Polson's APAH: Early Asian
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33 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Maurya Period (dates) | 321 - 185 BCE |
| Reliquary | A container made of precious material used to keep sacred relics |
| Mandala | An image of the cosmos represented by an arrangement of circles or concentric geometric shapes used by Buddhists for meditation |
| Torana | In Indian architecture, an ornamented gateway arch in a temple usually leading to the stupa |
| Circumambulating | In Buddhism and other religions, a form of worship performed by walking around something like a stupa in a clockwise direction, a process |
| Yakshi (and Yaksha) | lesser Hindu and Buddhist divinities Yakshi - female goddess of fertility, Yaksha - male god of strength |
| Tribhanga (tribent) pose | Pose where the body is bent in two places dividing it into three different sections |
| Gandhara School (dates and stylistic influences) | Artwork that was a combination of Greek, Syrian, Persian and Indian traditions |
| Mathura School (dates and stylistic influences) | A traditional style of Indian artwork. Artwork of the Kushan dynasty of the 1st and 2nd century AD. |
| Gupta Period (dates) | 320 - 550 BCE |
| Great Stupa | 200 BCE, height 35', Indian (Mauryan) |
| Chaitya Hall | 1st century BCE - 1st century CE, Indian (Mauryan) |
| Pagoda | An East Asian tower, usually associated with a Buddhist temple, having winged eaves thought to be derived from the Indian stupa |
| Cantilevering | A support beam that is anchored at one end and projects over an open space at the other |
| Bodhisattvas | In Buddhism, a being who has attained enlightenment, but chooses to remain in this world to help others advance spiritually |
| Mudras | Symbolic hand gestures in Buddhist art that denotes certain behaviors, actions or feelings |
| Theraveda Buddhism | A conservative school of Buddhism founded in India - the oldest form of Buddhism. Holds the belief that insight comes from experience, critical investigation and reasoning |
| Mahayana Buddhism | Larger of the 2 major forms of Buddhism. Mahayana Buddhism originated in India, and is widely practiced in China. It is a loosely bound collection of teachings with expansive list of doctrines that are able to coexist simultaneously |
| Western Pure Land Buddhism | Division of Mahayana Buddhism that teaches of a beautiful pure land in the west |
| Amida Buddhism | A sect of Mahayana Buddism devoted to Amitabha Buddha. Believers that call on him at the moment of death go to his pure land |
| Mantra | Sanskrit term for the ritual words or syllables recited in Shingon Buddhism |
| Confucianism | Chinese ethical and philosophical system developed from the teachings of Confucious 551-478 BCE |
| Daoism (Taoism) | Term for the philosophical or religious tradition where the basic concept is to establish harmony with the tao (a mechanism of everything that exists) |
| Quinn Dynasty (dates) | 221 - 206 BCE |
| Mausoleum of Emperor Shihuangdi | 210 BCE, earthenware, approx. 8,000 lifesize statues, Chinese (Quinn dynasty) |
| Han Dynasty (dates) | 206BCE - 220CE |
| Painted Banner, Tomb of the Marquess of Dai | 160 BCE, colors on silk. 7'. Chinese (Han Dynasty) |
| Wei Dynasty (dates) | 386-535 CE |
| Seated Buddha, Cave 20 | 450 CE, stone 45', Shanxi, Chinese (Wei Dynasty) |
| Tang Dynasty (dates) | 618-907 CE |
| Great Wild Goose Pagoda | 650 CE, Xian, Chinese (Tang Dynasty) |
| Song Dynasty (dates) | 960 - 1279 CE |
| Travellers among Mountains and Streams | Fan Kuan, 1000 CE, hanging scroll, ink and colors on silk, 6'9" tall, Chinese (Song Dynasty) |
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