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ARTS 2G Final Review
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Art History
Undergraduate 2
12/02/2010

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Amida
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Japanese name for Amitabha, the Buddha of the West
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Amitabha
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Buddha of the West
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Ashoka
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Indian King who created columns on which edicts were inscribed in many Indian languages
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Avalokitesvara
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Peaceful Tibetan Deity with 11 heads and 6 arms
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Bodhisattva
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Those who have achieved enlightenment, but forgo nirvana in order to help guide others to enlightenment
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Celadon
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Tang Dynasty Pottery painted with a green color name after a character in a French play who was noted for wearing bright green
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Chaitya
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A Buddhist shrine that includes a stupa
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Chan
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Chinese name for Zen Buddhism
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Four Encounters
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The four things that Prince Siddhartha saw that led him to give up his possessions: Old age, disease, suffering, and a holy man
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Four Noble Truths
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Tenets of Buddhism: Life is suffering, suffering is caused by attachment, to get rid of attachment is to get rid of suffering, follow the “middle path” to get rid of attachment
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Genji
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Fictional Tale written during the Heian period by Lady Murasaki and illustrated by Takayoshi
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Guanyin
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Chinese name for the Bodhisattva of compassion, Japanese: Kannon
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Hinayana
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“Lesser Vehicle”, the Buddhist tradition that is regarded as closest to the original teachings of Buddha, does not recognize bodhisattvas
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Hiroshige
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One of the last, and greatest Japanese Ukiyo-E artists, especially noted for his landscapes
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Hokusai
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Japanese Ukiyo-E artist best known for his series of woodblock prints, Thirty Six views of Mount Fuji
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Horyuji
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Buddhist Temple in Ikaruga Japan, one of the most celebrated temples in Japan
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Huizong
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Emperor of China during the Song Dynasty who was a patron of the arts, and a great artist himself
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Lacquer
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The sap from a Chinese tree that is used to coat various objects in Chinese and Japanese art
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Mahayana
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“Greater Vehicle”, Buddhist tradition that recognizes bodhisattvas as those who have achieved enlightenment, but forgo nirvana in order to guide others
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Maitreya
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The future Buddha
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Mandala
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Sanskrit for “circle”, has spiritual significance in Hinduism and Buddhism, and shows up often in the art of those religions.
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Mara
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The demon who tried to tempt Buddha under the Bodhi tree
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Maya
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Buddha’s mother
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Mudra
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Hand gestures of Buddha that have specific meanings
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Pagoda
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The East Asian equivalent of a Stupa
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Parinirvana
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The “final” nirvana, which occurs at the death of someone who has gained enlightenment
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Prana
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the sense of “breath” in sculpture or painting that makes the subject seem more alive
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Pure Land
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Jodo, a sect of Japanese Buddhism, which focuses on Amitabha, the Buddha of the West
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Raigo
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“welcoming approach”, Amida portrayed in Japanese at who comes to a dying believer to escort them to Paradise
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Sancai
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“Three colors”, the Chinese name for polychromatic glazes used on ceramics
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Sgraffito
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A technique in ceramic glazing, in which a few layers of slip are applied, then scratching to produce an outline
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Shakhamuni
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The historic Buddha
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Siddhartha
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Buddha’s name when he was a prince
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Slip
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Clay that has been diluted with water, used as pigment in ceramic making
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Stupa
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A moundlike structure containing Buddhist relics; Buddha was buried in a stupa
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Thangka
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Buddhist Icons painted in a hanging scroll format
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Three Perfections
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Painting, Calligraphy, and Poetry, very important to Chinese painters after and during the Song Dynasty, so much that they tried to include references to all three in their painters
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Torana
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The gateway of a stupa
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Ukiyo-E
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“pictures of the floating world”, an art style usually associated with woodblock prints, but really began with paintings of mixed heritage
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Yakshi
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A Buddhist nature deity
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Yamato-E
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A style of Japanese painting that features a birds eye view perspective, very fine lines, and removed roofs/walls as to allow the interior of buildings to be seen
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Zen
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A sect of Mahayana Buddhism that favors meditation over theoretical knowledge
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Lakshana
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Physical characteristics and marks or signs on the body pariticularly associated with the Buddha
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