies an extremely important position in the history of world art.

Ancient Gandhara was located in the northwestern part of the Indian subcontinent, in present-day Pakistan and eastern Afghanistan, with its center in Peshawar, Pakistan. It was once an important hub of the ancient overland Silk Road connecting the South Asian subcontinent, and was the meeting place of Mediterranean civilization, Iranian civilization and Indian civilization.

The special exhibition is divided into three sections, the first of which is "Incense Everywhere: The Birth of Gandhara Civilization in a Multicultural Context". This unit roughly covers the first century BC to the fifth century AD. The second unit, "The Splendor of Gandhara Art", shows the process of architecture, statues and decorative patterns of Gandhara art in different periods from the initial influence of Mediterranean culture to its final localization. The third unit, "Afterglow of Gandhara Art," runs from the 6th to the 14th centuries AD and focuses on the influence of Chinese Buddhist art on the eastward spread of Gandhara art.

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