Buddhist Visual Arts Flashcards
What is a stupa?
- Burial mound transformed into a place of meditation.
- Circumnavigate while in contemplation
What is On site the top of the stupa?
The Bodhi tree
What are the characteristics of the stupa?
- Early stupa from India
- Stupa design ( 2 levels , 4 entrances) (4 novel truths)
- has. Column call ashoka with a wheel On site the top
What is the Pagoda?
The Chinese version of the Indian Stupa
What are the characteristics of the Pagoda?
- Multilevel tower-like structure
- More vertical than a stupa
What is a Chaitya Hall?
- Cave temples carved into mountain-sides
- “Knowledge halls” for meditation
- Often contain small stupas inside the altar in the apse of a Christian Cathedral
What does it mean Chaitya?
Knowledge
What are the characteristics of the Buddha Sculpture?
- Mudra
- Urna
- Ushnisha
What is a mudra?
Hand position which conveys a specific meaning.
Hand position of the sculpture
What is a urna?
Small dot On site the forehead of the Buddha representing the 3rd eye awakening
What does it mean the 3rd eye of awakening?
Sees the world differently
What is the ushnisha?
Raised knot On the head representing his wisdom.
Bon knowledge of the buddha
What are the tree styles of the Buddha a figure sculpture?
- Gandhara
- Mathura
- Sarnath
What are the characteristics of the Gandhara sculpture?
- Plain undecorated halo (divinity)
- Heavy drapery with folds not unlike Greek sculpture.
- India (West) Greek influence
What are the characteristics of the Mathura sculpture?
- Large highly ornamented halo
- Smooth drapery a pure Asian style
