Key Terms 1
This form of Buddhism developed in China beginning in the 6th century and was established in Japan in the 13th century. It's name means "meditation."
What is Zen?
In Hinduism, the Great Goddess is known as:
What is Devi?
Identify the name of this temple (slide 4)
What is Deogarh or Dashavatara or Dasavatara?
Identify the title of this artwork. (Slide 9)
What is Moon and Melon?
Identify the name of this site. (Slide 11)
What is Taj Mahal?
This Yuan painter and calligrapher was related to the Song royal family. His paintings and private letters show his inner struggle as he served the Yuan Dynasty.
Who is Zhao Mengfu?
The aniconic form of Shiva is known as a
What is Linga?
Identify the artist's name. (Slide 6)
Who is Lee U-Fan?
Identify the place of this building. (Slide 14)
What is Delhi?
Identify the name of this site. (Slide 12)
What is Hall of Prayer for a Prosperous Year?
Darśan (darshan) is a term that is used in which religious practice?
Hinduism
The great buddha at Todaiji was largely destroyed in 1180. Today, the only parts that survive from the original eighth-century statue is/are its _____.
Lotus petal base
Identify the artist's name. (Slide 7)
Who is Ma Yuan?
Identify the country of origin of this painting. (Slide 15)
What is Japan?
This is an architectural term associated with the following temples. This is a representation of a structural feature (usually in miniature) for ornamental purposes
What is aedicule?
This is a term that describes Japanese-style painting (as distinct from Chinese-style painting), that developed in the Heian period.
What is yamato-e?
What is the source of the blue in 'blue and green' landscape paintings?
What is azurite or lapis lazuli?
Identify the artist's name. (Slide 8)
Who is Hon'ami Koetsu?
Identify the name of this painting. (Slide 16)
What is The Tale of Genji?
This is a detail of the Ala'i Darwaza, which is faced in white marble and red sandstone--a combination that is distinctive of Sultanate and later Mughal architecture. The calligraphy, or ornamental script, bears inscriptions in both Quranic inscriptions in ______ language and historical inscriptions in ______ language. The geometric patterning on both the interior and exterior is expressive of God's boundless creative energy. (slide 11)
What is Arabic? What is Persian?
This is a Sanskrit word that means “descent”. The word refers to different forms assumed by a single deity, and is often associated with Vishnu.
What is avatar?
This object often served as the mounting for Southern Song landscape paintings, with an imperial inscription on one side and a painting on the other.
What is a fan?
The iconography of deities helps us to identify who they are. This god, ____, rides a ____. He has a deer and axe in his hands, as well as a drum and trident. He is often identified by a third ____. (Slide 5)
What is Shiva? What is a bull? What is an eye?
How are these two paintings stylistically different? (Slide 17)
Raja Ravi Varma, Woman Holding a Piece of Fruit. Late 19th c. (ca. 1900); oil on Canvas
Abanindranath Tagore, Bharat Mata, 1905 (ca. 1900); watercolor on paper
One of the earliest structural Hindu temples that survives is at Deogarh. It, too, reflects a highly developed iconographic and ritual program. The relief sculptures on the exterior of the temple suggest the different facets of the god, _______'s, identity: first dreaming the world into existence; teaching men right behavior; and finally saving devotees while destroying their enemies. On the doorway are images of River _______, the Yamuna and the Ganges. Their placement suggests a "crossing over" from the mundane world in the the sacred world of the temple sanctum, known as garbhagriha in Sanskrit, literally meaning "womb-house".
What is Vishnu? What is goddesses?