Asian art - test three vocab

qi

life essence

xiangrui

an omen, the universe will notice if you are doing a good or bad job and send you a sign

hangtu

rammed earth building technique

tilted ground plane

type of perspective that shows space going up rather than back

mingqi

three dimensional works that people had in their tombs to depict things they wanted in the afterlife

waterfall drapery

drapery from Longmen, name is based on what it looks like

Maitreya

buddha of the future

Pure Land Buddhism

form of buddhism meant to make buddhism as easy to understand and follow as possible

Amitabha

most important buddha in Pure Land Buddhism, Buddha of the Western Paradise

The Western Paradise

where you are reborn in Pure Land Buddhism

mandorla

full body halo

hand scroll

horizontal scroll, meant to be handled and carried

hanging scroll

vertical scroll, meant to be put on the wall and swapped out

album leaf

usually a close up view painting, mounted on a stiff background, meant to be held

fans

flat not folding, stiff ribbing with image pasted on

seals

used on painting, characters meant to look deliberately antique, can say many different things: name of artist, name of person whose art collection the work was going into, or they belong to important people who have looked at the painting and approved of it 

three perfections

painting, poetry, and calligraphy

iron wire line

line with a very consistent width, shows the great control and skill of the artist

space cell

landscape elements used to frame and enclose figures, allows for the depiction of landscapes while keeping the figures clear and visible

sancai

green, orange, and cream; most common glaze colors in the Tang dynasty

subject painting

painting where humans are the most important part

tilted ground plane, bird’s-eye view, shifting perspective

elements of landscape paintings

monumental landscape painting

painting depicting an expansive, grand landscape

brush method

technique where painter builds up forms using individual brush strokes

hemp fiber stroke

painting technique created by Don Yuan, dipping brush very slightly in ink and then waving it

alum lumps

painting technique created by Ju Ran, darker ink gives the form and progressively less ink is used towards the center of the form until the middle is blank

crab claw branches

type of austere, twisted trees in painting

material form, ultimate principle

two parts of neo confucianism

raindrop brushstroke

painting technique used to create texture, kind of like rain on windows with some ink staying in drops and some dripping down

bird and flower paintings

paintings that were a close up of nature

boneless manner

painting technique using almost no outlines and creating forms using color and modeling in light and shade

mi dot

brush stroke that looks like grains of rice, used to built up forms

boundary line painting

painting technique where every element is outlined and then filled in with color

wash

painting technique where watered down ink is pulled smoothly across the silk

ax cut brushstroke

brushstroke that looks a little like a wood grain, done with a mostly dry brush

illogical dots

souther song painting technique, scattered dots

Chan Buddhism

form of Buddhism where you can achieve enlightenment in this life and this body, does not use images for worship and only for personal reflection and teaching

hills beyond a river

Yuan dynasty painting composition