Exhibition Tour-Tree & Serpent: Early Buddhist Art in India, 200 BCE-400 CE | Met Exhibitions

Join John Guy, Florence and Herbert Irving Curator of the Arts of South and Southeast Asia in The Met’s Department of Asian Art, and Donald S. Lopez, Arthur E. Link Distinguished University Professor of Buddhist and Tibetan Studies, University of Michigan, for a virtual tour of Tree & Serpent: Early Buddhist Art in India, 200 BCE-400 CE.
Featuring more than 140 objects dating from 200 BCE to 400 CE, the exhibition presents a series of evocative and interlocking themes to reveal both the pre-Buddhist origins of figurative sculpture in India and the early narrative traditions that were central to this formative moment in early Indian art. With major loans from a dozen lenders across India, as well as from the United Kingdom, Europe, and the United States, it transports visitors into the world of early Buddhist imagery that gave expression to this new religion as it grew from a core set of ethical teachings into one of the world’s great religions. Objects associated with Indo-Roman exchange reveal India’s place in early global trade.
The exhibition showcases objects in various media, including limestone sculptures, gold, silver, bronze, rock crystal, and ivory. Highlights include spectacular sculptures from southern India-newly discovered and never before publicly exhibited masterpieces-that add to the world canon of early Buddhist art.
On view: July 21st-November 13th, 2023
Learn more about the exhibition: www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions...
The exhibition is made possible by Reliance Industries Limited, The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Global, and the Fred Eychaner Fund.
Major support is provided by the Estate of Brooke Astor, the Florence and Herbert Irving Fund for Asian Art Exhibitions, and the E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation.
The international symposium Early Buddhist Art in India and its Global Reach, September 29-30, is made possible by the Fred Eychaner Fund.
The catalogue is made possible by the Florence and Herbert Irving Fund for Asian Art Publications.
Additional support is provided by Albion Art Co., Ltd.
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[@judithjones7125]

Even after seeing the exhibit, I keep coming back to this video to recapture the sense of wonder.

[@Tsechen287]

Thank you for protecting such artifacts of Buddha. India sadly has lost touch of its Buddhist past, meanwhile world seems to be fascinated by Buddha and his teachings

[@Che_Guna]

🙏

[@oaim50]

Plenty of wow factor! Wow! Homage to the unknown artists and their homages to the Awakened One. Namo Buddhaya.

[@justapointofview7625]

Well said

[@marckyle5895]

Thank you for making the exhibition accessible for those who cannot attend in person!

[@metmuseum]

You are very welcome!

[@evelynramos445]

Thank you to India and The Met's making it possible! A visual gift!

[@mjsdc8072]

Wonderful exhibit. I saw this at the National Museum of Korea. The video adds so much. Thanks for sharing this!

[@tusharimade3612]

Britishers discovered Indian ancient history and also deciphered inscriptions... Thank you so much...

[@Arunava_Gupta]

A real high quality production this, both the video and the actual exhibition. Thank you for putting this on KZbin. 🙏

[@acho5424]

Amazing work ! Buddhas teachings are gift to this work

[@barrymoore4470]

Beautiful and compelling art. One of the abiding glories of Buddhism is the rich visual culture it nurtured.

[@mayurmankar7115]

Wow.. So beautifully presented . Very informative

[@deano1018]

Thanks so very much! Namo Buddhaya 🙏🏼📿

[@user-ir4ls2bp6i]

Congratulations and gratitude to all who made this exhibition, book and video successful.

[@metmuseum]

Thank you!

[@VisakharamaTrust]

Just a clarification - the Buddha's main message was NOT 'Compassion to all living beings' ...The main message was/is to see the reality of the world and there by be free of the delusion and discontent we live in.

[@StreetDogTreatmentBali]

The Buddha's main teaching was the 4 Noble Truths, with the goal for each student to end otherwise endless rebirths in Samsara and therefore totally end suffering☸️🙏

[@MustAfaalik]

@@StreetDogTreatmentBali Touche'!!!🙏

[@sachin674]

I have no words for your dedicated work 💝🙏 Love from India!!

[@Taylor_Dog]

This is fantastic! What a treat to be able to watch such a high quality virtual tour from the comfort of home.

[@matteosollecito2448]

It’s nice to see the monks from the New York Buddhist Vihara in queens @ 5:45.

[@gauravshrivastav152]

Wowww.... Just wowww ❤❤❤

[@suecassidyclark2690]

Outstanding Overview of this astonishing exhibition! Thank you

[@tatvag47]

Thank you for sharing! ❤️❤️👍👏👏👏

[@lifeofaarsea2705]

Sir. Just read about this exhibition in today's daily 😊 Thrilled to see it from here. So mesmerizing ❤ Om Namah Budhaaye. From Bhowali, Uttarakhand 😊

[@lifehack3172]

Just loved every minute of this vedio...thanks for this precious information.... love from India

[@cyrusspitama]

I wish that I had seen this exhibit in person! Thank you for making videos like this!

[@asianconnection7701]

They buddah story is fictional, or it's in a much much later date than 2000 years ago, BECAUSE a cave was excavated in China and it was dated to be somewhere around 5 to 15 thousand old and inside the cave there's a buddah statue in it.

[@cyrusspitama]

@@asianconnection7701 What is this cave called?

[@asianconnection7701]

@@cyrusspitama It's called LONGYOU CAVES. and also look into the ELLORA caves in INDIA, there's NO WAY humans with hammers and chisels were able to carve these caves 5 to 2000 years ago. HISTORY is a lie.

[@smehta2121]

Breathtakingly beautiful , and so highly informative . Thank you for producing such a wonderful piece of art...beauty and knowledge combned .

[@veronicasart]

thank you for such beautiful presentation! 💓

[@Bhantekusala]

What a beautiful documentary.

[@krutibhavsar9534]

Fascinating. John never disappoints whether its a book or an exhibit.

[@myutebe]

Grateful for this video.

[@frankpaco]

THANKS !

[@evelynramos445]

Very exciting! Just talking about The Met!

[@mstavros_youtube]

Fascinating.

[@VOYD_272]

Thanks sir for keeping this safe

[@heritageartacademy4287]

You realy preserve our art safely ty

[@RLekhy]

Thanks❤

[@Raj-sc8qs]

साधु साधु 🙏

[@numanalam233]

Rise your hands and Respect for Japan 🙌

[@sep7905]

Nice documentary but needs one correction. Siddhartha was born in Lumbini, Nepal.

[@avi2125]

Interesting...Trapusa and Bahalika, the merchants to whom the Buddha gave the "hair relics" were from "Ukkalapada, Utkal or modern state of Orissa" (wikipedia/vamsa-s) - and also from Pushkalavati/Peshawar? Bahalika could well be someone from Balkh... From Myanmar also, I guess... But what a great mini-documentary... 🙃😇🙏

[@StreetDogTreatmentBali]

That should be referenced with the appropriate Sutta. Not sure that is an accurate record of the Buddha's teaching according to the Suttas

[@laurinbartel640]

impressive

[@heritageartacademy4287]

How can I visit here

[@manjusingh8228]

❤❤❤

[@evelynramos445]

Relic of emblem

[@solaressolares1164]

💛💛💛

[@evelynramos445]

Dimensional

[@aprameya6623]

❤

[@Che_Guna]

☸️🙏

[@smlanka4u]

You can find them from all around the India. Thank you a lot.

[@user-Void-Star]

Shaka Sama the Great

[@avinashkamble318]

THE BUDDHA.......🙏🙏🙏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@aleidagutierrez8440]

I was told his hair is not hair but snails. There is a story about it. Anyone care to enlighten me? Beautiful video.

[@saddha1]

That’s false.

[@dunkel429]

So….are these artifacts on loan from India?

[@cellomeghan]

Yes

[@barrymoore4470]

Many are, but I recognize at least one representation of a yaksha (male nature spirit, seen at 1:38) that belongs to the Met's permanent collection.

[@justapointofview7625]

From the Subcontinent, not from India but from the Union of India, union of independent nations.

[@evelynramos445]

Almost embedded inward

[@evelynramos445]

Nepal Tibet

[@StreetDogTreatmentBali]

That is very questionable to say the Buddha first taught using relics. That is nowhere supported in authentic early Buddhist texts. The Dhammacakkhapavattana Sutta was his first teaching I believe, a clear discourse on the 4 Noble Truths. Lovely video tho❤️☸️🙏

[@hannibarry2119]

adding captions in other languages would enable ppl who are not fluent in English to be exposed to your content. It's so easy nowadays that's it's odd that such a leading institue would fail to do so.

[@SanditthikoAkaliko]

Sadhu

[@evelynramos445]

Maze

[@evelynramos445]

Not earthy devoid of, not to distract

[@juicywatermelon2]

The Buddha is not visible because he is represented in spiritual form on the throne.

[@evelynramos445]

Lotus in hiding guessing

[@archanasonti7071]

There were no Brahmins during the Buddha and there was no caste system during the #Buddha. Kindly go through the latest research and archeological proofs. Brahmins came to #India in the 7th Cen AD.

[@g_clayton]

attenzione pickpocket

[@evelynramos445]

Transc

[@evelynramos445]

Not a talisman?

[@It-sMyOpinion]

did they even mention nepal ????????????

[@barrymoore4470]

Lumbini, the birthplace of the historical Buddha, located in present-day Nepal, is mentioned at 7:41.

[@It-sMyOpinion]

@@barrymoore4470 thank you

[@barrymoore4470]

@@It-sMyOpinion You're very welcome!

[@Tsechen287]

Thats not important. Whats important is does Nepal follow Buddhas teaching ? Or some mythical gods?

[@Nasamusa]

Alot of the noses and lips are broken off, just like the Egyptian statues.

[@globalcitizen1138]

Hmmm wonder why ??!

[@Divorcedhousemaid666]

හපා කාපියව්. පෙත්සං ගහපියව්.විස එන්නත් කරපියව්.බිල් බදු වලින් ගසා කාපියව්..මරවපියව්..ඉන්ද්‍රරත්න නයා ඇතුලු තොපි ඔක්කොම අමරනිය වෙයි.....දැං හෝන් ගහල ලොකු කම කියල පල. වෙන ලොකුකමක් නෙවේ අපරාද පුත්තානම....උගෙ ගෙදර බිල් ගෙවන්නෙත් පුතා...ඉදුනිලට කියපිය කොනේ ගෙදර සුනකයා ඒකි එනකං බලං ඉන්න බව.....ගල අතේ තියං.....

[@sikedude5160]

Nagas are the real life people of India.😊😊😊😊