Exhibition Tour-Tree & Serpent: Early Buddhist Art in India, 200 BCE-400 CE | Met Exhibitions
Join John Guy, Florence and Herbert Irving Curator of the Arts of South and Southeast Asia in The Met’s Department of Asian Art, and Donald S. Lopez, Arthur E. Link Distinguished University Professor of Buddhist and Tibetan Studies, University of Michigan, for a virtual tour of Tree & Serpent: Early Buddhist Art in India, 200 BCE-400 CE.
Featuring more than 140 objects dating from 200 BCE to 400 CE, the exhibition presents a series of evocative and interlocking themes to reveal both the pre-Buddhist origins of figurative sculpture in India and the early narrative traditions that were central to this formative moment in early Indian art. With major loans from a dozen lenders across India, as well as from the United Kingdom, Europe, and the United States, it transports visitors into the world of early Buddhist imagery that gave expression to this new religion as it grew from a core set of ethical teachings into one of the world’s great religions. Objects associated with Indo-Roman exchange reveal India’s place in early global trade.
The exhibition showcases objects in various media, including limestone sculptures, gold, silver, bronze, rock crystal, and ivory. Highlights include spectacular sculptures from southern India-newly discovered and never before publicly exhibited masterpieces-that add to the world canon of early Buddhist art.
On view: July 21st-November 13th, 2023
Learn more about the exhibition: www.metmuseum....
The exhibition is made possible by Reliance Industries Limited, The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Global, and the Fred Eychaner Fund.
Major support is provided by the Estate of Brooke Astor, the Florence and Herbert Irving Fund for Asian Art Exhibitions, and the E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation.
The international symposium Early Buddhist Art in India and its Global Reach, September 29-30, is made possible by the Fred Eychaner Fund.
The catalogue is made possible by the Florence and Herbert Irving Fund for Asian Art Publications.
Additional support is provided by Albion Art Co., Ltd.
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Even after seeing the exhibit, I keep coming back to this video to recapture the sense of wonder.
Thank you for protecting such artifacts of Buddha. India sadly has lost touch of its Buddhist past, meanwhile world seems to be fascinated by Buddha and his teachings
@Che_Guna
5 ай бұрын
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Thank you for making the exhibition accessible for those who cannot attend in person!
@metmuseum
11 ай бұрын
You are very welcome!
Plenty of wow factor! Wow! Homage to the unknown artists and their homages to the Awakened One. Namo Buddhaya.
@justapointofview7625
9 ай бұрын
Well said
Thank you to India and The Met's making it possible! A visual gift!
Wow.. So beautifully presented . Very informative
Britishers discovered Indian ancient history and also deciphered inscriptions... Thank you so much...
Wonderful exhibit. I saw this at the National Museum of Korea. The video adds so much. Thanks for sharing this!
Just a clarification - the Buddha's main message was NOT 'Compassion to all living beings' ...The main message was/is to see the reality of the world and there by be free of the delusion and discontent we live in.
@StreetDogTreatmentBali
4 ай бұрын
The Buddha's main teaching was the 4 Noble Truths, with the goal for each student to end otherwise endless rebirths in Samsara and therefore totally end suffering☸️🙏
@MustAfaalik
2 ай бұрын
@@StreetDogTreatmentBali Touche'!!!🙏
Beautiful and compelling art. One of the abiding glories of Buddhism is the rich visual culture it nurtured.
Congratulations and gratitude to all who made this exhibition, book and video successful.
@metmuseum
Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
A real high quality production this, both the video and the actual exhibition. Thank you for putting this on KZread. 🙏
Amazing work ! Buddhas teachings are gift to this work
Thanks so very much! Namo Buddhaya 🙏🏼📿
India, That is land of Buddha❤❤❤❤
I have no words for your dedicated work 💝🙏 Love from India!!
This is fantastic! What a treat to be able to watch such a high quality virtual tour from the comfort of home.
Outstanding Overview of this astonishing exhibition! Thank you
Sir. Just read about this exhibition in today's daily 😊 Thrilled to see it from here. So mesmerizing ❤ Om Namah Budhaaye. From Bhowali, Uttarakhand 😊
Thank you for sharing! ❤️❤️👍👏👏👏
Just loved every minute of this vedio...thanks for this precious information.... love from India
Fascinating. John never disappoints whether its a book or an exhibit.
It’s nice to see the monks from the New York Buddhist Vihara in queens @ 5:45.
Breathtakingly beautiful , and so highly informative . Thank you for producing such a wonderful piece of art...beauty and knowledge combned .
What a beautiful documentary.
Very exciting! Just talking about The Met!
Grateful for this video.
thank you for such beautiful presentation! 💓
Thanks sir for keeping this safe
Wowww.... Just wowww ❤❤❤
Rise your hands and Respect for Japan 🙌
THANKS !
How did they not mention that it was Hellenistic influence that resulted in Buddha being depicted in statue and images for the first time in India. Before then, it was only symbols of Buddha. The same is true for Christianity.
You realy preserve our art safely ty
Thanks❤
साधु साधु 🙏
I wish that I had seen this exhibit in person! Thank you for making videos like this!
@asianconnection7701
3 ай бұрын
They buddah story is fictional, or it's in a much much later date than 2000 years ago, BECAUSE a cave was excavated in China and it was dated to be somewhere around 5 to 15 thousand old and inside the cave there's a buddah statue in it.
@cyrusspitama
3 ай бұрын
@@asianconnection7701 What is this cave called?
@asianconnection7701
3 ай бұрын
@@cyrusspitama It's called LONGYOU CAVES. and also look into the ELLORA caves in INDIA, there's NO WAY humans with hammers and chisels were able to carve these caves 5 to 2000 years ago. HISTORY is a lie.
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Fascinating.
That is very questionable to say the Buddha first taught using relics. That is nowhere supported in authentic early Buddhist texts. The Dhammacakkhapavattana Sutta was his first teaching I believe, a clear discourse on the 4 Noble Truths. Lovely video tho❤️☸️🙏
impressive
You can find them from all around the India. Thank you a lot.
adding captions in other languages would enable ppl who are not fluent in English to be exposed to your content. It's so easy nowadays that's it's odd that such a leading institue would fail to do so.
THE BUDDHA.......🙏🙏🙏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Relic of emblem
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Nepal Tibet
Shaka Sama the Great
I was told his hair is not hair but snails. There is a story about it. Anyone care to enlighten me? Beautiful video.
@saddha1
7 ай бұрын
That’s false.
Interesting...Trapusa and Bahalika, the merchants to whom the Buddha gave the "hair relics" were from "Ukkalapada, Utkal or modern state of Orissa" (wikipedia/vamsa-s) - and also from Pushkalavati/Peshawar? Bahalika could well be someone from Balkh... From Myanmar also, I guess... But what a great mini-documentary... 🙃😇🙏
@StreetDogTreatmentBali
4 ай бұрын
That should be referenced with the appropriate Sutta. Not sure that is an accurate record of the Buddha's teaching according to the Suttas
@tiptop7327
2 ай бұрын
@@StreetDogTreatmentBali Tapussa and Bhallika were two merchants brothers from the city of Pakamarvarti in the kingdom of Okkalpa in modern lower Burma in the region of Rangoon. Their is archaeology proofs to it. They and the king okkalpa built the Shwedagon stupa.
@tiptop7327
2 ай бұрын
@@StreetDogTreatmentBali in the sutra it doesn't tell the exact location tho. But I am 99 percent sure it is in Yangoon, Myanmar.
@StreetDogTreatmentBali
2 ай бұрын
@@tiptop7327 That is not a valid reference. A valid reference is giving the name of the Sutta and where it is located in the Pali Canon i.e. MN# ###Sutta. That is a valid Sutta reference. What you said is not that. It is considered standard practice to reference your sources
@tiptop7327
2 ай бұрын
@@StreetDogTreatmentBali in the sutra it only say okkala so nobody knows?
There were no Brahmins during the Buddha and there was no caste system during the #Buddha. Kindly go through the latest research and archeological proofs. Brahmins came to #India in the 7th Cen AD.
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So….are these artifacts on loan from India?
@cellomeghan
Жыл бұрын
Yes
@barrymoore4470
Жыл бұрын
Many are, but I recognize at least one representation of a yaksha (male nature spirit, seen at 1:38) that belongs to the Met's permanent collection.
@justapointofview7625
9 ай бұрын
From the Subcontinent, not from India but from the Union of India, union of independent nations.
How can I visit here
Almost embedded inward
Nice documentary but needs one correction. Siddhartha was born in Lumbini, Nepal.
@JeewanthaBandara
2 ай бұрын
They literally say that in the video around 7:40
Sadhu
The Buddha is not visible because he is represented in spiritual form on the throne.
Alot of the noses and lips are broken off, just like the Egyptian statues.
@globalcitizen1138
8 ай бұрын
Hmmm wonder why ??!
Not earthy devoid of, not to distract
Just make excellent video exhibitions (like this) instead of spending a fortune on physically flying stuff across thousands of kilometers.
Maze
Lotus in hiding guessing
attenzione pickpocket
Not a talisman?
Transc
Today's so called "lower" castes in India are Nagvanshi Buddhist.
හපා කාපියව්. පෙත්සං ගහපියව්.විස එන්නත් කරපියව්.බිල් බදු වලින් ගසා කාපියව්..මරවපියව්..ඉන්ද්රරත්න නයා ඇතුලු තොපි ඔක්කොම අමරනිය වෙයි.....දැං හෝන් ගහල ලොකු කම කියල පල. වෙන ලොකුකමක් නෙවේ අපරාද පුත්තානම....උගෙ ගෙදර බිල් ගෙවන්නෙත් පුතා...ඉදුනිලට කියපිය කොනේ ගෙදර සුනකයා ඒකි එනකං බලං ඉන්න බව.....ගල අතේ තියං.....
did they even mention nepal ????????????
@barrymoore4470
Жыл бұрын
Lumbini, the birthplace of the historical Buddha, located in present-day Nepal, is mentioned at 7:41.
@It-sMyOpinion
Жыл бұрын
@@barrymoore4470 thank you
@barrymoore4470
Жыл бұрын
@@It-sMyOpinion You're very welcome!
@Tsechen287
10 ай бұрын
Thats not important. Whats important is does Nepal follow Buddhas teaching ? Or some mythical gods?
Nagas are the real life people of India.😊😊😊😊