art history unit 4

Question 1

Great stupa at sanchi form

Answer 1

-sandstone
-mandala plan of the cosmos

Question 2

great stupa at Machi function

Answer 2

-monastery
-reliquary mound holds siddarth relics
-symbolic representation of the buddha
-no pics of buddhas face

Question 3

great stupa at Machi context

Answer 3

-300-100 bce medya Pradesh, india
-late sunga dynasty

Question 4

describe the great stupa at Machi

Answer 4

-large stone dome with gate in front and sand fence around it. color is like a beige brown

Question 5

terracotta warriors form

Answer 5

-life size painted terra cotta warriors

Question 6

terra cotta warriors function

Answer 6

-funerary art
-express imperial power and authority

Question 7

terra cotta warriors context

Answer 7

-qin dynasty in china
-221-209 bce

Question 8

funeral banner of lady dai form

Answer 8

-painted silk banner
-set in registers
-bi: disc with hole that represents sky

Question 9

funeral banner of lady dai function

Answer 9

-put over her tomb to show signs of respect they really loved her

Question 10

funeral banner of lady dai context

Answer 10

han dynasty, china
-180 bce

Question 11

longman caves form

Answer 11

-limestone
-gaurdians and vajrapani are more in motion and engaging

Question 12

longman caves content

Answer 12

-110k buddhist statues, 60 stuoas, 28000 inscription
-vairocana buddha with bodhisattva, a heavenly kind

Question 13

longmen caves function

Answer 13

signifies the arrival of buddhism in china

Question 14

longmen caves context

Answer 14

Luoyang, china
-tang dynatsy
-493-1127 Ce

Question 15

gold and jade crown context

Answer 15

-found in tomb of queen
-silla kindgdom, korea
-three kingdoms period
-5-6th century

Question 16

toda-ji form

Answer 16

-bronze and wood sculpture
-wood and ceramic roofing
-bracketing system to support the roof
-massive pillars

Question 17

toda-ji function

Answer 17

-buddhist temple
-expresion of buddhism and it state in Japan

Question 18

toda-ji context

Answer 18

743 Ce rebuilt in 1700 ce
-various artists of kei school
-commisioned by emperor shopu
-nara japan
-1st imperial capital
-end of Silk Road

Question 19

Borobudur temple form

Answer 19

relief sculptures
-clockwise up and around
-volcanic stone

Question 20

Borobudur temple content

Answer 20

• 72 stupas
  -1460 relifes
  -9 platforms in sets of 3
  -504 buddha statues
  -jataja tales (buddha past lives)

Question 21

Borobudur temple function

Answer 21

-monument to buddha
-pilgrimage shrines
-narriave guides tou
-narrtes buddhas teachings

Question 22

Borobudur temple context

Answer 22

-saliendra dynasty
-indonesia
-750-842 ce

Question 23

temple of Angkor was form

Answer 23

-stone masonry
-sandstone
-mandala

Question 24

temple of Angkor wat fucnrion

Answer 24

-expressing hindu powesr
-meatn to be a tomb
-build to show power and might

Question 25

temple of Angkor wat context

Answer 25

-medieval capital of Cambodia -angkor dynsasty -800-1400 ce