Final exam (ch 26-33) Flashcards
Karesansui
(Muromachi Period - architecture)
dried up mountains and water
** Rock garden
Borrowed Scenery
(Muromachi Period - architecture)
Nature elements that were already there and they are now used for the landscape.
** Rock Garden (The trees are considered part of garden)
Fusuma
(Momoyama Period - architecture)
Paper covered sliding doors decorated or painted.
** Fusuma
Byobu
(Momoyama Period - architecture)
Free standing folding screens.
Shoin
(Momoyama Period - architecture)
an architecture style influenced by Zen Buddhism. Most noticable change: Tatami mats lined floors.
** Himeji Castle interior
Shoji
(Momoyama Period - architecture)
Wood frames covered with transulcent rice paper.
** Himeji castle interior.
Tatami
(Momoyama Period - architecture)
Floor mats. One mat has a size of 3x6 feet. Rooms are measured in Tatami mats. (ex: room might be described as an 8 mat floor)
** Himeji Castle interior
Chanoyu
(Momoyama Period - Tea ceremony)
The Japanese ritual drinking of tea
Tea bowl
(Momoyama Period - Tea ceremony)
called Yugure. is a red rake ware – hand built, low fired ceramic of gritty red clay. Developed especially for tea ceremony
Raku ware
(Momoyama Period - Tea ceremony)
A material. hand built, low fired ceramic of gritty red clay. Developed especially for tea ceremony
lacquer
(Edo Period - Rinpa School)
derived from the sap of a tree
* Lacquer box for writing implements
Makie
Sprinkled design where powedered gold or silver is embedded in damp laquer
(Lacquer box)
Sencha
steep tea
Tea Bowl
Key block
A key block is the block of wood that is carved out by the carver in Japanese woodblock printing.
(Tea Bowl)
registration mark
A registration mark is applied to keep the blocks for each color aligned correctly in Japanese woodblock printing.
ukiyo-e
(Edo Period - Ukiyo-e)
a style of woodblock prints depicting everyday life. Subjects mostly of Kabuki actors. “Pictures on the floating wolrd.” They are printed in Black and white and coloured by hand.
* Otani Oniji in the Role of Yakko Edobe
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nishiki-e
(Edo Period - ?????)
brocade pictures. A japaneses Multi-colored wood block print. Separate wood blocks are created for every colour.
* The Flowers of Beauty
koan
(Edo Period - Zen Painting)
questions posed to novices by Zen masters to guide their progression toward enlightenment during meditation. “What is the sound of hand clapping” By Zen Master Hakuin ekaku.
Kosode
(Edo Period - Crafts: cloth and ceramics)
Are robes with shot sleeves* Women’s Kosode
Tachibana
(Edo Period - Crafts: cloth and ceramic)
citrus tree.
* Women’s robe
Nabeshina ware
(Edo period - Crafts: cloth and ceramic)
from kilns established by the Nabeshina samurai clan – were eventualy acquired by other noble families.
* Plate with Wisteria and Trellis Pattern
Kirkane
(Modern Period - after WW2)
cut gold leaf
* Ornamental Box: Dancing in the Cosmos
Rinpa school
(Edo period)
The modern name given to a group of artists whose art reinterpreted ancient courtly style. There artists are grouped together because of their shared artist interests; They were not just painters however they sometimes collaborated with crafts makers
* Lacquer box doe qriting implements
* Waves at Matsuchima
Meiji
Modern period. This period represents te first half of Japan’s time an imperial power. In art: this period was marked by the divison into competing European and traditional indigenous styles.
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quipu
(Inca Empire)
knotted and colored cords. Inca kept detailed accounts and historical records on quipas
Polygonal-stone wall
(Inca Empire - achitecture)
Type of stone. The sides of the stone are straight giving the block an appearnace of a polygon. The walls are built without mortar. It’s a “dry” wall.
* Macchu Picchu
Smooth-surfaced wall
(Inca Empire - architecture)
Type of stone for Temples and Palaces
* Macchu Picchu
Wampum
(North America - Eastern Woodlands)
Wampum is cylindrical purple and white shell beads called Wampum. They made belts and strings with these beads.
* Wampum belt (William Penn’s treaty with the Delaware)
Quilwork
(North America - Eastern Woodlands)
quills from porcupines and birds were dyed, then worked into rectilinear, ornamental surface patterns on deer skin clothin or birch bark items.
* Baby carrier
basketry
(North America - Eastern Woodlands)
is the weaving of reeds, grasses, and other plant materials to form containers
* Feathered basket
coiling
(North America - Eastern Woodlands)
Basketry technique. Involves sewing together a spiraling foundation of rods with some other material
* Feather Basketry
beadwork
(North America - Eastern Woodlands)
mimicked the pattern of quilling. It eventially replaced quillwork and incorporated European design.
* Bandolier Bag
twinning
(North America - Eastern Woodlands)
Basketry technique. Twists multiple elements around a vertical warp of rods. Plaiting waves strips over and under each other.
Ovoid
(North America - Northwest Coast)
Slightly bent rectangle with rounded corners
* Chilkat Blanket
Form line
(North America - Northwest Coast)
a feature in the indigenous art, distinguished by the use of characteristic shapes referred to as ovoids, U forms, and S forms. black, continuous, shapes defining lines.
*Chilkat Blanket
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Blackware
(North America - Southwest)
ceramic style notable for its elegant forms and subtle textures.
* Blackware storage Jar
Koshares
(North America - Southwest)
Name for a group of Indian dancers. who wore masks.
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Navajo
Native American territory.
Tenochitilan
City of Aztec. Largest city in world at the time.
Cuzco
Inca. a capital of great splendour. Its urban plan was said to have been designed by the Inca Pachacuti. City was devided into upper and lower parts.
* Machu Picchu
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Hamatsa
practice of cannibalism?
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Pacific Cultures
Terra Nullius
a land that belong to no one.
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A style of painting known as cross hatching.
* The Burunga Statement
korambo
(Melansia - architecture)
A type of house. Built as sign of wealth. Three zones of facade: woven mat, wooden lintel painted and carved, and sago bark panels painted.
bilum
(Melansia - New Guinea)
Item made by women from single piece of thread. purpose: Carries items, Woman wear their husbands to morn their death, and symbols a bride getting married.
* Women wearing net Bags (bilum)
bisj pole
(Melansia - New Guinea)
purpose: embodies the spirits of the ancestors and paid tribute to them.
material: Mangrove tree.
(The birds eat the fruits (head) of the trees (humans))
*Asmat Ancestral Spirit Poles (Bisj)
malagan
(Melansia - New Ireland)
- are death and commemorative rites that take place up to 2 years before death. The greater the malagan the greater prominence the clan leader had.
- ALSO, initiated young men and women into adulthood
- Malagan display
tubuan mask
(Melansia - New Britain)
Female masks for initiation and ceremonies that only occur every year. Tuba gives birth to Male masks called dukduks (faceless). Female masks have eyes, conical shape.
Stick charts
They represent a system of mapping ocean swells, islands, etc. Wapepe: is a small shaped chart which shows wave patterns around single or atolls and was used for teaching purposed only.
* Wapepe navigation chart.
mana
(Polynesia) word found in Austronesian languages meaning “power, effectiveness, prestige”. Power is understood to be supernatural. The first born was most sacred and had the most mana.
- Mana could be earned or lost and was protected by laws of conduct called tapu.
- objects had mana too.
tiki
(polynesia) figures carved in stone, wood, and somteimes human bone.