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Intro to Non-Western Art
Chapter 1 Study Guide
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Art History
Undergraduate 2
09/24/2011

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Term
_______________ art expresses religious ideologies, expresses beauty & love, immortalizes, expresses rituals and customs, expresses fantasy, creates order and harmony, expresses chaos and war, and reflects the social and cultural context.
Definition

 

 

 

Non-Western

Term
______________ is a vast geographic area consisting of India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Nepal, Tibet, Bangladesh and the island nation of Sri Lanka.
Definition

 

 

 

South & SouthEast Asia

Term
True or Flase


During the period of 1,500 BCE an Indo-European grup, the Aryans moved into India, which used Sanskrit to compose the four Vedic texts; the religious doctrines of this period. The rituals performed by the Aryan priests or Brahmins were complex and lengthy; however, no images of the Aryan gods have been found. Their deities functioned as gods of elements: Indra-Rains, Varuna-Ocean and Surya-Sun.
Definition

 

 

 

True

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The birth of Buddhism, originated in Northern India (present-day Nepal), is centered on the life and struggle for enlightenment by Prince ________________. Current scholarship places his birth at around 40 BCE and his road to enlightenment followed a path of self-discipline and self-denial.
Definition

 

 

 

Siddhartha Gautama

Term
One of the earliest narrative cycles in which the Buddha appears in human form originated from _______________.
Definition

a.Gandhara

b.Sarnath

c.Karle

d. Ajanta

e. Sanchi

Answer is a

Term
The iconography of the frieze at Gandhara is Buddhist, but the sculptor also used ___________ reliefs as a stylistic model.
Definition

a. Cambodian

b. Roman

c. Javanese

d. Greek

e. Egyptian

Answer is b

Term
A Buddhist stupa:
Definition

a. was a type of mandala or cosmic diagram.

b. was an architectural structure.

c. often contained relics.

d. was circumambulated by the faithful.

e. All of these answers.

    Answer is e

          

Term
The Buddha's attribues included _____________.
Definition

a. an ushnisha, an urna, and elongated ears

b. an ushnisha and an urna, but not elongated ears

c. an urna

d. elongated ears

e. an ushnisha

Answer is a

Term
Among the animals and other figures on the toranas at Sanchi were female figures known as _________.
Definition

a. yakshis

b. stupas

c. chaityas

d. chatras

Answer is a

Term
Co-existing with Buddhism was ___________ and its pantheon of gods and goddesses.
Definition

a. Hinduism

b.Hittite

c. Hsien

 

Answer is a

Term
The _________ temple represents the preoccupation with humanity's release from the world of illusion and its subsequent absorption into the divine.
Definition

 

 

 

Hindu

Term
Shiva as Nataraja represents Shiva as the Lord of the Dance. This becomes a symbol for the:
Definition

a. cosmos and the creation cycle, steady and constant

b. cosmos and teh death cycle, steady and constant

c. cosmos and the creations cycle, unbalanced and irregualr

 

Answer is a


 

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