Unit 7: Early Buddhist, Hindu, and Chinese Art and Architecture

Question 1

When does buddism emerge?

Answer 1

4th to 6th BC

Question 2

What gave momentum to buddism in India?

Answer 2

Ruler Ashoka 3rd converted to buddism

Question 3

Answer 3

Ashokan column
3rd century E
marks boundries and advertizes buddism with lotus flower

Question 4

buddism/budda symbols

Answer 4

lotus flower, lion, bull, umbrella, wheel, garland of flowers, footprint

Question 5

Answer 5

great stupa of Sanchi
2nd and 1st century BCE

Question 6

stupa

Answer 6

memorial structure sybolizing a large burial mound

Question 7

What is this?

Answer 7

chattras (could symbolize unbrella of budda)

Question 8

Answer 8

Image of budda portrayed with symbolism
2nd century BCE

Question 9

how early art portrayed deities with actually drawing them

Answer 9

symbolism. Basically a drawm metaphor

Question 10

what symbols of buddha are present in this image

Answer 10

footprin, wheel

Question 11

Common factors of Buddha when started being depicted as an actual figure

Answer 11

Ushnisha
urna
ear lobes

Question 12

ushnisha

Answer 12

lump on head, perhaps representing brain expanding

Question 13

urna

Answer 13

spot on forehead (sometimes represented by a curl)

Question 14

Who do these statues depict?

Answer 14

Buddha

Question 15

Answer 15

Buddha
5th century CE
hand gesture also symbol of Buddha
disc becomes symbol of holyness

Question 16

how does buddha depictions change outside of india

Answer 16

still have similar traits, but altered to better fit appearence of different place

Question 17

Answer 17

Buddha
Sri Lanka
late 12th century

Question 18

Answer 18

Prajnaparamita (Buddha)
jave/Indonesia
late 12th century

Question 19

Answer 19

Jayavarma (buddha)
Cambodia
1200CE

Question 20

Answer 20

Buddha
Thailand
14th century

Question 21

Answer 21

Buddha
China
5th century

Question 22

Which place has the longest history of buddism besides India

Answer 22

china

Question 23

Answer 23

Buddhas
China
7th-8th century
symbolizes religon growing (more buddhas)

Question 24

Answer 24

Monk who obtained enlightenment (not original buddha)
China
11th century

Question 25

Answer 25

Daibutsu (Buddha) Japan 609 CE Very large

Question 26

Answer 26

Pre-Hindu sculpture from Indus river civilization 2500 BCE Made from bronze out of wax casting. Pose is naturalistic (she is a dancing girl)

Question 27

Indus river civilization

Answer 27

one of largest civilization with strong artistic traditions

Question 28

Hinduism

Answer 28

spreads over period of 1000 years, though not as much as Buddism

Question 29

Answer 29

Hindu sculpture based on temple 2nd-1st century BCE temples are covered in ornate relief sculptures telling stories

Question 30

Answer 30

Hindu sculpture of Vishnu 5th century CE Vishnu is a hindu deity

Question 31

Answer 31

Mahabalipuram (hindu) 6th -7th century CE

Question 32

Answer 32

Hindu architecture of Kailasa Temple 50-850 CE Carved out of rock

Question 33

Answer 33

Hindu architecture of Khandariya Mahadeva 1000 CE Made by stacked blocks

Question 34

Answer 34

colour woodblock from woodblock printing 10th century

Question 35

Chinese woodblock printing

Answer 35

relief print where woodblocks are inked and paper pressed on. Lots of repitition and mirroring with colour done with multiple blocks

Question 36

Answer 36

chinese woodblock printing diamond sutra 868 CE

Question 37

Xie He's 6 principles of good painting

Answer 37

should have feeling skill in brushwork realism colours should be natural composition art should respect past art

Question 38

chinese landscape painting

Answer 38

often designed for people in city states so they can contemplate nature (idealized)

Question 39

Answer 39

landscape painting li cheng 950 CE

Question 40

Answer 40

chinese landscape painting Xia Gui 1200 CE Really long and in a scroll form

Question 41

chinese pagodas

Answer 41

emerges from stupa and becomes a teired building that still has chatra on top. Still for buddism

Question 42

Answer 42

chinese dayanta pagoda 647 CE

Question 43

Answer 43

chinese Fogong temple pagoda 1058 CE more wood based and mostly hollow as the focus was on the outside

Question 44

japanese pagodas

Answer 44

chatra still there and is still a buddist building. (building changes form to adapt to different areas)

Question 45

Answer 45

Japanese Hokki-Ji pagoda 638CE