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| c. 550 |
| | Caves along the Silk Road are decorated with a profusion of carvings in the traditions of Mahayana Buddhism | |
| | Bamiyan Fotofile CG
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| c. 1000 |
| | Buddhist, Hindu and Jain shrines are carved from the rock in the cave temples of Ellora, in India | |
| | Ellora, courtyard Fotofile CG
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| c. 1000? |
| | The huge stone heads standing on Easter Island are carved and erected at some time between the sixth and seventeenth century AD | |
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| c. 1000 |
| | Lively and often fantastic figures, cunningly fitted around the capitals of columns, show the vigour of Romanesque sculpture | |
| | Carved stone monster Fotofile CG
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| c. 1150 |
| | The biblical kings and queens in the west porch of Chartres cathedral are a striking early example of Gothic sculpture | |
| | Chartres Cathedral, figures round north door Fotofile CG
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| c. 1250 |
| | The Yoruba people of Ife create extraordinary sculptures in brass | |
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| 1252 |
| | A huge bronze sculpture, known as Daibutsu and cast in Kamakura, depicts Amida, the Amitabha Buddha of Pure Land Buddhism | |
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| 1259 |
| | Nicola Pisano completes a pulpit for Pisa, borrowing details from Roman sarcophagi - an early example of a new interest in the classical past | |
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| 1395 |
| | Philip II of Burgundy commissions from Netherlands sculptor Claus Sluter a work, the Well of Moses, which launches the northern Renaissance | |
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| 1411 |
| | The linen drapers of Florence commission a statue of St Mark from Donatello, who carves for Orsanmichele the first free-standing Renaissance sculpture | |
| | Donatello, St George Fotofile CG
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