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58 Cards in this Set
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Step Pyramid and Sham Buildings |
Ancient Egypt-Early Dynastic
-Funerary Complex of King Djoser, Saqqara -Limestone |
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Model of the Giza Plateau |
Ancient Egypt-Old Kingdom -three great pyramid tombs at Giza -Khufu (450ft.) , Khafre (great sphinx), Menkaure (biggest to smallest) -Limestone and granite |
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Great Sphinx |
Ancient Egypt-Old Kingdom -Funterary Complex of Khafre, Giza -limestone -65 ft. tall. combines his head with the long body of a crouching lion |
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Hatshepsut Kneeling |
Ancient Egypt-New Kingdom -one of the few female rulers -portrayed as a male |
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Akhenaten and His Family |
Ancient Egypt-New Kingdom -Akhenaten, Tell el-Armana -Painted Limestone -Aten, aspect of sun god Ra -sun rays end in hands, blessing of Ra "breath of life" -more loving view of family life |
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Funerary Mask of Tutankhamen and Inner Coffin of Tutankhamen's Sarcophagus |
Ancient Egypt-New Kingdom -mask was placed on his mummified face -Tomb of Tutankhamen, Valley of the Kings -gold inlaid with glass and semi precious stones |
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Rosetta Stone |
Ancient Egypt-Greek Period -Napoleon's officer discovered it -two Egyptian texts (hieroglyphs and demotic) and Greek -Jean-Francios Champollion translated -contains a decree issued by the priests at Memphis honoring Ptolemy |
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Ankh |
a looped cross signifying life, used by ancient Egyptians |
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Nemes |
Royal head dress of ancient Egypt |
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Ka / Ka Statue |
resting place for the Ka of a person, the personality or soul of a person |
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Monotheism/Pantheism |
-one God -universe is a manifestation of god |
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Aten |
disk of sun, an attribute of Ra |
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Sunken Relief |
when an image is carve below the original surface of the background, which is not cut away. |
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Metropolitan Kouros (New York Kouros) |
Greek-Archaic -Kouros is greek "for young man" -same kind of pose as Egyptian culture -Archaic smile -total nudity -marble -6'4 5/8'' |
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Spear Bearer (Doryphoros) |
Greek-High Classical -artist: Polykleitos of Argos -his 'ideal human body' or canon -roman copy of original bronze -marble 6'1'' |
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Alexander the Great |
-conquerer |
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Torso of a Priest-King |
South Asia-Indus Valley/Harappan Civilization -Monhenjo Daro -garment is patterned with trefoil (three lobed) motif (would have been painted) -meditation/wisdom -Indus Valley -Steatite |
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Torso from Harappa |
South Asia-Indus Valley/Harappan Civilization -red sandstone -3.75 inches nude |
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Female Figure Holding a Fly-Whisk |
South Asia-Maurya Period -may be a local deity -yakshi-spirit associated with the productive and reproductive forces of nature -fine-grained sandstone -polished |
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Ashokan Pillar |
South Asia-Maurya Period -Lauriya Nandangarh, Bihar, India -monolithic pillar -lion roars the message of Bhudda -lotus blossom=spiritual purity |
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Lion Capital from an Ashokan Pillar |
South Asia-Maurya Period -Sarnath, India (site of Buddha's first sermon) -polished sandstone -King Ashoka set up these pillars -Dharma wheel would have been on top |
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Great Stupa |
South Asia-Andhra period -Sanchi, India -a bhuddish religious monument enclosing relic chamber -originally formed part of a large monastery complex on top of a hill -then enlarged -has the fancy gateways |
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Great Stupa Gate |
South Asia-Andhra Period -The great departure (Buddha) and -Yakshi Bracket Figure (female earth spirit) |
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Stupas and Temples Diagram |
p-302 Southern: lots of small towers + large relic tower Northern: relic chamber is the only tower |
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Buddha and Attendants |
South Asia-Kushan Period -red standstone -Mathura -red sandstone -lotus positions -mudra -high relief -attendants |
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Standing Buddha |
South Asia-Kushan Period -Gandhara style: more athletic -stylized folds -power |
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Abaya Mudra |
South Asia-Kushan Period "have no fear" |
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Buddhist Symbols (five) |
Ushnisha: head growth/hair
Urna: tuft of hair Elongated Earlobes Chakra: ancient sun wheel: wheel of lie and wheel of the law lotus flower: spiritual purity |
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Bodhisattva Wall Painting |
South Asia-Gupta -Ajanta, India -enlightened beings who postpone nirvana to help others -mural painted in mineral pigmant -in the adjacent caves |
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Colossal Standing Buddha |
South Asia - Gupta --Bamiyan, Afghanistan -stylized -had rooms next to it -165' |
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Vishnu on the Cosmic Waters |
South Asia - Hinduism -Vishnu Temple, Deogarh, India -"dreams the universe into existence" |
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Cave Temple of Shiva |
South Asia - Hinduism -Elephanta, India -Shiva: Great Yogi -Parvati is his lover -pillars |
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Eternal Shiva Relief |
South Asia - Hinduism -in the cave temple of shiva, elephanta, india -three heads, five heads implied -serious depths, lordly, majestic, yogi, jewels and designs in hair -destroyer, snakes around his neck |
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Shiva Nataraja |
South Asia - Hinduism -Lord of the dance -destruction and then creates -dwarf symbolizes new birth -multiple arms symbolized ability to do a lot -bronze about 43x40 inches |
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Sarasvati River |
South Asia -was said to be mythical but turns out that it probably was real and just dried up |
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Contrappasto |
South Asia one leg forward slightly twisted torso thought to originate somewhere else but possibly from south asia ayeeee |
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Dharma |
teaching or religion of Buddha |
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King Ashoka |
South Asia
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Yogi Vedas Sanskrit Aryan Invasion Theory Colonial vs. Postcolonial Era Samsara Nirvana Siddhartha |
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Relic Reliquary Axis Mundi Ushnisha Urna Mudra Sanghatti Nimbus |
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Historical Buddha and Shakyamuni Buddha |
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Hinayana Buddhism vs. Mahayana Buddhism |
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Hinduism (general background to religion) |
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Borobudur |
South East Asia-Indosia Central Java pg. 324 endpoint of a processional road from Mendut and Pawon Stupa, Mandala, Cosmic diagram many aspects ares still not understood Buddhas in little in bell shaped projections |
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Mandala Angkor Vat |
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Guang (Ritual Wine-Pouring Vesssel with tiger and owl decorations |
Chinese - Shang Dynasty pouring spout and cover are the tiger rear portion and cover is an owl pg. 336 |
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Ceramic Soldiers |
Chinese - Qin Dynasty -8,000 life size terra-cotta soldiers -100 life size horses -facing east and ready for battle -tomb has not been excavated -pg. 330 - Mausoleum of Emperoro Shihuangdi Lintong |
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Incense Burner |
Chinese - Han Dynasty Daoist Legend: Land of Immortals Daoism-close relationship between humans and nature -Dao, the way of the universe Immortal life could be achieved on earth |
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Gu Kaizhi (painter), Admonitions of the Imperial Instructress to Court Ladies |
Chinese: Six Dynasties Period protecting King from the bear 342 |
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Seated Buddha Yungang |
Chinese: Six Dynasties Period monumental 45 food, used to be in cave but that has crumbled away |
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Great Wall Silk Road |
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Taotie Daoism/Dao Confucianism/Confucius |
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Cosmology Hanging scroll vs. handscroll |
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Horyuji Compound (Pagoda and Kondo) |
Japanese - Asuka Period Kondo is the golden hall, filled with Buddhist images used for worship and ceremonies Pagoda is a reliquary and is not to be entered |
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Tori Busshi Buddha Shaka and Attendant Bodhisattvas (in Kondo) |
Japanese - Asuka Period- Horyuji Compound - Kondo giflt bronze 34.5 inches |
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Hungry Tigress Jataka |
Japanese - Asuka Period - Horyujji Compound -Kondo Buddha jumps off cliff to open his flesh and feed starving and weak tigress and her babies pg 366 |
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Pagodas |
developed from Indian stupas
multi storied stone or wood structures with projecting tiled roofs upward curving pg 351 |
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Shinto Lacquer |
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