AP ART HISTORY: ASIA Flashcards
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| 8232453901 | Jowo Rinpoche identifiers | Lhasa, Tibet West and Central Asia Yarlung dynasty |  | 0 |
| 8232453902 | Jowo Rinpoche | -highly decorated because we must see it as lavish to understand it's importance -focal point for prayer -lost and put back together in the 1960's -mudrha- for meditation & call to prayer -sculpted by an artist that knew Buddha(it is Buddha approved: he wanted it would be left behind and people would remember his teachings) -India-> Tibet, China(Buddhist surrounded by atheist) | 1 | |
| 8232453903 | Lakshmana temple identifiers | Sandstone Chandella dynasty Khajuraho, India |  | 2 |
| 8232453904 | Lakshmana temple | -spiers on corners to represent directions and totality because Brahman is all -spiers-pointed domes (beehive domes) that symbolize mountains -small interior -axis Munda-cosmic access connecting earth to heaven -Brahman is believed to live in statue in the womb chamber (idol) -mandala- geometric design of universe(shape of temple and universe) >womb chamber represents creation -mithuna- people having sex on sides of building because it is a spiritual moment -highly decorated like gothic churches | 3 | |
| 8232453905 | Temple of Angkor Wat identifiers | Hindu Stone masonry and sandstone Angkor dynasty |  | 4 |
| 8232453906 | Temple of Angkor Wat | -largest religious monument in the world -for Vishnu-principal G-d known as protector -king's mausoleum in death -temples were homes for G-ds not people - relief shows Hindu stories "churning of ocean milk" which was the beginning of time -G-ds and demons playing of tug of war to show good vs evil (king is rope) -5 towers symbolize 5 mountain ranges and mt. Meru >makes milk > connects heaven to earth >home for G-ds -built to legitimize claim to throne (Khmer kings) | 5 | |
| 8232453907 | Shiva as Lord of Dance identifiers | Hindu Cast bronze Chola dynasty |  | 6 |
| 8232453908 | Shiva as Lord of Dance | -G-d of destruction (one of 3 principal G-ds) -episcene- qualities of male and female -inhabited by g-d in womb chamber -art is not static is decorated and taken out of womb room -shiva-spinning, dance of destruction (leg, multiple hands, hair) -dynamic- illusion of movement -circle-hands & Fire (creation and destruction) -arm down= don't worry destruction is good -drum=creation -dwarf of ignorance-stepped on by shiva | 7 | |
| 8232453909 | Jahangir Preferring a Sufi Shaikh to Kings identifiers | Bichitr 1620 ce Watercolor,gold, and ink on paper |  | 8 |
| 8232453910 | Jahangir Preferring a Sufi Shaikh to Kings | -part of folio -inspired by Christianity:halo & Angels dancing around him -lots of circles show totality -King James- based off European painting, stands out -artist paints himself into painting-yet tries to remain humble -jahangir- he is everything and ignores other kings; lots of jewelry on | 9 | |
| 8232453911 | Great Stupa at Sanchi identifiers | Stone masonry, sandstone on dome Buddhist Late sunga dynasty |  | 10 |
| 8232453912 | Great Stupa at Sanchi | -round dome symbolizes totality and all and nothing - reliquary- w/ part of buddha's body -circumambulation clockwise like sun in meditation-> replicates path to nirvana(nirvana is symbolized by axis Mundi (3 parts to symbolize Buddha, his law, his followers) -symbolized mt. Meru(same story as hindu's) -toranas-totality and 4 cardinal points on gate -yakshi- sexy men and women relief > Buddha disagrees shows leaving that out of reliquary -Ashoka builds it (great Indian conquerer) | 11 | |
| 8232453913 | Borobudur Temple identifiers | Sailendra dynasty Volcanic stone masonry Central Java,Indonesia |  | 12 |
| 8232453914 | Borobudur Temple | -resembles pyramid; stupa -shows philosophical and spiritual aspects of religion >axis mundi(totality) -open passageways- circumambulation from womb to human rhelm to center(nirvana) -dark to light -> concept of the path (individual to spiritual journey) - Mandala plan- totality -pilgrimage site | 13 | |
| 8232453915 | Buddha | -stylized -urna-3rd eye -hair has axis Mundi -wheel on feet show full path of life -mudrha is gesture of peace -story of sidartha |  | 14 |
| 8232453916 | Buddha Bamiyan identifiers | -Bamiyan, Afghanistan -gandharan (land where Afghanistan is) Cut rock with plaster and polychrome paint |  | 15 |
| 8232453917 | Buddha Bamiyan | -paint of meditation -on pilgrimage route -caves around Buddha so you can be detached but pray near him -Mandorla around Buddha (sacred space) -destroyed by taliban in 2001 | 16 | |
| 8232453918 | Terra Cotta Warriors from Mausoleum of the first Qin Emperor of China identifiers | Qin dynasty Painted Terra cotta South, east, and Southeast Asia |  | 17 |
| 8232453919 | Terra Cotta Warriors from Mausoleum of the first Qin Emperor of China | -made in large kiln -individualized but not portrait -Qin Shihuang-United empire, surrounded himself w/ Mercury, constructed Great Wall; wanted to conquer death; ruthless;set precedent for future leaders -horses,chariots,weapons, and treasure in tomb (8-9 thousand) -made by 7,000 people, tomb not yet discovered | 18 | |
| 8232453920 | Funeral banner of Lady Dai (xin zhui)identifiers | Han dynasty China Painted silk |  | 19 |
| 8232453921 | Funeral Banner of Lady Dai | -naturalistic -not abstracted (shows depth) -red to show wealth (made for wealthy for afterlife) -continuous narrative -over innermost coffin (they had multiple sarcofagi) - 3 registers- heavenly realm, lady Dai and her attendants, underground world -dragons- zoomorphic, frame scene, represent sky, links earth to heaven -earliest known Chinese portrait -silk is very important | 20 | |
| 8232453922 | Longmen Caves identifiers | Tang Dynasty Limestone Luoyang, China |  | 21 |
| 8232453923 | Longmen Caves | -Vairocana Buddha- depicted in cave (rules over all other Buddhas) -caves where people would meditate, pilgrimage site -bodhisattvas- attendants that reached nirvana and help others get to enlightenment -payed for by empress and she later became a ruling widow -guards of Buddha: animated ,detail, contraposto | 22 | |
| 8232453924 | Forbidden city identifiers | Beijing, China Ming dynasty 15th century |  | 23 |
| 8232453925 | Forbidden city front gate | -Shows exclusivity -Only men | 24 | |
| 8232453926 | Forbidden City hall of supreme harmony | - tallest and center building -throne room -heaven and emperor -3 level base -emperor carried in | 25 | |
| 8232453927 | Forbidden city courtyard houses | -Room around courtyard -rooms assigned by confusion ideals |  | 26 |
| 8232453928 | Pagoda | Chinese version of stupa -axis Mundi -red, yellow,&blue -> water,heaven,sun,earth -3 levels represent ying,yang, and both |  | 27 |
| 8232453929 | Forbidden City | -painted wood -curved roofs by beams and truss(connects building to sky) -surrounded by moat (sacred and exclusive) -order in chaos -mandate of heaven -dragon -grand court -Beijing was new capital -forbidden city legitimizes rule | 28 | |
| 8232453930 | Forbidden city symbols | -emperor and heaven -interlocking geometry: earth and universe -hierarchy and place :confusionism -axial symmetry :order in chaos -compression and expansion: show emperor's importance | 29 | |
| 8232453931 | Travelers among Mountains and Streams identifiers | Fan Kuan Ink on silk 1000ce |  | 30 |
| 8232453932 | Travelers among Mountains and Streams | -hanging scroll
-texture provide duality
-people are shown small
-makes you think about relationships (confusionism)
-meditative (Buddhist)
-man| 31 | | |
| 8232453933 | The David Vases identifiers | Yuan dynasty China White porcelain w/ cobalt-blue underglaze |  | 32 |
| 8232453934 | The David Vases | -porcelain made in very hot kiln (new technology) -made for altar at daoist temple -colophon -dragon,floral, inscription -inspired by Islamic world -Iran provided cobalt that tuned blue in kiln (can withstand the heat) | 33 | |
| 8232453935 | Gold and jade crown identifiers | Korea 5th to 6th century Metalwork |  | 34 |
| 8232453936 | Gold and jade crown | -zoomorphic and shamanic -crown for burial and ceremonies -represents trees or antlers -showed status -axis Mundi | 35 | |
| 8232453937 | Portrait of sin Sukju identifiers | Hanging scroll (ink and color on silk) Imperial bureau of painting South, east, and Southeast Asia | 36 | |
| 8232453938 | Portrait of Sin Sukju | -realism in face -verisim -no depth -> physical isn't as important -hanging scroll -for honoring his death in his shrine -Sukju- wearing official robe with rank badge (2 peacocks), 3/4 view w/ folded hands -he was very important and worked for multiple kings shows Confucious ideals |  | 37 |
| 8232453939 | Todai-ji identifiers | Nara,Japan 743ce |  | 38 |
| 8232453940 | Todai-ji | -large Buddha(bronze) surrounded by Mandorla -grand gate but very Japanese bc it's unpainted, outside to inside -sculptures behind screens (guardian figures with lots of movement to protect Buddha) -emperor wanted Buddhism to unify people -inspired by grand Chinese architecture -rebuilt bc it was burned in civil war |  | 39 |
| 8232453941 | Night Attack on the Sanjo Palace identifiers | Japan Hand scroll (ink and color on paper) |  | 40 |
| 8232453942 | Night Attack on the Sanjo Palace | -hand scroll -some parts are unpainted which makes it abstract -daimyo was successful in kidnapping emperor -personal bc you look at it closely -people running for their lives (mistresses) -begins and ends with one figure -lots of energy -for rich men -attack was during period of instability (warring clans) | 41 | |
| 8232453943 | Ryoan-ji identifiers | Kyoto, Japan Rock garden |  | 42 |
| 8232453944 | Ryoan-ji | -complexity in simplicity -don't take nature for granted -cannot see all rocks at once -movement,texture, rhythmic effect -meditation brings you to enlightenment and increases awareness - trees are mobile and immobile bc they change while everything else stays the same -water gardens create contrast and were very carefully planned -could symbolize mountains in fog, nothing, matter carrying out antimatter, rock and water -zen=raking rocks-.>physical labor | 43 | |
| 8232453945 | White and red plum blossoms identifiers | Ink, watercolor, and gold leaf on paper ogata korin |  | 44 |
| 8232453946 | White and Red Plum Blossoms | -metallic -tarashikomi- technique dripping wet into wet into create the moss which is splotchy and unexpected -painted on two screens to make outside connect to inside -red tree- youthful, energetic, foolish, -white tree- old,wise, contorted by weather -stream represents how life moves us forward and back -trees leave page to leave it to imagination -connected to modern art | 45 | |
| 8232453947 | Under the wave off Kanagawa identifiers | Katsushika Hokusai Polychrome woodblock print;ink and color on paper |  | 46 |
| 8232453948 | Under the wave off Kanagawa | -influenced by European art (Prussian blue) -duality- nature vs man and terrifying but playful -ukiyo-e prints- affordable and mass produced that show city life (souvenirs)(trendy) -landscape is brought back -mt. Fuji in distance framed in circle of waves -boat matches waves shows relationship of man and nature (fisherman boat) -woodcut prints- negative space is carved so outline stamp is produced -part of a series -mt. Fuji- volcanic,permanent and dangerous, religious importance in Shintoism-> pilgrimage site - dynamic and vivid | 47 |