Art Appreciation: India, China and Japan

3. Traditional Japanese gate most commonly found at the entrance of or within a Shinto shrine, symbolically marks the transition from the profane to the sacred.
5. 19th century influence upon European artists.
7. Symbolic hand gesture used in Buddhist art to help communicate meaning.
10. East gateway of Great Stupa, Sanchi, India.
11. Cave 1, Ajanta, India. Cave painting, second half of 5th century.
12. Spirits present everywhere, including in nature.
14. Panel from the Tamamushi Shrine, Horyu-ji Temple, Nara, Asuka period.
17. “Way of the Tea,” Japanese word for the traditional tea ceremony.
19. A burial mound containing Buddha’s remains.
21. Humans/animals were sacrificed in this life to serve the dead in the next realm.
22. beings who could have achieved nirvana but who chose to instead sacrifice themselves and help others work towards Enlightenment.
23. Reflects the importance of Buddhism/Hinduism.
25. Ritual wine vessel.
26. From the Gupta period, example of mudra.
27. The art of emotive or carefully descriptive handwriting.

1. Comment written on a Chinese scroll by the creator, owner, or a viewer.
2. Emphasized reverence for ancestors and importance of afterlife.
4. "Small replicas."
6. Ge Zhichuan Moving His Dwelling, c.1360.
8. Third century BCE, c. 150–50 BCE, Sanchi, India.
9. Art reflects reverence for nature, desire for meditation, quiet reflection, and mental discipline.
13. Traditional Japanese religion, emphasizes the ways natural elements are connected to personal well-being, reveres nature itself as a deity.
15. Handmade and fired ceramic; made for a tea ceremony.
16. Buddha between 563-485.
18. continuous _______ is when different parts of a story are shown within the same visual space.
20. a Japanese word that means “pictures of the floating world” (no hyphen)
24. “The Enlightened One.”