Buddhism in China initially flourished as a foreign religion, but is adopted as a nationwide religion over time due to strong influence of imperial patronage. This strong relationship between imperial patronage and Buddhism could be seen in Chinese Buddhist art. In this case, Buddhist art could be defined as “representational art that symbolizes various elements […]

INTRODUCTION: Chinese Buddhist Art – What is it? Buddhist art – Art forms that depicts subject matters that originates from the religion of Buddhism. – Chinese Buddhist art – Buddhist art that originated from China. – It will inevitably have international influences as even the religion was initially Indian. – As time went by, it […]