***Thank you to VALERIE WHITE of Vista High School, for all her help. All APAH content and information made possible from her hard work.
Also, thank you to Dr. Robert Coad for his guidance and materials.
Also, thank you to Dr. Robert Coad for his guidance and materials.
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ARTWORKS LIST Buddha from Baiyan Jowo Rinpoche from the Jokhang Temple Great Stupa at Sanchi North Gate Borobudur Temple Queen Maya riding horse carriage; retreating to Lumbini to give birth to Prince Siddhartha Gautama Shiva as Lord of the Dance Angkor Wat South Gate at Angkor Thom Churning of the Ocean of Milk Jayavarman VII as Buddha Jahangir Preferring a Sufi Shaikh to Kings |
VOCABULARY ashlar masonry bas-relief bi Bodhisattva Buddha Daoism horror vacui iconoclasm mandorla mudra Nirvana Sakyamuni Shiva stupa torana urna ushinisha Vairocana Vishnu wat yakshi |
KEY IDEAS
- Indian Art stresses the interconnectiveness of all the arts: architecture, painting, and sculpture.
- Buddhist and Hindu philosophies form a background to Indian artistic thought.
- A blend of various people who invaded India create the unique culture.
BUDDHIST PHILOSOPHIES
- Teaches individuals how to cope in the world full or misery.
- Buddha, Siddhartha, when he was a prince first, rejected worldly concerns and courtly life and decided to live in the country.
- Believes in reincarnation, a cycle of birth and rebirth.
- Enlightenment, or reaching Nirvana, ends the cycle, through good deeds and living a devotional life to charities, religious fervor, and love of all.
COMMON THEMES OF BUDDISM
- The Lion = Buddha's initial royalty
- The Wheel (chakra) = Buddha's law
- The Lotus = Buddha's pure nature
- Columns surrounds by a wheel = Buddha's teachings
- Empty throne, umbrella, footsteps, lone wheel, Bodhi tree = Buddha
HINDU PHILOSOPHIES
- Many different sects of Hinduism
- Belief in the infinite variety of the divine: nature, gods, humans
- Orthodox Hindus accept the Vedic (ancient Sanskrit) texts as divine (sacred scriptures)
- Vedic texts assign Brahmins (a caste of ritual specialists)
- Enlightenment, or reaching Nirvana, ends the cycle, through good deeds and living a devotional life to charities, religious fervor, and love of all.
