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Flashcards by Hannah Sullivan, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Hannah Sullivan
about 4 years ago
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| South and Southeast Asian Art | Art Historical Era |
| Great Bath of Mohenjo-Daro | Pakistan c.2600-1900 BCE large water tank, placed atop the city's citadel city plan perhaps used for ritual bathing |
| The Great Stupa | Sanchi, India 1st century an object of worship or reverence as containing relics 1. axis Mundi: "world axis" 2. toranas: gateways (4 for cardinal directions) 3. Anda (egg): a hemisphere |
| Yakshi figure | East Tarona, Great Stupa, Sanchi India nature/fertility spirits |
| Chaitya Hall | Karla, India- rock cut Interior Columns have lotus flowers tunnel vaulting Stupa in Chaitya serving as the focus for prayer and meditation lotus flower(supreme enlightenment), lion (symbolizes buddha) capital, dharma wheel |
| Vihara Complex | Ajanta Caves in Maharashtra, India features a chaitya and an artistic program depicts Buddha on Stupa |
| Bodhisattva Padmapani | Regally dressed figure embodiment of compassion holding a lotus flower |
| Bodhisattva Vajrapani | diamond/thunder holder large crown jewels on head strength/determination |
| Parinivana Buddha | Ajanta Caves refers to the Buddha's final nirvana achieved as he dies figuratively depicted |
| Standing Buddha | 2nd-3rd century Greco-Buddhist image Gandhara region and kingdom |
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Buddha
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Buddha (binary/octet-stream)
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Buddha is teaching according to the mudra from the hands Dharma wheel elongated ears (royal ancestry) |
| Vishnu Temple | Deogarh, Uttar Pradesh, India, C.530 CE |
| Visha Narayana | on the Cosmic Waters c.530 CE resting dreams a new eon into existence Vishana Temple at Deogarh, India |
| Eternal Shiva | Cave Temple of SHiva, Elephanta Caves, Elephanta Island, Mumbai, India, mid-500s CE tripartite forces of creation, preservation, and destruction |
| Parinivarna Buddha | Gal Vihara, Sri Lanka C.1000-1200 CE peaceful receptivity of Hindu and Buddhist |
| Borobudar Stupa | Java, Indonesia c. 900 CE square and circle interplay has mini stupas on top of the larger stupa |
| Angkor Wat | Cambodia, 1100-1300 City Temple Hindu temple architecture outside of India devoted to Vishana 5 central towers represent the peaks of Mt. Meru |
| Chinese Art | Art Historical Era |
| Tomb of Terracota Warriors | Xi'an, Shann'xi Province, China Qin Shi Huang-ti's fairly lifesize, painted 8,000 plus warriors clay coiling method 1st large scale figurine statue making in China spiritual standing army hierarchical scaling |
| Tomb Model of a House | 1-2nd century the ceramic model found in tombs vertical bracketing system curtain wall |
| Admonitions of the Imperial Instructress to the Court Ladies | 4th century Confucian social obligation protecting the emperor from the circus bear |
| Xia Gui | Twelve Views from a Thatched Hut c.ea 1200s landscapes depicted from multiple viewpoints aided by long scroll formats large empty spaces=void=Tao itself |
| Great Wild Goose Pagoda | Ci'en Temple, Chang'an China, 645 CE Buddhist Pagoda: Indian Buddhist stupa merges with the Han Chinese bracketed house as a watchtower places of worship where relics can be kept |
| Seated Buddha | Yungang Grottoes, Datong, China c.460 CE Meditating simplified in an archaic and geometric way |
| Western paradise of the Amitabha Buddha | Tang Dynasty c. 750 CE Pure Land Buddhism |
| Avalokiteshvara | Bodhisattva royal ease pose huge multiplicity of eyes and arms shows compassion and reaching out to alleviate humanity |
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Ming Dynasty Vase
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Vase (binary/octet-stream)
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porcelain dragons and serpeants are beneficent beings stylized silhouette of the dragon is conveyed as negative space in contrast to the positive space of the sea-like environment |
| Nestorian Stele | 781 CE shows church of the east presence |
| Angel Announcing the Resurrection to the Virgin Mary and Mary Magdalen | Nestorian Syriac Gospel 13th century Church of the East |
| Korean Art | Art Historical Era |
| Seated Shakyamuni Buddha | Seokgurum Grotto near Gyeongju, Korea c.751 meditating, earth as witness |
| Bodhisattva in Meditation | 7th century thoughtful stance comes back as Buddha's second coming contemplating |
| Japanese Art | Art Historical Era |
| Main Hall | Inner Shrine, Ise, Mie Prefecture, Japan Orig. built at the end of the 1st century Shinto Shrine- torn down every 20 yrs to show a connection to cycles of nature post and lintel form make a torii- makes a gateway tunnel entrance wood construction |
| Amida Buddha | Phoneix Hall, Byodo-in, C. 1053 flame shaped halo=fire as symbol of purification either gold/bronze image |
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Katsushika Hokusai
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Wave (binary/octet-stream)
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The Great Wave, 1836 Woodblock Print heightened 2D sense of design |
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