Examples of Silk Road in the following topics:
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- Located geographically at the end of the Silk Road, Japan was able to preserve many aspects of Buddhism at the very time it was disappearing in India and being suppressed in Central Asia and China.
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- The production and trade of textiles pre-dates Islam, and had long been
important to Middle Eastern cultures and cities, many of which had flourished
due to the Silk Road.
- These intricately knotted carpets were made of
silk, or a combination of silk and cotton, and were often rich in religious and
other symbolism.
- Hereke silk carpets, which were made in the coastal town of Hereke, were the
most valued of the Ottoman carpets because of their fine weave.
- In the sixteenth century, carpet weaving evolved from a nomadic
and peasant craft to a well-executed industry with specialization of design and
manufacturing using quality fibers such as silk.
- The Ottoman Turks were famed for their quality of their finely woven and intricately knotted silk carpets.
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- Traditional painting involves essentially the same techniques as calligraphy; it is done with a brush dipped in black or colored ink and painted on paper or silk.
- Much of what is known of early Chinese figure painting comes from burial sites, where paintings were preserved on silk banners, lacquered objects, and tomb walls.
- Native Chinese religions do not typically use cult images of deities, and large religious sculptures are nearly all Buddhist, dating mostly from the 4th to the 14th century CE and arriving via the Silk Road.
- Bronze, gold, silver, rhinoceros horn, Chinese silk, ivory, lacquer, cloisonne enamel, and many other materials had specialist artists working in them.
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- The trade routes known as the Silk Road consisted of well-traveled and well-maintained roads that linked the land from the Mediterranean basin to China, greatly increasing trade throughout the area.
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- Because of Silla gold artifacts bearing similarities to European techniques, along with glass and beads depicting blue-eyed people found in royal tombs, many believe that the Silk Road extended all the way to Korea.
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- The Silk Road transmission of Buddhism to Central Asia, China, and ultimately Japan and Korea started in the 1st century CE, where the Mahayana branch of Buddhism was developed and practiced.
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- Because Silla gold artifacts bear similarities to European techniques—along with glass and beads depicting blue-eyed people found in royal tombs—many believe that the Silk Road extended all the way to Korea.
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- These intricately knotted carpets were made of silk, or a combination of silk and cotton, and were often rich in religious and other symbolism.
- Hereke silk carpets, which were made in the coastal town of Hereke, were the most valued of the Ottoman carpets because of their fine weave.
- The Ottoman Turks were famed for the quality of their finely woven and intricately knotted silk carpets.
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- Warhol's artwork ranges in many forms of media including hand drawing, painting, printmaking, photography, silk screening, sculpture, film, and music.
- Eventually, he moved from hand painting to silk-screen printing, removing the handmade element altogether.
- The element of detachment reached such an extent at the height of Warhol's fame that he had several assistants producing his silk-screen multiples.
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- These balls were constructed from the remnants of old kimonos; pieces of silk fabric were wadded up to form a rough ball, and this preliminary ball was then further wrapped in additional strips of fabric.
- Noisemakers were added to the inside of the balls, Japanese designs mimicked the colors of nature, and the brilliant colors of kimono silk were used to stitch eye-catching patterns.
- They can be made of many materials, but the classic hina doll has a pyramidal body of elaborate, many-layered textiles stuffed with straw and/or wood blocks; carved wood hands (and in some cases feet) covered with gofun; a head of carved wood or molded wood compo covered with gofun, with set-in glass eyes (though before about 1850, the eyes were carved into the gofun and painted); and human or silk hair.