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Artwork
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Predominated by shikara: intertwining similar forms layered to form large towers
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Lakshmana Temple
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A non-pure landscape due to the inclusion of donkeys driven by two men and a small temple hidden in a forest
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Travelers among Mountains and Streams
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Contains the relics of the Buddha
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Great Stupa
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T-shaped in order to fully cover the inner coffin
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Funeral banner of Lady Dai (Xin Zhui)
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A massive Chinese pagoda (eastern evolution of the stupa) with tiled roofs and eaves hanging away from the walls
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Forbidden City
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A holy man, Sufi Sheik, hands (or is handed) a book with the main figure
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Jahangir Preferring a Sufi Shaikh to Kings
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One hand is holding onto the agni (flame of destruction)
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Shiva as Lord of Dance (Nataraja)
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Its front gate currently features a hanged portrait of Mao Zedong
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Forbidden City
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Involves collaboration between the publisher (who deems a comercial opportunity), the engraver, and the printer
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Under the Wave off Kanagawa
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Queen Mahadevi's patronage facilitated the distribution of this figure and its message: belief in Shiva can achieve salvation
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Shiva as Lord of Dance (Nataraja)
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It's flying hair terminates in the form of cobra heads
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Shiva as Lord of Dance (Nataraja)
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Showcases a complex, vertical landscape
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Travelers among Mountains and Streams
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Made using potter's wheel to smooth out the structure
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The David Vases
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Inscriptions states Empress Wu Zetian as the principal patroness, paid for via private funds
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Longmen Caves
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Very lightweight and, ergo, had limited use
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Gold and jade crown
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Temple built from volcanic stone with a total of nine terraces (Inferno reference??? probably definitely not) |
Borobudur Temple
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Capital of during the Ming and Qing Dynasties
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Forbidden City
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Its subject wears a single pearl, showing his devotion to an 11th century saint
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Jahangir Preferring a Sufi Shaikh to Kings
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Located in Sanchi, India
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Great Stupa
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A narrative work read from right to left (as the scroll is unrolled) from a side angle from above
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Night Attack on the Sanjô Palace
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Based on a painting by Liu Chunhua which appeared at Beijing Museum two years prior in 1967
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Chairman Mao en Route to Anyuan
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Contains a Zen dry and wet garden; acts as a microcosm of nature
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Ryoan-ji
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Modeled after bronzes of the same type
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The David Vases
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Contains four towers in each corner representing the corners of the world
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Forbidden City
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Contains the Churning of the Ocean of Milk: a bas-relief depicting the gods (devas), guided by Vishnu, working with the devils (asuras) to churn the ocean of milk with Vasuki as its aparatus
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Angkor Wat
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It offers the abhaya mudra, a gesture to allay fear, communicating that its action are not to be feared
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Shiva as Lord of Dance (Nataraja)
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Above the imagery, text and stamp show the history of ownership of the scroll
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Travelers among Mountains and Streams
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Contained a north-south oriented tomb with a rectangular double-walled enclosure
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Terracotta Warriors
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Its city is known for tamed deer that calmly rome the complex grounds, some being trained to bow to passerbys
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Todai-ji
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Tree imagery reflects world tree (axis-mundi, like Mt. Meru)
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Gold and jade crown
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The figure has four hands and a suggested third eye
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Shiva as Lord of Dance (Nataraja)
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Includes a landscape with intimations of industrialization (powerline, dam) as well as many more natural elements
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Chairman Mao en Route to Anyuan
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Expresses the continuity of blue and white ceramics made under the Yuan Dynasty (which was highly sought after, especially outside of China)
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The David Vases
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Its top section contains a screscent moon and ten suns with two seated officers guarding the entrance to the heavenly world
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Funeral banner of Lady Dai (Xin Zhui)
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Prussian blue, which was highly-prized, imported makes seem unusual compared to contemporaries
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Under the Wave off Kanagawa
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Depicts a Korean prime minister who was a scholar, soldier, and involved in creating the Korean alphabet
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Portrait of Sin Sukju
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May have served as a focus for ancestral rituals and possibly to have been hung in a family shrine (hence emphasis on badge)
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Portrait of Sin Sukju
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Uses corbelled brakcets (to transition column's top and eaves); uses painted wood to preserve it and for artistic effect
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Forbidden City
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A railing around the umbrellas atop this structure represents a sacred tree
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Great Stupa
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Its patron had many artist follow him so he could record whatever he wanted
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Jahangir Preferring a Sufi Shaikh to Kings
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Made c.1000 by Fan Kuan (as known by his signature hidden in the bushes) in Taiwan
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Travelers among Mountains and Streams
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Contrasts water and sky with large negative space
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Under the Wave off Kanagawa
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Right shows a new, bolder red tree
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White and Red Plum Blossoms
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Worshippers circumambulate the hemisphere circularly clockwise (direction of the sun) suggesting the endless cycle of birth and rebirth
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Great Stupa
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Juxtaposes naturalism (of the trees) and abstraction (the swirls of the river; more abstracted than predecessors)
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White and Red Plum Blossoms
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The (included) Hindu artist holds a minature with two horses and an elephant (perhaps a gift from the patron); he symbolically signs his name on the footstool
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Jahangir Preferring a Sufi Shaikh to Kings
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Main pyramid surrounding by four corner temples
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Angkor Wat
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Documents attest the patronage of 800,000 people producing 110,000 Buddhist stone statues, as well as some stupas and stele inscriptions
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Longmen Caves
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Name translate to "Great Eastern Temple" as it is on the edge of the city
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Todai-ji
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Located in Central Java, Indonesia on a low hill rising above a wide plain
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Borobudur Temple
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Reconstruction (after was destroyed due to military unrest) yielded a smaller building since many of the cypress trees had not grown back yet
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Todai-ji
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Has a teahouse in which highly-sophisticated Japanese tea ceremonies would take place
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Ryoan-ji
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On a Korean hanging scroll, ergo, meant to be studied and appreciated not hung decoratively
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Portrait of Sin Sukju
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Reflective of Japanese interest of code of the warrior due to military rule from 1185
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Night Attack on the Sanjô Palace
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Dry garden can be interpretted in a variety of ways, e.g. as islands in a floating sea, mountain peaks above clouds, constellations, etc.
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Ryoan-ji
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Tarashikomi technique: paint applied to a surface that has not already dried from previous application
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White and Red Plum Blossoms
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Its superstructure (the three smaller circular terraces) represent the formless world without worldly desires; topped by an enclosed stupa
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Borobudur Temple
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Compares to Shinotism (native Japanese belief) where, in both, forces of nature unite
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Under the Wave off Kanagawa
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Showcases a Renaissance carpet in the background
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Jahangir Preferring a Sufi Shaikh to Kings
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South gate includes an exposed roof supported by huge pillars and two stories of the same size (unusual); communicates proportion and stateliness
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Todai-ji
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