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39 Cards in this Set
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Damascus |
Oldest inhabited city in the middle east |
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Islamic gardens |
Place for reflection |
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Calligraphy (Islam) |
Used when images weren't accepted |
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Ceramic's and small luxury arts |
Decorated with calligraphy |
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Indus Civilization |
Earliest civilization of South Asia 2600 - 1900 |
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Aryans |
Central Asia Spoke Sanskrit Made sacrifices to gods of rain, ocean, sun and fire |
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Upanishads |
Mans relationship between thee universe Rebirth / reincarnation |
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Buddhism |
Based on teachings of Buddha Four nobel truths
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Buddha |
Bulge on top of head Tuft of white hair between eyebrows Simple, thin monks robe elongated earlobes Thousand spoked wheels on soles of feet |
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Samsura |
Birth --> death --> rebirth |
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Bodhisattva |
Someone on the verge of "buddhahood" but chose to stay in our world |
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Mudra |
Buddhas hand signals |
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Hinduism |
Oldest living religion Shiva, Vishnu, Devi |
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Shiva |
Destroyer Multiple heads & arms 3rd eye on forehead Carries a trident |
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Vishnu |
Preserver of the universe Four arms holding various attributes Often reclines on a serpent floating on waters |
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Devi |
Great goddess or mother goddess Creates and destroys
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Gopura |
Gateway tower |
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Shihuangdi |
First emperor of Qin dynasty Terra cotta warriors outside of tomb |
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Wall scrolls |
Meant to be observed as one piece |
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Hand scrolls |
Viewed section by section Unrolled right to left |
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Album leaves |
Small parts on paper leaves - collected in books |
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Celadon Pottery |
Named for a jade colored glaze |
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Medieval art |
Influenced by western Europe |
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Cloisanné |
Small cells using metal boundaries filled with colored glass |
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Millefiori |
Glass sliced to produce beads with little colorful patterns |
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Ambulatory |
A passage or walkway around a basilica or central space |
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Gallery |
A continuous upper-story platform overlooking a primary space |
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Mandoria |
Space in between a venn-diagram |
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Tribune |
Upper gallery |
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Predella |
The platform or step which an alter piece stands |
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Maesta |
Representation of the madonna and child surrounded by saints and/or angels |
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Giotto di Bondone |
Painted alter pieces Understood 3D figure Arena chapel |
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Triptych |
2 paneled painting |
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Polyptych |
Multi-paneled paintings that could open and close |
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Leonardo de Vinci |
Understood shadows and light Made people look like they were glowing
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Raphael |
Cherubs Painted in many colors |
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Michelangelo: Pieta |
A painted or sculpted depiction of the virgin Mary lamenting over the dead christ |
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Michelangelo |
Pieta, David, Sistine Chapel |
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Vasari |
1st art historian |
