Asia (1330-1620 CE) Flashcards
Portrait of Sin Sukju
Reinforces Confucion ideal of loyalty to the king
Coped and hung in house
Focus of worship
Sin Sukju (politician who follows Confucian ethics)
Full length official robes (embroidered and colored to show status)
Black silk hat (passed civil service exam)
Tootsies on a footstool
3/4 pose
Wrinkles, eyes, mouth, mustache, and gaze (iconography)
Portrait of Sin Sukju IDs
Imperial Bureau of Painting
Korea
15th century
Hanging scroll
Bahram Gur fights the Karg
Shows wealth of patron through expensive materials
Shows historical moment in Persia
Combines cultures while still staying traditional
6 columns of text with center illustration
Sasanian king (Bahram Gur) fighting and killing a lion with a sword (instead of bow and arrow, shows bravery)
Chinese elements (landscape looks similar to that of Mao painting)
Il’Khanid period (experimental period when Muslim artists were influenced by new ideas and motifs brought by Mongolians in their invasians)
Bahram Gur fights the Karg IDs
Il’Khanid period, Persia
1330-1340 CE
Ink, watercolor, gold, and silver on paper
Ardabil Carpet
Central medallion and pendants
No figural art
Decoration, wealth, trading, etc.
Part of a shrine for a Sufi saint
Shows importance of Islam
Creates illusion of heavenly dome (like in a mosque)
Iconography
Ardabil Carpet IDs
Persia
Masque of Kashan
1539-1540 CE
Silk and wool
Taj Mahal
Tomb for his favorite wife (who died birthing their 14th child)
White (gives appearance of floating)
Corners are cut off (not square)
Bilateral symmetry
Central iwhan to identify the center on all sides
2 stories (repetitive, stacked versions of the central one)
Solid/void, vertical/horizontal
Negative space made by minarets
Reflects the throne of God on Judgement Day
Quranic inscriptions
Poems from Shah Jahan
Gardens (paradise)
Chattris (transitions from cube to dome, cap off minarets)
Interior (shallow iwhans on stories and walls)
Taj Mahal IDs
Ustad Ahmad Lohri
1632-1653 CE
Stone, marble, and precious stones
Jahangir Preferring a Sufi Shaikh to Kings
Persian and European influences (King James, fat European babies, use of space)
Reflects duty to reflect the patron’s desire
Shows that everyone is below the emperor
Bichitr (Hindu) serving Jahangir (Muslim ruler)
Golden disc (son’s rule as emperor, ruler’s divine truth)
Selim (Sufi Shaikh, accepting the gift of a book from Jahangir, predicted that his dad would have a son)
Ottoman (paying homage)
King James I of England (copied from a painting given to Jahangir from an ambassador)
Bichitr (painting)
Hourglass (times running out)
Foot stool with signature (shows humility)
Jahangir Preferring a Sufi Shaikh to Kings IDs
Mughal
Bichitr
1620 CE
Watercolor, gold, and ink on paper
The Court of Gayumars
Helps illustrate the story of the King Gayumars
Displays his fabled glory
For a copy of the Shahama (a famous epic poem)
Auctioned off separate from the rest of the book once the West stole it
Colorful, light, airy, and peaceful
The Court of Gayumars IDs
Sultan Muhammad
1522-1525 CE
Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
