Art History Ch 6,7,8
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23 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Bi | a Chinese symbol of heaven in a jade disk |
| Bodhisattva | Deity who refrains from entering nirvana to help others |
| Chaitya | Buddhist assembly hall |
| Chakra Dharma | Wheel of law or "teaching" |
| Emperor Shih Huang Ti | Chinese emperor noted for 2 monumental projects: he began construction on the Great Wall of China and his great underground Tomb, discovered in 1974, with hundreds of terra-cotta statues of army |
| Forbidden City | Constructed in early 15th century (1407-1420) in the Ming dynasty. Only Chinese emperors and their officials were allowed into it. Yellow, the symbol of the Chinese royal family is the dominate color in Forbidden City-used for tile, decorations, even road bricks |
| Guang | a libation vessel that is covered |
| Kondo | In Japan, a hall used to spread Buddhist teachings |
| Mandala | a magical, geometric symbol of the cosmos, circular in shape |
| Mudra | a stylized and symbolic hand gesture in Buddhism and Hinduism |
| Nirvana | an after-life in which reincarnation ends and teh soul is absorbed into the supreme spirit also known as "Samsara" |
| Pagoda | a multi-story tower built over a sacred relic |
| Shiva, Vishnu, Devi | 3 most important deities of Hinduism |
| Shiva | a Hindu god of destruction and creation |
| Siddhartha | the man who became Buddha Sakyamuni, "the enlightened one" |
| Stupa | a hemispherical Buddhist shrine |
| Sutra | an account of a sermon or dialogue involving the Buddha |
| Torana | a gateway near a stupa |
| Ukiyo-e | Japanese style woodblock prints of the Edo period depicting genre scenes usually featuring the urban life of the bourgeoisies with meticulous details of clothing |
| Urna | a circle of hair, usually symbolized as a dot, between the eyebrows of a Hindu or a Buddhist figure |
| Ushnisha | cranial bump- or stylized protuberance from Buddha's forehead, symbolizing superhuman consciousness |
| Yamato-e | a Japanese style of painting that uses only Japanese themes, has strong diagonal lines and with very little individuality of the facial features |
| Yin & Yang | complementary polarities. The YIN is cool, dark, soft, moist, weak and yielding. The YANG is hot, bright, hard, dry strong and unyielding |
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