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Standing Amitabha
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About this work
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.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineStanding Amitabha (금동아미타여래입상 [金銅阿彌陀如來立]), 800s. Korea, Unified Silla period (676-935). Gilt bronze; overall: 25.4 cm (10 in.); with tang: 26 cm (10 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund, 1988.34
