Slide Images for September 16

Face Carved in Stone Over the Southern Gate to Angkor Thom
Cambodia
12th Century

The Buddha Raised on the Coils of the Naga Mucilinda
Angkor Thom
12th Century

Standing Crowned Buddah (Angkor Wat Style)
Khmer
12th Century

Dvaravati Stone Buddha in dhyana mudra pose
Thailand
13th Century

Pagan
Burma
Late 11th- early 12th Centuries

The Shwezigon
Pagan, Burma
Completed in 1102

The Ananda Temple
Pagan, Burma
Completed in 1105

 Bronze Sukhothai Buddha
Thailand
Late 14th-early 15th century

 Bronze Sukhothai Walking Buddha
Thailand
14th century

 Wat Ratchaburana
Ayuthaya, Thailand
15th century

Central Prang, Wat Ratchaburana
Ayuthaya, Thailand
15th century

Terms of the Day for September 16

• Pagoda – a general term for a multiple-tiered tower sometimes applied to religious monuments with a relic chamber such as the Shwezigon.
• Wat – a term used for a Buddhist monastery complex in Thailand, Cambodia, and Laos.
• Prang – in Thai cultures of Khmer, Sukhothai, and Ayutthayan, a tall, narrow monument representing the many levels of heaven in Buddhist belief.
• Ubosot - a building in a Buddhist Wat, considered the holiest prayer room, that serves as the assembly hall where new monks are ordinated.

Slide Images for September 14

 Borobudur

Central Java

9th Century

 A Lower Terrace of Borobudur

Central Java

9th Century

 Prince Sidhartha Cutting Off His Hair

Inner wall of the first gallery, Borobudur

9th Century

 The Buddha is entertained by Cunda

Eastern Wall, Borobudur

9th Century

 Stairway

Borobudur

9th Century

 Arupadhatu Realm (upper three terraces)

Borobudur

9th Century

 Buddha enclosed in Small Stupa

Borobudur

9th Century

 Buddha that was once enclosed in Small Stupa

Borobudur

9th Century

 Central Stupa

Borobudur

9th Century

 Candi Plaosan

Central Java

8th to 9th Century

 Interior Bodhisattva

Candi Plaosan

8th to 9th Century

 Exterior Bodhisattva

Candi Plaosan

8th to 9th Century

Statue of Adityawarman as Bhairava

Sumatra

14th Century

Terms of the Day for Septemeber 14

• Buddhism –a religion strongly connected with Hinduism that is largely based on teachings of Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha, an awakened or enlightened teacher who shared his insights to help people end suffering through eliminating ignorance and desire to reach nirvana.
• Buddah – meaning, “the awakened one”, a being which has reached the perfect state of enlightenment or nirvana.  THE Buddha typically refers to Siddhartha Gautama.
• Bodhisattva – (bode-hee-SAHT-vah) in Buddhism, one who has delayed the attainment of buddhahood and nirvana in order to teach others.
• Stupa – (STOO-pah) a bell- or mound-like structure containing Buddhist relics, typically the remains of Buddha, used by Buddhists as a place of worship.  Originally, these were earthen domes, but were later constructed.

Study Guide for Quiz #1

Below are 9 images from which I will choose the five slides for the quiz:

Funerary Pot

Van Chiang, Thailand

c. 300 BC-200 BC 

 Ceremonial Tampan

Sumatra

19th century

 Tau-Tau Figure

Unknown Torajan Carver

1879

  Padung Padung Ear Pendants

Nothern Sumatra

c. 19th-Early 20th Century

 Hinggi (man's shawl) With Crayfish and ‘Coat of Arms' Design

East Sumba

c. 1970

 Dancer From Tra Kieu

Champa

10th Century

Candi Jawa

East Java

13th Century 

 Borobudur

Central Java

9th Century

The Shwezigon

Pagan, Burma

Completed in 1102

Below are the four essay questions from which I will choose the one on the quiz:

1. Define symmetry and explain how the importance of symmetry in Southeast Asia can be seen in examples of art we have discussed in class.
2. What is Mt. Meru?  Give some examples of how the influence of Mt. Meru can be seen in the architecture of Southeast Asia.
3. Define stupa and explain how the stupa form was transformed in maritime Southeast Asia, citing specific examples.
4. What were the two prominent architectural components of the Buddhist temple developed in the Ayutthaya kingdom and what was the purpose of each?