Rock Cut Art
'Relief carving': - (Low ('bas'), Sunken and High) of rock which remains 'in situ'. Where the representation consists of 'line' drawings, patterns or characters scratched, pecked or etched into the rock this has been categorised under an alternative connection - 'Petroglyphs'). Where such carving exists as part of a rock cut architecture ensemble it is only represented under that 'Connection'.
Connected Sites
| Site | Rationale | Link |
| Atapuerca | Galeria del Silex | |
| Bamiyan Valley | ||
| Dazu Rock Carvings | ||
| Gyeongju | "The cultural properties of the area date mainly from the 6th to the 10th centuries, and demonstrate the quintessence of the Shilla art in the statues and reliefs of Buddha, the temple sites, and the royal and other tumuli." - AB Document | |
| Madara Rider | ||
| Mount Emei, including Leshan Giant Buddha | Leshan | |
| Necropolis of Bet She'arim | "In one cave, known as the Cave of the Coffins, "the mother of all menorahs" was discovered. It stands more than six feet tall and four feet wide, and is just one of many seven-branched carved stone menorahs found throughout the site. Other carvings in that same cave are taken from the animal world." The "Menorah Caves Compound (...) preserved by special order of the Knesset, contain[s] dozens of depictions of the menorah that became the symbol of the State of Israel." | |
| Polonnaruva | Gal Vihara | |
| Quanzhou | The "massive stone statue of Lao Tze (...) is China's largest extant Taoist carved stone statue." The statue of Mani in Cao'an Temple "was carved in the cliff wall inside the stone chamber. (...) The stone relief of Mani is placed in the middle of the cliff wall opposite the entrance." (Nomination file, p. 155, 179-180) | |
| Rock Art in the Hail Region | Shuwaymis: "Some compositions bring to mind monumental masonry work, in that the very detailed and meticulously pounded figures of one or two metres are rendered 15–20 mm deep, as bas-relief figures" (Nomination file, p. 21) | |
| Sassanid Archaeological Landscape | rock carved bas reliefs of historical events |
Suggestions?
Do you know of another WHS we could connect to Rock Cut Art?
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- Not be "self evident"
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