Asian art - test four terms

centrality

notion that you are at your best but have not over done it, is what the Qing dynasty wanted for their emperors

orthodox masters

literati who worked for the Manchu during the Qing Dyansty

i-men

literati who did not want to be under Manchu rule, felt the world had moved on without them, were individualist painters

flange

piece on the sides and over the top of the dotaku

pagoda

new version of a stupa in Japanese temples

kondo

worship building in Japanese temples

bays

subdivisions of Japanese temples

hip roof

roof that goes in on all four sides

gable roof

roof that goes in on two sides

Yakushi Buddha

healing buddha

secret image

image kept closed away and only opened to look at very infrequently

dry lacquer

make a wood armature, cover it in layers of cloth dipped in lacquer, once the lacquer is dry sand and carve it to create the shape, optional painting/decorating, take out the wooden form

hompashiki

very deeply carved drapery that seems to be rippling down

joined woodblock technique

putting multiple blocks of wood together to carve a figure from

kirigane

gluing gold leaf onto silk

Amida Raigo scene

scene in pure land buddhist art where you are taken to the pure land by bodhisattvas and apsaras after you die

mono no aware

aesthetic perception and feeling induced by the association between beauty and sorrow