Compare the visual aesthetics of these two images

Compare the visual aesthetics of these two images. Are the visual styles of each similar? Are they different? If so, in what ways?

What materials/media were used to create each image? How might these materials and media explain the current condition of each of these artifacts?

What kind of event or characters (or set of events) does each image depict? What social function did each work of art serve in its civilization?

Completion Criteria

Your assignment should be completed in short essay format with at least two formal paragraphs per sculpture, for a total of no less than four paragraphs. The title of the artworks must be included in your answers as well as the place of its origin.

1) Sanchi or The Great Stupa

2) Longmen Grottos