Study Sheet, Test 3, 3rd edition
Chapter 8 – Islamic Art
Plates: 8-1, 8-2 & 3, 8-7, 8-10, 8-15, 8-17, 8-29
Vocabulary: Mosque/Masjid, minaret, qibla wall, mihrab, hypostyle
mosque, iwan, maqsura, minbar, horseshoe arch, muqarnas, calligraphy, Kufic
script, madrasas, squinches, lusterware, Mamluk, warp, weft, tugra
Concepts:
Aniconism (avoidance of figural imagery
Three forms of embellishment: calligraphy, geometric pattern,
Botanical forms/arabesque
Importance of Calligraphy
Basics of Islam: Muhammad, Mecca and Medina, 5 pillars
Chapter 9 – Art of South and Southeast Asia Before 1200
Plates: 9-5, 9-8, 9-13, 9-20, p.331, 9-25, 9-30 & 31
Vocabulary: Ashokan pillar, yakshi/yaksha, axis mundi, stupa, mandala,
reliquary, nirvana, torana, jataka tales, mithuna couples, chaitya hall, lakshanas,
mudra, urna, ushnisha, bodhisattva, linga(m) shrine, mandapa, garbhagriha,
shikara and amalaka (northern-style temple), vimana and capstone (southernstyle temple)
Concepts:
Basics of Buddhism and Hinduism
Iconography of Buddha, Vishnu Narayana, Shiva Nataraja
Iconography/elements of the stupa
Mandala aspect of temple architecture
Chapter 10 – Chinese and Korean Art before 1279
Plates: 10-1, p. 350, 10-13, 10-17, 10-20
Artist: Fan Kuan
Vocabulary: cong, fang dingpiece-mold casting, bi/pi, bracketing, hand
scroll, hanging scroll, pagoda, bay/module, Buddhist vocabulary, celadon glaze
Concepts:
Daoism and Confucianism
Calligraphy
Chinese painting: handscrolls, hanging scrolls
Continuation of Buddhism
Chapter 11 – Japanese Art before 1392
Plates: 11-4, 11-5, 11-10, 11-11, 11-12, 11-15, 11-17
Artist: Jocho, Koshu
Vocabulary: dogu, haniwa, Shinto, samurai, shogun, joined-wood/joined
block construction, Buddhist vocabulary, raigo
Concepts:
Continuation of Buddhism: Pure Land, Zen
Shinto religion and Ise Shrine
Study Sheet, Test 3, 3rd edition
First known ceramics (Jomon)
First novel in world literature (Tale of Genji)
Chapter 12 – Art of the Americas before 1300
Plates: 12-3, 12-6, 12-9, 12-17, 12-19, 12-21, 12-25
Cultures: Olmec, Teotihuacan, Maya, Nazca, Moche, Ancestral Pueblans
Vocabulary: roof comb, chacmool, geoglyph, adobe, pictograph,
petroglyph, kiva
Concepts:
Olmec as Mesoamerican prototype
Art and beliefs of the Maya
Know which cultures are from which general area (Mesoamerica,
Andean South America, North American east, North
American Southwest
General characteristics of each culture’s art
Chapter 13 – Art of Ancient Africa
Plates: 13-4, 13-9, 13-11,13-13, 13-14, 13-16
Cultures/Sites: Nok, Ife, Benin, Jenne/Great Zimbabwe Shona, Kongo
Vocabulary – lost-wax casting, scarification, oba, iyoba, finials, adobe,
dressed stone, battered walls, mosque vocabulary
Concepts:
General characteristics of each cultures art and the general beliefs
that inform that art
Islam in Jenne