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36 Cards in this Set
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Nike Sneaker Coffin Paa Joe Africa (Ghana) |
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Russian Cultural Centre Shamsia Hassani Afghanistan |
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Bamboo Groves in Mist and Rain Guan Daoshen China |
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Emerald Buddha Thailand |
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Memory Board Africa (Democratic Republic of the Congo) |
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Nail Figure Africa (Democratic Republic of the Congo) |
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Eagle Transformation Mask Canada (Native art of the Americas) |
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Tiki Polynesia (Pacific Islands/Oceania) |
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Under the Wave off Kanagawa Hokusai Japan |
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Han Dynasty Urn with Coca-Cola logo Ai Weiwei China |
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Wondjina rock art Western Australia |
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Moai Rapa Nui (Easter Island) Pacific Art |
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Machu Picchu Peru Native art of the Americas |
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Taj Mahal India Muslim architecture |
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Men's meeting house (Bai) Caroline Islands Micronesia (Oceanic art) |
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primitivism |
the incorporation of stylistic elements of African, Oceanic, and Native American objects into Western art |
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relic |
a part of a deceased holy person's body or belongings kept as an object of reverence |
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reliquary |
a container for holy relics |
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apotropaic |
capable of repelling evil |
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vodun |
supernatural powers that can be honored and petitioned as specific deities |
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mosque |
Muslim place of worship |
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nimbus |
a luminous cloud or halo surrounding a supernatural being or saint |
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mihrab |
prayer niche at the point of a mosque that is nearest to Mecca |
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pagoda |
Hindu/Buddhist sacred building that houses relics *East Asian tower associated with a Buddhist temple |
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wabi sabi |
a Japanese concept of finding beauty in the imperfect as a reminder of Nature's constant changes |
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floating world |
"woodblock printing" images created for the masses that depicted pictures of urban life and natural scenes that ordinary people could relate to and enjoy |
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tattoo |
derived from Polynesian word "tatau" functions include: beautification, marking identity (ex, gender, tribe), supernatural protection, marking rite of passage or significant event |
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sanjue |
"The Three Perfections" combing poetry, painting, and calligraphy into one piece |
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handscroll |
a continuous roll of paper or silk of varying length on which an image has been painted and when not being viewed is rolled up |
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bocio figure |
represents the person who commissions it and serves as a decoy, deflecting danger from the actual living person |
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stupa |
a large, moundlike Buddhist shrine that often contains relics |
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raindrop stroke |
small, pale brush marks |
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aborigines |
original people; indigenous population |
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ushnisha |
bump on top of a Buddha's head |
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mudra |
hand gesture of a Buddha |
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Describe the relationship between the spirit world/supernatural and traditional art of the Non-western world. |
1. Taj Mahal - Islamic argument over the strictness of iconography 2. Reliquary Guardian figure - figure created with apotropaic qualities that protect reliquaries in Gabon 3. Nail Figure - figures created to motivate spirits to either awaken or be triggered to perform a certain task by placing specific substances into the figure's head or stomach (Congo) 4. Vodun altar - wood carved figures with hair/clothes belonging to an enemy and chanted around to capture the spirit and control it (Benin) |
