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Eastern Final Review
Art History 150
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Art History
Undergraduate 1
12/05/2007

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the western paradise of amitabha buddha

 

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Interior of Mosque of Sultan Selim
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Qibla wall with mihrab and minbar, Sultan hasan masoleum-mosque complex 

1356-63

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Muhammed and his companions going to the fair
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Wang Xizhi, portion of a letter from the Feng Ju album
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Mosque
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An edifice used for communal muslim worship, a place of wirship
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Koran 
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Muslim holy text
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Quibla
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The wall in a mosque oriented towards mecca indicated by the Mihrab
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Mihrab
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Recess or niche that distinguishes the quibla in a mosque
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Minbar
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high platform or pulpit in a mosque from which prayer is lead
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Muqarnas
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Small niche-like component based on a squinch and used in islamic architechture to transition between flat and round surfaces
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Imam
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Prayer leader
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Handscroll
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A long, narrow, horizontal painting or text. Stored wrapped tightly around a wooden pin
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Calligraphy
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The art of highly ornamental handwriting
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Seal
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Earliest relief carving, used in printing
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Cun Fa
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"texture strokes"
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Literati
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a style of painting that reflects the taste of the educated class of east asian intellectuals and scholars. Aspects include-apprecation for the antique, small scale, and an intimate connection between maker and audience
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Shinto
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The way of the Gods
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Kami
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Gods of the indigenous belief system later called "shinto"
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Kondo
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Image hall
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Library Cave 17 at Dunhuang
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Empress Shotoku, Sutra and stupa's 8th century Japan
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Diamond sutra, 868 CE, Korea

earliest complete printed work

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Gaki Zoshi, Hungry Ghosts scroll, late 12th century
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Horyuji pagoda, earliest surviving wooden bulidings in the world, Chinese
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Jizo bosatsu, 12th century japan, kei school
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Minaret of Quwwat il-Islam, Delhi, 13th C

oldest mosque in india 

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Pagoda at Mt. Song 520 CE
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Jigoku zoshi hell scrolls, late 12th century
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Old St. Peter's
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Rebuilt by Pope Julius II (started in 1505), first a central plan church then a basilica. Had three designs, Bramate (Greek Cross), Michelangelo (Domed Greek Cross) and Maderno (Latin Cross and facade). Marked the grave of the apostle Peter, first bishop of rome.
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