Kuntz
AP Art History
AP
CONTENT: What do you see?
FORM: The details (what you see more exactly). How the artist delivers the content.
CONTEXT: Everything NOT observable.
FUNCTION: The intended purpose of the work.
Assignments:
READINGS:
UNIT Sheet: below
SNAPSHOT Sheet:
Buddhist/Hindu
Unit Sheet
Hindu Concept + Context Sheet
India:
200. Lakshmana Temple
- relief detail, lion detail
- temple plan
202. Shiva as Lord of Dance
Cambodia:
199. Angkor, the temple of Angkor Wat
- the city of Angkor Thom
- stone masonry
- south gate of Angkor Thom
- temple plan
* Churning of the Ocean Milk Relief
* Jayavarman VII as Buddha
APAH 250 Images:
KEY IDEAS
Hindu Philosophies
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Many different sects of Hinduism
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Belief in the infinite variety of the divine: nature, gods, humans
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Orthodox Hindus accept the Vedic (ancient Sanskrit) texts as divine (sacred scriptures)
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Vedic texts assign Brahmins (a caste of ritual specialists)
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Enlightenment, or reaching Nirvana, ends the cycle, through good deeds and living a devotional life to charities, religious fervor, and love of all.
Major Hindu gods
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Shiva, principal deity, dances to the destruction and rebirth of the world.
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Brahma, creator god
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Vishnu, preserver god
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Laksmi and Parvati, peaceful consorts