| Airtam Frieze | |
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 Three musicians (a drummer, a lutenist and a harper) bordered by acanthus leaves, from the Airtam Frieze, an artwork in the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia. The artwork was originally part of the entrance to a Buddhist temple. | |
| Year | c. 1st century A.D. |
| Subject | musicians, acanthus plants |
| Location | Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg |
The Airtam Frieze is a sculpture in stone of women, musicians from Kushan Bactria dating to the 1st or 2nd century AD, [1] [2] which was excavated from the ruins of Airtam, near Termez in southern Uzbekistan. Five musicians are represented among acanthas leaves, playing double-flute, drum, lute, harp and cymbals. [3] The sculpture has been thought to have been part of the walls or the entrance of a Buddhist temple. [4]
The sculpture is one of the earliest works of art to show a short lute-instrument clearly. Although not likely to be directly related, the instrument has features reminiscent of the citole ( c. 13th century AD), including its shape, four soundholes in the corners of the soundboard, and the position of its bridge at the bottom of the soundboard.
References
- ^ "Bactria - Frieze of Musicians and Acanthas Leaves from Airtam". University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Fine Arts Library Image Collection. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
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^ Yarshater, E., ed. (1983).
The Cambridge History of Iran: Seleucid Parthian. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Cambridge University Press. p. 956.
ISBN
9780521246934.
Buddhist remains of the Kushān period...
- ^ Patra, Avinash (2010). A Hermitage of Open Air Square Temple Discovered In Russia. United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9785872774112.
- ^ Nazilov, Dodo; Hamidova, Zilola (10 November 2015). "On The Placement of the Frieze Blocks of the Ayritam Temple". San'at. Uzbekistan: Academy of Arts of Uzbekistan. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
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| Airtam Frieze | |
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Three musicians (a drummer, a lutenist and a harper) bordered by acanthus leaves, from the Airtam Frieze, an artwork in the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia. The artwork was originally part of the entrance to a Buddhist temple. | |
| Year | c. 1st century A.D. |
| Subject | musicians, acanthus plants |
| Location | Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg |
The Airtam Frieze is a sculpture in stone of women, musicians from Kushan Bactria dating to the 1st or 2nd century AD, [1] [2] which was excavated from the ruins of Airtam, near Termez in southern Uzbekistan. Five musicians are represented among acanthas leaves, playing double-flute, drum, lute, harp and cymbals. [3] The sculpture has been thought to have been part of the walls or the entrance of a Buddhist temple. [4]
The sculpture is one of the earliest works of art to show a short lute-instrument clearly. Although not likely to be directly related, the instrument has features reminiscent of the citole ( c. 13th century AD), including its shape, four soundholes in the corners of the soundboard, and the position of its bridge at the bottom of the soundboard.
References
- ^ "Bactria - Frieze of Musicians and Acanthas Leaves from Airtam". University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Fine Arts Library Image Collection. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
-
^ Yarshater, E., ed. (1983).
The Cambridge History of Iran: Seleucid Parthian. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Cambridge University Press. p. 956.
ISBN
9780521246934.
Buddhist remains of the Kushān period...
- ^ Patra, Avinash (2010). A Hermitage of Open Air Square Temple Discovered In Russia. United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9785872774112.
- ^ Nazilov, Dodo; Hamidova, Zilola (10 November 2015). "On The Placement of the Frieze Blocks of the Ayritam Temple". San'at. Uzbekistan: Academy of Arts of Uzbekistan. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
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