Cleveland Museum of Art

Standing Amitabha

Date

800s

Medium

gilt bronze

Culture

Korea, Unified Silla period (676-935)

Department

Korean Art

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

Buddhist teachings emphasize the pursuit of spirituality, rather than physicality, to achieve enlightenment. This statue’s artist, however, made genuine efforts to represent the divine’s beautiful voluminous body. Inspired by Indian Gupta period art (300s–500s CE), this particular artistic style emphasizing soft modeling and naturalism was further developed in China and flourished across East Asia. This Korean statue has a stylistic affinity with statues from the Indian Gupta period (300s–500s CE) that emphasize soft modeling and naturalism.

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