THE SILK

ROAD: PART

1

T H R O U G H TH E E

R A OF T

H E FO U R E

M P I RE S

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 ROADA 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