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- Islam
- religion that begin in Arabian peninsula in 7th century
- Muslim
- those who practice Islam
- mosque
- place of worship for muslimsq
- calligraphy
- beautiful writing
- minaret
- pointed towers of Islamic architecture used to announce prayer time
- mihrab
- niche used in mosques to show which direction Mecca is
- arabesque
- elaborate, intricate designs of Islamic art
- Indus civilization
- now died out, found in an archeological dig, were literate but no translation, created major cities along Indus river
- samsara
- reincarnation, cycle of souls, every animate being has a soul
- nirvana
- ultimate exultation of soul, becoming one with universal soul
- Buddha
- enlightened one, thought to achieve nirvana
- bodhisattva
- hard to achieve nirvana, deliberately delayed nirvana to help others achieve nirvana, devine being
- Ashoka
- great general, converted India to Buddhism, made great columns marking holy places around India
- mudra
- in buddhist and Hindo iconography, stylized and symbolic hand gesture
- stupa
- large mound shaped Buddhist shrine
- chaitya hall
- an Indian rock-cut temple hall having a votice stupa at one end
- mandala
- acred diagram of the universe
- Gandhara
- region in eastern Afghanistan and north-west Pakistan centered on the Swat River (see Udyana) and Kabul River, tributaries of the Indus River. Its primary cities were Peshawar and Taxila.
- Guptan dynasty
- empire in nort central India, Pataliputra as capital, best emporer chandragupta, great patrons of art and literature
- Ajanta
- caves built here, carved out of mountainside, lots of buddha imagery found here, northeast of bombay, site of small buddhist monastery
- shiva
- Hindu god called the Destroyer. Shiva is the third member of the triad
- Vishnu
- preserver of the world, frequently shown with four arms, and he holds the discus, mace, conchshell, and lotus, lies asleep at ocean floor
- Shiva Nataraja
- means lord of the dance, portable bronze figure, when hindus worship it, they dress it ,cover it with jewels, and flowers, treat the figure as a living being
- Mughal empire
- muslim prince defeated last of Ghorid sultans and delcared himself ruler, 16th century
- Khmer dynasty
- dynasty of Cambodia, had control of much of souteast asia
- jade
- rock of far east, magic by ancient chinese, very hard
- handscroll
- long horizontal painting seen by view piece by piece
- pagoda
- tower shaped stupa
- Tang dynasty
- peak of prosperity and power, reunited under centralized government 7th to 9th century
- Song dynasty
- during the late middle ages
- Chan Buddhism
- or Zen in Japan, emphasizes eccentric, unexpected as a means towards enlightenment, no bottisatva, fooled into thinking physical world is real
- porcelain
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important in Song dynasty
clay with particular mineral concentration, becomes like glass - literati
- elite of Chinese literature and culture, very intelligent, refused to have anything with foriegn control, calligraphy very important
- dong qichang
- wrote theroy of chinse art important literati
- laquer
- application of many coats of sap from laq tree
- Jomon pottery
- twisted and wave like, has holes, prehistoric
- Haniwa figure
- sculpted fired pottery cylinders, modeled in human, animal, or other forms and placed around early japanese burial mounds
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Dome of the Rock
Islamic
Jerusalem
7th -
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Prayer Hall of the Great Mosque
Islamic
Cordoba, Spain
8-10th c -
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Dome over Mihrab of Great Mosque
Islamic
Cordoba, Spain
10th c -
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Mosque of Selim II
sinan
Islamic
Edirne, Turkey
16th -
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Lion capital of Ashoka
Indian Buddhist
3rd bc -
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The Great Stupa
indian buddhist
Sanchi, india
1st -
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Buddha Preaching the FIrst Sermon
Indian Buddhist
5th -
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Visvanatha Temple
Indian Hindu
Kjajuraho, India
11th -
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Great Stupa of Borobudur
Buddhist
Java
9th -
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Angkor Wat
Khmer Hindu
Cambodia 12th -
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Taj Mahal
Indian Islamic
Agra, India
17th -
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Walking Buddha
Thai buddhist
14th century -
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Army of First Emperor of Qin
Chinese
Xian
3rd Bc -
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Buddha and Attendants
Chinese
Longmen
7th -
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travellers among mountains and streams
fan kuan
chinese
11th -
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Forbidden city
Chinese
Beijing
15th -
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Ise Shrine
Japanese
Ise
unknown to 20th -
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Horyu-ji, Kondo
Japanese
Nara
7th -
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shaka Triat at Horyu-ji
Tori Busshi
Japanese
Nara
7th -
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Great Buddha Hall, Todai-ji
japanese
Nara
8th -
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landscape
Sesshu
Japanese
15th -
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White and Red Plum Blossoms
Korin
Japanese
18th -
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The Great Wave
Hokusai
Japanese
19th