About Religious influence on Korean art

Korean art has always been heavily influenced by its contemporaries like Buddhism, Shamanism, Taoism, and later, Christianity. This impact is quite visible when it comes to analysing some major Korean art forms such as landscape painting, sculpture, etc. Korean culture and art have always been heavily influenced by ample religious elements that further shaped people's behaviour and thought process. While during the early stages of Korean history, religious and political functions were one and the same, but they gradually separated.

13th century copy of the Taima Mandala. Japan, Kamakura period.

Buddhist art – The devotional artistic practices

Jul

2022

Art, Dharma

Buddhist art is the artistic practices that are influenced by Buddhism. It includes art media which depict Buddhas, bodhisattvas, and other entities, notable Buddhist figures, both historical and mythical, narrative scenes from the lives of all of these, mandalas and other graphic aids to practice, as well as physical objects associated with Buddhist practice, such as vajras, bells, stupas and Buddhist temple architecture. Buddhist art originated on the Indian subcontinent following the historical life .