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Unit 7: Early Buddhist, Hindu, and Chinese Art and Architecture Flashcards

1
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When does buddism emerge?

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4th to 6th BC

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What gave momentum to buddism in India?

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Ruler Ashoka 3rd converted to buddism

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Ashokan column
3rd century E
marks boundries and advertizes buddism with lotus flower

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4
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buddism/budda symbols

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lotus flower, lion, bull, umbrella, wheel, garland of flowers, footprint

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5
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great stupa of Sanchi
2nd and 1st century BCE

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stupa

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memorial structure sybolizing a large burial mound

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7
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What is this?

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chattras (could symbolize unbrella of budda)

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8
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Image of budda portrayed with symbolism
2nd century BCE

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9
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how early art portrayed deities with actually drawing them

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symbolism. Basically a drawm metaphor

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10
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what symbols of buddha are present in this image

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footprin, wheel

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11
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Common factors of Buddha when started being depicted as an actual figure

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Ushnisha
urna
ear lobes

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12
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ushnisha

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lump on head, perhaps representing brain expanding

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urna

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spot on forehead (sometimes represented by a curl)

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14
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Who do these statues depict?

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Buddha

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15
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Buddha
5th century CE
hand gesture also symbol of Buddha
disc becomes symbol of holyness

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16
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how does buddha depictions change outside of india

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still have similar traits, but altered to better fit appearence of different place

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17
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Buddha
Sri Lanka
late 12th century

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18
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Prajnaparamita (Buddha)
jave/Indonesia
late 12th century

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Jayavarma (buddha)
Cambodia
1200CE

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Buddha
Thailand
14th century

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Buddha
China
5th century

22
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Which place has the longest history of buddism besides India

A

china

23
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Buddhas
China
7th-8th century
symbolizes religon growing (more buddhas)

24
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Monk who obtained enlightenment (not original buddha)
China
11th century

25
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Daibutsu (Buddha)
Japan
609 CE
Very large

26
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Pre-Hindu sculpture from Indus river civilization
2500 BCE
Made from bronze out of wax casting. Pose is naturalistic (she is a dancing girl)

27
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Indus river civilization

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one of largest civilization with strong artistic traditions

28
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Hinduism

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spreads over period of 1000 years, though not as much as Buddism

29
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Hindu sculpture based on temple
2nd-1st century BCE
temples are covered in ornate relief sculptures telling stories

30
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Hindu sculpture of Vishnu
5th century CE
Vishnu is a hindu deity

31
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Mahabalipuram (hindu)
6th -7th century CE

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Hindu architecture of Kailasa Temple
50-850 CE
Carved out of rock

33
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Hindu architecture of Khandariya Mahadeva
1000 CE
Made by stacked blocks

34
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colour woodblock from woodblock printing
10th century

35
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Chinese woodblock printing

A

relief print where woodblocks are inked and paper pressed on. Lots of repitition and mirroring with colour done with multiple blocks

36
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chinese woodblock printing
diamond sutra
868 CE

37
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Xie He’s 6 principles of good painting

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should have feeling
skill in brushwork
realism
colours should be natural
composition
art should respect past art

38
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chinese landscape painting

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often designed for people in city states so they can contemplate nature (idealized)

39
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landscape painting
li cheng
950 CE

40
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chinese landscape painting
Xia Gui
1200 CE
Really long and in a scroll form

41
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chinese pagodas

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emerges from stupa and becomes a teired building that still has chatra on top. Still for buddism

42
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chinese dayanta pagoda
647 CE

43
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chinese Fogong temple
pagoda
1058 CE
more wood based and mostly hollow as the focus was on the outside

44
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japanese pagodas

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chatra still there and is still a buddist building. (building changes form to adapt to different areas)

45
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Japanese Hokki-Ji pagoda
638CE

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