Art Beyond The West Chapter 3 India

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A singly supreme being

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Isvara

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Dieties:

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Vishnu, Shiva, Devi

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The great-hero teacher

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vishnu

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god of destruction and creation

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Shiva

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the mother goddess

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Devi

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abstract patterning, conceptualized form, appropriate gestures, patterned movement

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Hindu Art-SCULPTURE

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Multi limped deity figures

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mutiple attributes, manifestations, intricate linear patterns

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Hindu deity figures

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richy decorated temples

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Hindu architecture

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Rock cut (tombs)dedicated to Vishnu/ high towers, square shrine

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Northern temples

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Horizontal mostly dedicated to Siva

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southern temples

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gopura-,monumental gateways; shrine enclosed by wall

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found at southern temples

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Deccan region temples

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type with a square northern plan and southern horizontality

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the chalukya

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Neolithic period

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2200-1200 BC
-conquest of the dravidians by iranian aryans

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conquest of the dravidians by iranian aryans

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Vedas of the Aryans:

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1200-800 BC
-Sacrificial Hymns to nature gods

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Brahmanas:

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commentaries on the Vedic gods

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Upanishads:

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800-550BC
-ideas of continues rebirth and the cosmic soul- (4 casts)

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The Four Castes:

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priest= Brahman
warrior= Kshatriya
farmer= Vaishya
artisan= Kshudra

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Founded Buddhism ???563-483BC ???

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Siddhartha of the Guatama clan and Sakya tribe.

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Who is "lion" of the Sakya tribe inthe texts:

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Buddha

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Based on the preaching of the Buddha -the enlightened one- followed by ONLY his moastic followers.

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LESSER VEHICLE

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believes in the 8 fold path to sanctity and nirvana the blessed state of release

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buddhist lesser vehicles

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A formal hierarchical organization and replaced early abstract principles

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GREATER VEHICLE

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Sutras

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a collected series of texts from the teachings of Buddha.

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1. in the greater vehicle Buddha is:
2. and Bodhisattvas "wisdom being":

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1. diefied
2. established as disciples willing to give up theire chance of nirvana to save the world

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The early Theravada or Hinayana

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Lesser Vehicle

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school of the elders

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The Mahayana

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greater vehicle appeared in 1 CE and appealed to the masses.

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Maurya Dynasty

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321-184 BC

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Sunga-Andhara Dynasty

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ca 184-72 BC

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Sythian Dynasty

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85 BC- 19 AD

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Indo- Parthian Dynasties

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65-78 AD

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Kushana Dynasty

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65-230 AD

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Gupta Period

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ca 320- 600 'AD

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Ganapati, or Lord Ganesha or Vighneshvara

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- the destroyer of all difficulties
- has two consorts

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Ganapati or Lord Ganesha or Vighneshvara's two consorts

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-Riddhi=wealth
-Siddhi= success-sitting on his lap

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Art during the Gupta Period:

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formalism, ideal types, ideal porportions, architectural rules established, forms distoryed to confrom with composition

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Art during the Gupta Period:
Painting

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Ajanta caves; densley packed compositions, express aristocratic and religious-aesthetic ideal, composed aesthicially rather than naturalisticially

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Art during the Gupta Period:
types

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lyrical and courtly art

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The worlds oldest religion

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Hinduism

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the founder of Jainism

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Mahavira

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the idea of Karma embraced by Buddha and Mahavira

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1. time is cynical
2. all beings are involved in a continuous round of endless existances one after the other of varying quality.
3. the quality of these countless existences is determined, prior to birth, by the deeds good and bad of our previous lives.

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Moksha

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liberaton and relief from rebirths

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In what three great religions are the concepts of karma and moksha found?

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Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism

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Hindus believe that all ife:

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is sacred, to be loved, and revered, and there for practice ahinsa or non violence

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ahinsa

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non violence

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Deities

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have their own cults and are considere manifestations of one god.

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What does eash deity have

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an avatar

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avatar

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manisfestations or incarnations each of which can be worshipped seperately

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darsana

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the act of visualizing the gods

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Shiva

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male vehicle
small bull/ox Nandi
hourglass

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the genius of fertility depicted as the erect aniconic phallic pillar in the linga form set in the female symbol the yoni

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SHIVA

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what is the yoni

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the female symbol that the erect aniconic phallic pillar forms into on shiva

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Nagas

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the cobra coiling around the shaft of the linga acts as a protective guardian

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who is shivas wife

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parvati (daughter of himalaya)

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who is shivas son

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Ganesha-an elephant headed (derived from the ganges river)
Skanda- 6 headed brother feeding a peacock

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Shivas left side is always reserved for the

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female

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shiva carries a

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1.trishul=trident, damaru= hourglass shaped drum
2.rudrakshamala- roseery made of dry berries

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Vishnu

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the perserver and maintainer of established order

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he represents all the valued qualities in an orthodox hindu family

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Vishnu

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vishnu is god of

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love and emotion

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depicted with four arms and standing in an abhung pose

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vishnu

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Devi

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the great goddess
fertile mother
provides the riivers in india

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in the countryside they worship devi as

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bhu devi-the fertile mother earth