, ▁who ▁also ▁made ▁a ▁gold ▁image ▁of ▁the ▁Bud d ha . ▁Many ▁examples ▁of ▁sculpt ures ▁of ▁people ▁and ▁animals , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁car ved ▁st ela e , ▁are ▁known ▁from ▁the ▁Mong ol ▁Empire , ▁especially ▁from ▁its ▁capital ▁Kar ak orum . ▁ ▁The ▁spread ▁of ▁Buddh ism ▁in ▁Mong olia ▁from ▁the ▁ 1 6 th ▁century ▁was ▁associated ▁with ▁a ▁cultural ▁rev ival ▁which ▁included ▁the ▁work ▁of ▁the ▁sculpt or ▁Z an ab azar ▁( 1 6 3 5 – 1 7 2 3 ), ▁famous ▁for ▁his ▁human ▁forms ▁in ▁bronze ▁dep ict ing ▁figures ▁from ▁the ▁Buddh ist ▁tradition . ▁Also ▁known ▁from ▁this ▁period ▁are ▁the ▁orn ate ▁mask s ▁used ▁in ▁the ▁myst ic ▁Cham ▁d ances . ▁ ▁A ▁sharp ▁change ▁in ▁Mong ol ian ▁art ▁followed ▁the ▁revolution ▁of ▁ 1 9 2 1 , ▁after ▁which ▁the ▁country ▁remained ▁under ▁strong ▁Soviet ▁influence . ▁Buddh ism ▁lost ▁its ▁hold , ▁and ▁much ▁sculpt ure ▁in ▁public ▁places ▁adopted ▁the ▁Social ist ▁real ist ▁style . ▁Later ▁Western ▁influ ences ▁introduced ▁Modern ism ▁to ▁sculpt ure , ▁and ▁since ▁the ▁over throw ▁of ▁the ▁social ist ▁regime ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 0 , ▁abstract ▁and ▁traditional ▁styles ▁have ▁been ▁expl ored . ▁ ▁Bron ze ▁age ▁sculpt ure ▁▁▁ ▁The ▁most ▁striking ▁artifact s ▁of ▁ancient ▁Mong ol ian ▁sculpt ure ▁are ▁de er ▁stones ▁( called ▁“ бу ган ▁чу лу у ” ▁( bug an