4th Sixth Weeks Flashcards
Technique used in building the Ise Shrine which the wallboards were slipped into slots in the pillars
Mortise and tenon
A spiritual being or deity
Kami
The beam at the crest of the roofs
Ridge pole
Pre-Buddhist beliefs that developed in the Yayoi period
Shinto
Amidst
The Buddha of immeasurable light and infinite
Life ruler of the western pure land
Buddha triad
Buddha flanked by 2 bodhisattvas
Mandorla
A lotus-petal shaped nimbus
Pictures alternated with text
Hand scroll
Japan’s most admired literary classic written around 1000 by murasaki shikubu. Heian court culture
Take of Genji
Torrii busshi
Sculptor who was a descendant of a Chinese immigrant and sculptures a Buddha triad
Native style paintings of Japan bright mineral pigments, lack of emphasis on strong brushwork, general flatness
Yamato-e
What was the main art form of the jomon culture?
Cord markings, technique that the Jomon culture used to decorate earthenware vessels
How do Jomon vessels differ from the Neolithic Chinese examples?
Japanese vessels are extremely thick and heavy
The harder thinner and lighter Neolithic Chinese earthenware emphasizes basic ceramic form and painted decoration
Name the two cultures that had the strongest influence on the developed of Japanese art
Jomon period
Yayoi & Kofun periods
What was the purpose of the greatest turmoil that were built during the juan period?
Recall earlier Jomon practices of placing the dead on sacred mountains
How did Janie’s relate to the structures burial practice at Japanese tumuli included
the placement of unglazed ceramic sculptures “haniwa” on and around the pit grave mounds
Name the largest/most important Shinto shrine in Japan
Ise shrine (kofun period)
Acroterion
blocks or flat pedestals resting on the apex and on the lowest ends of the pediment to support statues or carved ornaments.
fibula
clasp or safety pin used to fasten a woman’s gown at the shoulder
Granulation
the fusing of tiny metal balls, orglanules, to a metal surface
necropolis
arranged in an orderly manner along a network of streets, producing an effect veritable of the dead
Tumulus
form of a mound(plural “tumuli”)
Name four important Etruscan settlements.
a. Tuscany was the region centered on Florence(birthplace of Renaissance)
b. They controlled cities such as Turauinia, erveteri, vuivi and veii.
c. Etruria was the territory occupied by the Edtruscans.
d. They rely on religious beliefs and practices
List four architectural characteristics of Etruscan temples
a. Columns made of wood
b. Columns were more widely spaced
c. Narrative statuary in terra costa
d. temples had 3 cells
List four architectural characteristics of Greek temples
a. front of Greek temples indistinguishable
b. Columns placed on all sides
c. stone on peaks of temple roofs
d. sculptural mass from the outside and all directions
List three stylistic characteristics of the Apula from Veii that distinguish it as Etruscan
- energy & excitement
- bright paint & rippling folds
- huge swelling contours, plunging motion, gesticulation arms, fanlike calf muscles & animated face
Where was it originally placed?
temple in the portonaccio sanctuary in Veii
arcuated gateway
arch-shaped gateways
Chimera
a monster of Greek invention with a lion’s bead, a body, and a serpant’s tail. Goat’s head on the left side of the lion
Cista
Cylindrical container made of sheet bronze with cast handles & feet- used for women’s toilet articles
Voussoir
Trapezoidal stone- used in early Greece & Mesopotamia
Why is the Etruscan Capitoline Wolf so famous?
One of the most memorable portrayals of an animal in the history of world art
Describe thee medium and technique used for decorating The Ficoroni Cist
Bronze with cast handles & feet and elaborately engraved bodies
How might the subject on the reliefs relate to the political situation of the Etruscans in the 2nd BCE?
The Etruscans enjoyed its greatest prosperity it was the leading production center was Tarquina & that is where the sarcophagus of Lars Pulena was fashioned early in the second century BCE
