Philippe Le Miere 'Seated Buddha from Gandhara' printmaking

Philippe Le Miere 'Seated Buddha from Gandhara' printmakingAccording to historians, the earliest phase of Buddhist art only featured indirect or aniconic representations of Buddha. Rather than depictions of Buddha as a man, he appeared symbolically as an empty throne, Bodhi tree, riderless horse with a parasol floating above an empty space, footprints or the dharma wheel. By the 2nd or 3rd century AD however, anthropomorphic representations of Buddha had emerged, with an early sculptural example existing in

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'Chair A' 2004

I try to look at the world through innocent eyes and paint from the heart

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Michael LEUNIG (1945 - 2024)

Paper Dimensions: 42 x 30 cm

unemployed and unmarried

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where the interior and exterior worlds each subsume and engulf the other