Afghanistan : Bouddha Bamiyan en 1979. Photo par Andrew Forbes. Les Buddhas de Bamiyan étaient deux statues monumentales du 6e siècle de buddhas debout sculptés sur le côté d'une falaise dans la vallée de Bamiyan dans la région de Hazarajat dans le centre de l'Afghanistan, situé à 230 km (143 miles) au nord-ouest de Kaboul à une altitude de 2,500 mètres (8,202 pieds). Construit en 507 ce, le plus grand en 554 ce, les statues représentaient le style classique mélangé de Gandhara art. Les corps principaux ont été découpés directement des falaises de grès, mais les détails ont été modélisés dans la boue mélangée à de la paille, recouverte de stuc.

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• ID de l’image: 2B00N99
• Taille du fichier: 48,8 MB (1,7 MB Téléchargement compressé)
• Autorisations: Modèle - non | Propriété - non
• Dimensions: 2963 x 5760 px | 25,1 x 48,8 cm | 9,9 x 19,2 inches | 300dpi
• Date de la prise de vue: 31 juillet 2010
• Photographe: Pictures From History

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The Buddhas of Bamiyan were two 6th century monumental statues of standing buddhas carved into the side of a cliff in the Bamiyan valley in the Hazarajat region of central Afghanistan, situated 230 km (143 miles) northwest of Kabul at an altitude of 2, 500 meters (8, 202 ft). Built in 507 CE, the larger in 554 CE, the statues represented the classic blended style of Gandhara art. The main bodies were hewn directly from the sandstone cliffs, but details were modeled in mud mixed with straw, coated with stucco. This coating, practically all of which was worn away long ago, was painted to enhance the expressions of the faces, hands and folds of the robes; the larger one was painted carmine red and the smaller one was painted multiple colors. The lower parts of the statues' arms were constructed from the same mud-straw mix while supported on wooden armatures. It is believed that the upper parts of their faces were made from great wooden masks or casts. The rows of holes that can be seen in photographs were spaces that held wooden pegs which served to stabilize the outer stucco. They were intentionally dynamited and destroyed in 2001 by the Taliban, on orders from leader Mullah Mohammed Omar, after the Taliban government declared that they were ‘idols’. International opinion strongly condemned the destruction of the Buddhas, which was viewed as an example of the intolerance of the Taliban. Japan and Switzerland, among others, have pledged support for the rebuilding of the statues.

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