The ‘Gandhara’ School of Art was influenced by the art from which of the following European countries?

The ‘Gandhara’ School of Art was influenced by the art from which of the following European countries? Correct Answer Greece

The correct answer is Greece.

Key Points

• Gandhara art, a style of Buddhist visual art that developed in what is now northwestern Pakistan and eastern Afghanistan between the 1st century BCE and the 7th century CE.
• The style, of Greco-Roman origin, seems to have flourished largely during the Kushan dynasty and was contemporaneous with an important but dissimilar school of Kushan art at Mathura (Uttar Pradesh, India).
• The Gandhara school incorporated many motifs and techniques from classical Roman art, including vine scrolls, cherubs bearing garlands, tritons, and centaurs. The basic iconography, however, remained Indian.

Additional Information 

• Greece, the southernmost of the countries of the Balkan Peninsula.
  • Greece is bordered to the east by the Aegean sea, to the south by the mediterranean sea, and to the west by the Ionian Sea.
• Italy, a country of south-central Europe, occupying a peninsula that juts deep into the mediterranean sea.
  • The capital is Rome, one of the oldest of the world’s great cities.
• Hungary, Hungarian magyarország, landlocked country of central Europe.
  • The capital is Budapest.
    • Budapest is situated on both banks of the Danube (Hungarian: Duna) River.
• Belgium, country of northwestern Europe. It is one of the smallest and most densely populated European countries.
  • Belgium today is one of the most heavily industrialized and urbanized countries in Europe.
  • Belgium It is a member of the Benelux economic union, the European Union (EU), and the North Atlantic treaty organization (NATO)—organizations that all have headquarters in or near the capital city of Brussels.