Exam 2 study quick Art History

Vairocana Buddah

Patronized by Empress Wu, Luoyang, China, Caves

Breastplate of Augustus Primaporta

Return of Roman standards, Pax Romana

Arch of Constantine was made because

He won a battle

Dionysiac mystery frieze in the Villa of Mysteries, Pompeii

2nd Style, fresco

Bodhisattva

An "enlightenment being" in Buddhism who seeks Buddhahood not only for themselves but to liberate all sentient beings from suffering

Dura Europos

Tempera on plaster, Judaism

Buddha seated on lion throne

symbolizes his status as the lion king/spiritual king/lion of shakya clan

lid of sarcophagus of k’inich janab pakal

shows him descending/ascending into underworld/heavens to be reborn as tonsured maize god. between earth and heavens on world tree

Vairocana Buddha / Long men caves Buddha luoyang

commissioned to alleviate famine, originally part of a temple, represented imperial wealth and control

Great Goddess from Teotihuacan

fresco, jade mouth mask, depicts blood letting to ensure continuation of the world and agricultural rebirth

Colossal heads of la venta

represented rulers, made of basalt, stone tools

Catacomb of Marcellinus

Jonah & the orants, the good shepherd

temple of portunus rome

made of tavertine

Buddha seated on lion throne mathura india

lion king

Stuppa

buddhist monument, yakshi, bodhistavva, circumabulation