Site of the Giant Standing Buddha

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Title Site of the Giant Standing Buddha
Location City/State Bamiyan Valley
Location Country Afghanistan
Style Period Gandhara Art
Description Buddha statues destroyed by the Taliban in 2001
Subject Asian Art; Buddhist Art; Buddhist Architecture; Buddhism
Creation Date 5th Century CE
Classes ARTH 3430 Global Contemporary Art - Culture Wars
Source Asian Art. ed. Dorinda Neave, Lara C.W. Blanchard, and Marika Sardar. Pearson, Upper Saddle River, 2015.
Work ID 22281
ARK ark:/87278/s6vf0bq9
Setname uu_aah_art
ID 48096
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6vf0bq9
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