Two Ladies in ConversationGandhar School, 1st Century CE
In the ancient world the fine arts were dedicated to religion. Thus, the awe inspiring temples of Egypt, Greece, India and China. But the Greek artist during the period of Alexander the Great started looking at the life around them. They started depicting the ordinary people.
Here is an instance of two urbane women talking to each other. The flowing robes cover voluptuous bodies. The women are so lost in their conversation that they have forgotten their own beauty. They are oblivious of the world around them. The conversation could be from mundane to sacred.
Slowly the Gandhar artist will begin to notice the beauty of Indian culture and of its people. Already the transition has started. The voluptuousness of these ladies is more Indian than Greek. Gandhar will produce the most beautiful Buddha figures, will capture the humane quality of the Jataka stories, of the life of Buddha. It will give impetus to the Mathura School and the ancient Indian art will blossom under the Kushan dynasty.
Here is an instance of two urbane women talking to each other. The flowing robes cover voluptuous bodies. The women are so lost in their conversation that they have forgotten their own beauty. They are oblivious of the world around them. The conversation could be from mundane to sacred.
Slowly the Gandhar artist will begin to notice the beauty of Indian culture and of its people. Already the transition has started. The voluptuousness of these ladies is more Indian than Greek. Gandhar will produce the most beautiful Buddha figures, will capture the humane quality of the Jataka stories, of the life of Buddha. It will give impetus to the Mathura School and the ancient Indian art will blossom under the Kushan dynasty.
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