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43 Cards in this Set
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- Where was this made? (What country)
- What period does this work belong to? - What is the name of the culture that produced this? ( The Painted Pottery a.k.a. the ___________ Culture) - What major river valley was the home to this early culture? |
- Banpo, Shaanxi, China.
- Neolithic Period - Yangshao Culture. - Wei River |
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- How was it made?
- What are some of the designs found on bowls like this? - Which is older, this bowl, or the GU BEAKER in image 11? How do we know? |
- Hand-built
- Geometric motifs, Aquatic Life, Fishing net - The black pottery of the Longshan remains lie above, and hence are later than, artifacts of the Yangshao Painted Pottery culture. |
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What is this________________?
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- Bowl
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What is this_______________?
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- GU BEAKER
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- Where was this made? (what country)
- What period does this work belong to? - What is the name of the culture that produced this? (The Black Pottery a.k.a. the ____________culture) |
- China
- Neolithic Period - Longshan Culture |
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- What major river valley was the home to this early culture?
- What is this beaker made of? - How was it made? |
- Yellow River
- Dark clay - Pottery Wheel |
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What is This_________________?
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- Cong Prism
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- Where was this made? (What Country)
- What period does this work belong to? - What is this object made of? - Describe the form of this object? What is the shape of its perimeter? and of its interior? |
- China
- Liangzhu Culture - Jade - Rectangular prisms, with cylindrical inner surfaces. |
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- What is the size of this object?
- What techniques were needed to make this? - What is so impressive about cong like this one? |
- 7.2 cm
- Advanced incising, grinding technique. and patience - Was created in one of the hardest stones. |
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What is This________________?
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- Vessel
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- Where was this made? (What Country)
- What period does this work belong to? - What is this object made of? - How was it made? |
- Japan
- Middle Jomon Period - Earthenware - Hand-Built, Low-Fired, Cord Wrapping. |
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What is this____________________?
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- Royal Tomb
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- Where was the made? (What country)
- What culture was this produced by? - What written records remain from this culture? Describe them. - Who did this tomb belong to? - What was found in this tomb? |
- China
- Shang Dynasty - Oracle Bones - Wu Ding - Royal corpse, utensils, and implements buried with her |
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- Why is this tomb archeologically important?
- What does a tomb like this tell us about this culture? - What does a tomb like this tell us about this culture's religion? |
- Tomb was in intact, not looted.
- A highly organized population. - Active shamanistic cult. |
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- Where was this made? (What country)
- What culture was this produced by? - What is this made of? |
- China
- Shang dynasty - Jade |
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What is this________________?
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- YUE AX
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- Where was this made? (What country)
- What culture was this produced by? - What is this made of? |
- China
- Late Shang Dynasty - Bronze |
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What is the term used to describe the "Ogre Mask" we see on this ax?
- What does Aptropaic mean? - How does the term relate to this object and the image on it? |
- Tao-Tie
- Ward off evil - Axed of this size and type were used for human sacrifice. |
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- Where was this made? (what country)
- What culture was this produced by? - What elements of this culture's style are embodied in this vessel? - What is this made of? - How was this made? |
- China
- Shang dynasty - Metamorphic intention - Bronze - Piece-Molds |
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What is this_________________?
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- Ding
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- Where was this made? (what country)
- What culture was this produced by? - What is this made of? - How was this made? - How would this vessel have been used? |
- China
- Shang dynasty - Bronze - piece molds - Ceremonial food vessel |
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What is this________________?
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- Guang
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- Where was this made? (what country)
- What culture was this produced by? - How many animals are visible in this Guang, and what are they? - What is this made of? |
- China
- Shang dynasty - 3, Bird, Owl, Tiger - Bronze |
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- Where was this made? (What country)
- What culture was this produced by? - What is this made of? - What was the significance of this material? |
- China
- Late Zhou period - Jade - Jade was the most precious and meaningful of all materials to the Chinese. |
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- What were some of the ways this material was used?
- What does this circular form symbolize? |
- Burial suit and Orifice plugs
- Heaven |
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- Where was this made? (What country)
- What culture was this produced by? - What does Shi Huang Di mean? - What is this made of? - What influence did the Qin dynasty have on the development of China? |
- China
- Qin - First Emperor of China - Fired gray clay - Single axis length, basic languge, single set of currentices, group of law |
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What is a "bay" and how does it inform Chinese architecture, from small house to palace?
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- The single cube of space formed by the four columns with their lintels.
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- Where was this made? (What country)
- What culture was this produced by? - What is this made of? - What Chinese belief system is evoked by the imagery on this sarcophagus? |
- China
- Han Dynasty - Lacquered wood - Daoism |
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- Where was this made?
- What belief system is represented in these buildings? - What are the buildings made of? be specific. - What is the Kami? |
- Japan
- Shinto - Hinoki Cypress - Supernatural spirits |
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- What is an iwakura?
- What deity is this building dedicated to? - When was this this first built? - What is the system of ritual rebuilding at Ise? |
- Temporary or permanent residences of the Kami
- Amaterasu - Early 1st Century C.E. - Wabi-Sabi |
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- Where was this made (what country)
- What culture was this produced by? - What is this made of? - What does haniwa mean? |
- Japan
- Kofun Period - Earthenware - "Circle of Clay" |
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- Where were haniwa found?
- What was their function? - Which term is the better description of these figures? |
- Grave mound or tumulus.
- Tomb guardians. - Stylized |
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- Where was this made?
- What function did this hall have? - What religion is it associated with? - What is it built out of? |
- India
- For worship - Buddhism - Rock |
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- The structure of the interior indicates that such space were originally built of _______________?
- The sculpture inside this structure represents deities like Indra and Surya, Who are these deities? - What is the term for the mound located at the back of this space? What does it represent? - What is Circumambulation? |
- Wood
- Surya: Sun gold / Indra bringer of storms. - Stupa / Buddha - moving around a sacred object. |
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- Where was this made?
- What religion is it associated with? - What is the stupa made of? What did it look like originally? |
- India
- Buddhism - Brick, Gilded with Gold. |
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- What does the stupa symbolize? Is it iconic or aniconic?
- What is the symbolism of the three discs at the top of the stupa? - What is a relic, and what does this structure have to do with relics? |
- Buddha / Aniconic
- Buddha, Dharma, Sangha - Remains / The Buddha remains are houses there. |
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- Where was this made?
- What religion is it associated with? - What is the term for gate? |
- India
- Buddhism - Torana |
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- What is a Triratna?
- Where is it visible on this gate? - A number of jatakas are carved here, what is a jataka? |
- Three pronged symbol of the: Buddha, Dharma, Sangha.
- On each post. - Stories from the live of the Buddha. |
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- Where was this made?
- Where is this located? - What is a Shalabhanjika? |
- India
- The Great Stupa, at Sanchi - Fertility Goddess |
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- Where was this made? (What country)
- Where is this located? - What is a jataka? - What is the jataka that is illustrated here? |
- India
- The Great Stupa, at Sanchi - Buddha folk tales in many form. - Buddhas past lives as a Bodhisattva |
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- Where was this made? (What country)
- Who is Mara and who is he assaulting? Why? - What religion is this associated with? - What is the symbolism of: the tree, the throne, the cushion? - Is this image iconic or aniconic? |
- India
- Is the demon that tempted Buddha. - Buddhism - Buddha - Aniconic? |
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- Where was this made? (What country)
- What religion is it associated with it? - What event is being depicted? |
- India
- Buddhism - Buddha setting in motion the Wheel of the Law. |
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- What is a Mudra, and what Mudra is the figure using?
- What is the symbolism of the lotus medallion, the cranial bump, the leogryphs, the snail shell hair? - What is taking place in the frieze below? |
- Hand gestures with a specific meanings / Dharmachakra Mudra: "Turing the wheel of the law"
- Buddha royalty - People spin the wheel of the Dharma |