SOUTHERN AND SOUTHEASTERN ASIAN ART – PART I (TO 1200)

EUGENIA LANGANMATER ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOLHIALEAH GARDENS, FLORIDAWITH APOLOGIES TO FRED KLEINER

THEME

THE CROSSROAD OF WORLD RELIGION IN THE LIVELY MATERIAL WORLD OF MAYA AND SORROW

TO RECALL THAT: HINDU, BUDDHIST AND MUSLIM TRADITIONS FUSE IN SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST ASIA

AND THAT WHILE BUDDHISM AND HINDUISM VIEW THE MATERIAL WORLD AS ILLUSORY AND/OR MISERABLE, THEIR RELIGIOUS ART IS USUALLY LIVELY!

GENERAL OBJECTIVE FOR ALL NON-WESTERN ART:

KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT IT IN GENERAL TO ANSWER A FEW MULTIPLE-CHOICES QUESTIONS ON THE AP EXAM

KNOW SEVERAL EXAMPLES OF EACH APAH THEME TO BE ABLE TO COME UP WITH "NON-WESTERN" OR "BEYOND THE EUROPEAN TRADITION" EXAMPLES ON ESSAYS ON THE AP EXAM

IDENTIFY CROSS-CULTURAL INFLUENCE, EAST-WEST AND WEST-EAST

THE APAH THEMES (REMINDER)power and authority wealth RELIGION (SACRED SPACES, PLACES, IDENTITYOBJECTS, SCENES) NATUREPIETY MORTALITYRITUAL LOVEPROPAGANDA GRIEFPOLITICAL ART INVISIBLEHUMAN BODY UNREAL PLACELEADERS IN ART PATRONAGEGENDER ROLES AND RELATIONS PUBLIC ARTFAMILY AND CHILDREN IN ART TECHNOLOGYVIOLENCE NARRATIVEJOY PRIDE

GENERAL ART HISTORY OBJECTIVES

UNDERSTAND THE LATE NEOLITHIC ORIGINS OF INDIAN AND SOUTHEAST ASIAN ART AND CULTURE.

UNDERSTAND HOW THE INDIGENOUS BELIEFS AND THE BEGINNINGS OF BUDDHISM AND HINDUISM INFLUENCED THE ART AND ARCHITECTURE.

IDENTIFY HALLMARKS OF ARCHITECTURE FROM HINDU AND BUDDHIST MONUMENTS.

COMPARE ANCIENT INDIAN ART WITH ART OF OTHER ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS

UNDERSTAND THE ARTISTIC INFLUENCE OF BUDDHISM AND HINDUISM IN SOUTHEAST ASIA AND THE VARYING APPEARANCES OF THE HUMAN FIGURE IN ART.

IDENTIFY HALLMARKS OF TEMPLE AND MONASTIC ARCHITECTURE IN SOUTHEAST ASIA

UNDERSTAND THE ROLE OF THE MONARCHS IN SOUTHEAST ASIA IN THE MIDDLE AGES.

ASSESS THE EFFECT OF ISLAM ON SOUTHERN AND SOUTHEAST ASIAN ART

UNDERSTAND THE EARLY SULTANATE, DYNASTY AND PERSIAN INFLUENCES IN THE ART OF THE MUGHAL EMPIRE.

UNDERSTAND THE ART AND ARCHITECTURE OF THE INDIGENOUS RAJPUT KINGDOMS IN CONTRAST WITH THE MUGHAL INFLUENCED ART.

EXAMINE WESTERN ARTISTIC INFLUENCE AND SOUTHEAST ASIAN ADAPTATION OF WESTERN ARTISTIC MEDIA AND CONCEPTS.

UNDERSTAND THE ARTISTIC DIFFERENCES OF THAILAND, BURMA, AND VIETNAM.

VERY GENERAL TIMELINE

© 3300 B.C.E.: NEOLITHIC AGRICULTURAL REVOLUTION IN INDUS VALLEY

© 2600 – 1900 B.C.E. : BRONZE-AGE INDUS VALLEY CIVILIZATION (HARAPPA, MOJENO-DARA)

© 1500: ARYAN INVASION INTRODUCTION OF INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGE AND VEDIC HINDUISM

INDUS VALLEY CIVILIZATION (NOW MOSTLY PAKISTAN

SOMETIME BETWEEN © 570 AND 400 B.C.E. – LIFE OF SIDDHARTHA GAUTAMA, THE BUDDHA

© 400 B.C.E – 100 C.E.: SPREAD OF BUDDHISM THROUGHOUT CONTINENTAL ASIA

323 – 185 B.C.E: MAURYA DYNASTY

© 260 B.C.E.: MAURYAN EMPEROR ASHOKA THE GREAT CONVERTS TO BUDDHISM, MAKES IT OFFICIAL STATE RELIGION

RECALL: MAURYA INDIA TRADED WITH AFRICA, MIDDLE EAST VIA INDIAN OCEAN ROUTE, WITH EUROPE VIA SILK ROADS

© 180 C.E.: FALL OF MAURYA EMPIRE (KUSHAN [HEPHLALITE] CONQUEST OF EASTERN PARTS (PAKISTAN, AFGHANISTAN)

320 – 550 C.E.: GUPTA INDIA (CLASSICAL. GOLDEN AGE ) (FELL DUE TO WHITE HUN INVASION)

6TH – 12TH CENTURIES: NO EMPIRE; SOUTHERN AND SOUTHEAST ASIA BROKEN UP INTO MANY KINGDOMS

7TH CENTURY: SUFI MUSLIM MISSIONARIES ARRIVE IN INDIA

13TH – MID-16TH CENTURIES: MUSLIM DELHI SULTANATE IN NORTH (TIMURID, TURKIC) HINDU VIJAYANAR EMPIRE IN SOUTH INDIA

KUSHAN EMPIRE, 30 – 375 C.E.

GUPTA TRADE ROUTES

YELLOW = DELHI SULTANATE, SALMON = VIJAYANAR EMPIRE

INDIA IN THE 17TH CENTURY

1526 – 1857: MUGHAL EMPIRE (PERSIANIZED MONGOLS/ TIMURIDS) – FIGUREHEAD EMPEROR UNDER BRITISH AFTER 1804)

1757: BRITISH EAST INDIA COMPANY EFFECTIVELY RULES INDIA

1858: BRITISH CROWN TOOK OVER INDIA – RAJ RULE

1947: INDEPENDENCE & PARTITION OF INDIA AND PAKISTAN WAR, WAR, WAR

(MEANWHILE VIETNAM, CAMBODIA AND LAOS WERE UNDER FRENCH RULE 1859 – 1954)

INDIA AND PAKISTAN T0 1200

PREHISTORIC INDUS VALLEY ART

GREAT BATH, MOHENJO-DARO, PAKISTAN, © 2600–1900 B.C.E. BASICALLY TO REMIND YOU THEY HAD PLUMBING

SEAL WITH SEATED FIGURE IN YOGIC POSTURE, FROM MOHENJO-DARO, PAKISTAN, © 2600–1900 B.C.E. STEATITE COATED WITH ALKALI AND BAKED, APPROX. 1 3/8" X 1 3/8". NATIONAL MUSEUM, NEW DELHI

COMPARE TO SUMERIAN CYLINDER SEALS AND BE AWARE THAT THIS IS AN EARLY FORM OF PRINTING

ROBED MALE FIGURE, FROM MOHENJO-DARO, PAKISTAN, © 2600–1900 BCE. STEATITE, 6 7/8" HIGH. NATIONAL MUSEUM OF PAKISTAN, KARACHI.

TREFOILS ON ROBE, HEAD ORNAMENT MAY INDICATE KINGSHIP

THEME?

POWER AND AUTHORITY?

NUDE MALE TORSO, FROM HARAPPA, PAKISTAN, © 2000 – 1900 BCE. RED SANDSTONE, 3 ¾ " HIGH. NATIONAL MUSEUM, NEW DELHI

COMPARED TO CONTEMPORANEOUS EGYPTIAN AND EVEN LATER ARCHAIC GREEK STATUARY?

THEME: HUMAN BODY

MENKAURE AND KHAMERERNEBTY(?), FROM GIZEH, FOURTH DYNASTY, © 2490–2472 B.C.E.

"NEW YORK" KOUROS, © 600 B.C.E.

THE HARAPPAN SCULPTOR IS MORE INTERESTED INMOTION – FIGURE IS MORE "LIVELY"

LION CAPITAL OF COLUMN ERECTED BY ASHOKA AT SARNATH, INDIA, © 250 B.C.E. ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM, SARNATH

FUNCTION? HELD LAW CODE

LIVELY!

COMPARE TO?

PEREPOLIS (5TH C.B.C.E.) BULL-HEADED CAPITALS

THEME:

POWER AND AUTHORITY

EARLY INDIAN BUDDHIST ART AND ARCHITECTURE

MAURYAN ART AND ARCHITECTURE

GREAT STUPA, SANCHI, INDIA, 3RD CENTURY B.C.E TO 1ST CENTURY C.E. 120' ACROSS, 54' HIGH. PATRON: ASHOKA. NOTE THAT FENCES MIMIC WOOD.

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THEME: SACRED SPACE. STUPAS = RELIQUARIES FOR BUDDHA’S ASHES, MANDALA AND MOUNTAIN OF WORLD

1: CHATRAS = BUDDHA’S PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE. 2: YASTI= AXIS OF UNIVERSE. 3: HARMIKA = ENCLOSURE OF SACRED DOMAIN. 4: SOUTH TORANA = GATEWAY (ONE FOR EVERY CARDINAL POINT). 5: UPPER AMBULATORY. 6: DOME. 7: WEST TORANA. 8: EAST TORANA. 9: DOUBLE STAIRWAY. 10: STONE FENCE

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PLAN AND ELEVATION, GREAT STUPA

PILGRIMS DO NOT ENTER STUPAS. THEY CIRCUMAMBULATE IT (AND BUDDHA'S RELICS) COUNTERCLOCKWISE.

YAKSHI, DETAIL OF THE EAST TORANA, GREAT STUPA, SANCHI, INDIA, MID- 1ST CENTURY B.C.E. TO TO EARLY – 1ST CENTURY C.E. SANDSTONE, 5' HIGH.

YAKSHI = MINOR HINDU AND BUDDHIST DEITIES. FEMALE YAKSHIS = FERTILITY (PEOPLE, CROPS).

NOTE LIVELINESS

THEME: RELIGION, SACRED SPACE/ OBJECT

ANOTHER VIEW OF THE SAME YAKSHI

TORANA RELIEFS, GREAT STUPA OF SANCHI.

NOTE DEPICTION OF MOTION – LIVELINESS

MEDITATING BUDDHA, FROM GANDHARA, PAKISTAN, SECOND CENTURY CE. GRAY SCHIST, 3' 7 1/2" HIGH. NATIONAL MUSEUMS OF SCOTLAND, EDINBURGH.

IMAGES OF BUDDHA BEGIN IN 1ST C. B.C.E. – COINCIDE WITH "DEIFICATION" OF BUDDHA

HE WAS RENOWNED ASCETIC, SO HE IS USUALLY IN LOTUS POSE: BUT NOTE MOVING, LIVELY LIONS AND PEOPLE AT BASE

THEME: RELIGION/OBJECTNOTE ROMAN INFLUENCE!

THE LIFE AND DEATH OF THE BUDDHA, FRIEZE FROM GANDHARA, PAKISTAN, SECOND CENTURY CE. SCHIST, 2' 2 3/8" X 9' 6 1/8". FREER GALLERY OF ART, WASHINGTON, D.C.

BIRTH OF BUDDHA, FROM GANHHARA FRIEZE.NOTE MOTHER (QUEEN MAYA) BASED ON YAKSHI, AND ROMAN INFLUENCES (MORE NOTICEABLE ON FOLLOWING PANELS). THEMES: SACRED SPACE, SCENE, FAMILY, NARRATIVE

ENLIGHTENMENT AT BODH GAYA FROM GANDHARA

FIRST SERMON AT SARNATH FROM GANDHARA FRIEZE

DEATH OF THE BUDDHA AT KUSHINAGARA FROM GANDHARA FRIEZE

BUDDHA SEATED ON LION THRONE, FROM MATHURA, INDIA, SECOND CENTURY C.E. RED SANDSTONE, 2' 3 ½" HIGH. ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM, MUTTRA.

KUSHAN BUDDHA: WEARS MONK'S ROBE, MORE BODY REVEALED, MAKES ABHAYA GESTURE, DHARMACHAKRA ON PALMS OF HANDS AND SOLES OF FEET

SEATED BUDDHA, MATHURA

USHNISHA

MUDRA

CHAKRAPRANA

ELONGATED EARS

HALO OF ENLIGHTENMENT

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INTERIOR, PLAN AND ELEVATION, ROCK-CUT CHAITYA HALL, KARLE, INDIA. CHAITYA HALL CONTAINS STUPA

COMPARE WITH ROCK-CUT TEMPLE OF RAMSES II, ABU SIMEL, EGYPT © 1290-1224 B.C.E.

ELEPHANT CAPITALS, KARLE

GUPTA AND POST-GUPTA ART AND ARCHITECTURE

GUPTA BUDDHIST ART AND

ARCHITECTURE

SEATED BUDDHA PREACHING FIRST SERMON, FROM SARNATH, INDIA, SECOND HALF OF FIFTH CENTURY. TAN SANDSTONE, 5' 3" HIGH. ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM, SARNATH.

EARLY MONUMENTAL BUDDHA.

SMOOTH BODY, CLINGING CLOTHES = GUPTA STYLE

SACRED OBJECT, HUMAN BODY, POWER AND AUTHORITY (?)

LEFT: INTERIOR OF CAVE 19, AJANTA, AND RIGHT, ANOTHER AJANTA CAVE WITH BETTER PHOTO, 2ND HALF OF 5TH CENTURY. NOTE THAT IN THE GUPTA ROCK-CUT CHAITYAS, LARGE RELIEF (OR STATUE) OF THE BUDDHA IS ON FRONT OF THE STUPA. THEMES = SACRED SPACE, OBJECT, RITUAL, PATRONAGE

BODHISATTVA PADMAPANI, WALL PAINTING IN CAVE 1, AJANTA, INDIA, SECOND HALF OF FIFTH CENTURY.

A FORM OF FRESCO SECCO, BUT WITH WATER COLORS

THEME: SACRED SPACE (GUPTA CAVE CHAITYAS ARE PAINTED), PATRONAGE

GUPTA AND (MOSTLY) POST-GUPTA

HINDU ART

ROCK-CUT HINDU TEMPLES: ABOVE, INTERIOR OF AN ELEPHANTA CAVE; RIGHT EXTERIOR OF AN UDIYAGIRA CAVE

THEME: SACRED SPACE

NOTICE – NO STUPA. THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN SHRINES OF HINDU GODS – RELIEFS AND INSCRIPTIONS REMAIN

BOAR AVATAR OF VISHNU RESCUING THE EARTH, CAVE 5, UDAYAGIRI, INDIA, EARLY 5TH CENTURY. RELIEF 13' X 22'; VISHNU 12' 8" HIGH. SACRED SPACE, POWER AND AUTHORITY, POLITICAL, HUMAN BODY

DETAILS OF BOAR AVATAR VISHNU: TOP LEFT, VISHNU’S FOOT ON SNAKE GOD (WITH ASP’S HOOD); TOP RIGHT, TINY RESCUED EARTH CLINGS TO VISHNU’S TUSK; RIGHT, SOME OF CAST OF THOUSANDS WATCHING

DANCING SHIVA, ROCK-CUT RELIEF IN CAVE TEMPLE, BADAMI, INDIA, LATE 6TH CENTURY.

THAT’S A LIVELY DESTROYER!

NOTE THE DANCING GANESHA (SON OF DURGA INCARNATION OF DEVI)

SACRED SPACE, “HUMAN” BODY

SHIVA LINGA (OR LINGAM) – SHIVA ALSO REGENERATES

AND LINGA ARE ONE OF THE MOST PREVALENT HINDU ICONS

A HOLE IN A TRIANGLE = YONI

LINGAM AND YONI WORSHIP MAY BE INDIGENOUS INDIAN RELIGION

THEME: SACRED OBJECT

MITHUNA

SEXUAL THEMES AND MOTIFS ARE FREQUENT IN HINDU ART

(A WHOLE OTHER KIND OF “LIVELINESS”)

SHIVA AS MAHADEVA (GOD OF THE WORLD, WITH 3 FACES) , CAVE 1, ELEPHANTA, INDIA, © 550–575. BASALT, SHIVA 17' 10" HIGH.

SHIVA AS MAHADEVA, CAVE 1, ELEPHANTA

VISHNU TEMPLE (LOOKING NORTH), DEOGARH, INDIA, EARLY 6TH CENTURY. MASONRY TEMPLES BEGIN © 6TH C. TOWER ORIGINALLY 40’ TALL.

VISHNU ASLEEP ON THE SERPENT ANANTA, RELIEF PANEL ON THE SOUTH FAÇADE OF THE VISHNU TEMPLE, DEOGARH.

NOT SHOWN: MITHUNAS GUARD THE GATE TO WARD OFF EVIL SPIRITS – COMPARE GOTHIC GARGOYLES

THEMES: SACRED SPACE, NARRATIVE, HUMAN BODY

ROCK-CUT RATHAS (CHARIOTS OF THE GODS), MAMALLAPURAM, INDIA, LATE 7TH CENTURY.

(1) DHARMARAJA – TEMPLE TO SHIVA (FRONT) – TYPIFIES SOUTHERN TEMPLE ARCHITECTURE (STEPPED VIMANA TOPS MANDAPA (HYPOSTYLE HALL CONTAINING GARBHA GRIHA (CELLA)

2) BHIMA (VISHNU)3) DRAUPADI (DURGA) –

SMALL SOUTHERN TEMPLE

NNORTHERN AND SOUTHERN HINDU TEMPLE ARCHITECTURE

NORTHERN: VISHVANATHA TEMPLE (LOOKING NORTH), KHAJURAHO © 1000. SINGLE SHIKHARA (TOWER) TOPPED BY AMALAKA

SOUTHERN: RAJARAJESVARA TEMPLE, THANAJAVUR, © 1000. STEPPED VIMANAS AND ONE SHIKHARA

PLAN OF VISHVANATHA TEMPLE. SACRED SPACE AND RITUAL: ONLY PRIESTS COULD ENTER THE GARBHA GRIHA WHERE STATUE OF GOD WAS(COMPARE GREEK TEMPLES, CHOIRS OF EUROPEAN CATHEDRALS, AND NAVES OF BYZANTINE CATHEDRALS (ONLY CLERGY AND EMPEROR)

MITHUNA RELIEFS, NORTH SIDE OF VISHVANATHA TEMPLE

MITHUNA RELIEFS, NORTH SIDE OF VISHVANATHA TEMPLE

DON’T LOOK TOO CLOSE, KIDDIES!

MORE THAN MERE PROPAGATION IS BEING CELEBRATED!

VERY, VERY LIVELY

SACRED SPACE, HUMAN BODY

SHIVA AS NATARAJA, © 1000. BRONZE. NALTUNAI ISHVARAM TEMPLE, PUNJAI.

SHIVA DANCES AND SIMULTANEOUSLY DESTROYS AND CREATES THE WORLD

SACRED OBJECT AND RITUAL, NARRATIVE

AFGHANISTIAN

BAMAYAN BUDDHAS (DESTROYED), BAMAYAN, AFGHANISTAN, 3RD CENTURY C.E. 150' TALL.

SOUTHEAST ASIAN ART AND ARCHITECTURE - T0 1200

DEATH OF THE BUDDHA (PARINIRVANA), GAL VIHARA, NEAR POLONNARUWA, SRI LANKA, 11TH – 12TH CENTURIES. GRANULITE, BUDDHA 46' LONG X 10' HIGH.

MASSIVE MONUMENTAL BUDDHA (UNLIKE INDIA) BUT STILL VESTIGES OF GUPTA STYLE

AERIAL VIEW OF BOROBUDUR, JAVA, INDONESIA, © 800. 1500 STUPA, 1500 BUDDHA STATUES, MEANING OF PLAN DEBATED. ALMOST NOTHING INDIAN ABOUT THIS!

Aerial view of Borobudur, Java, Indonesia, © 800

HARIHARA, FROM PRASAT ANDET, CAMBODIA, EARLY 7TH CENTURY. STONE, 6' 3" HIGH. NATIONAL MUSEUM, PHNOM PENH.

SHIVA/VISHNU HALF-AND-HALF

"CULT" STATUE FOR GARBA GRIHA

INFLUENCED BY GUPTA, BUT DIFFERENT: FULLY IN THE ROUND!

THEMES: SACRED OBJECT, HUMAN BODY

VISHNU LYING ON THE COSMIC OCEAN, FROM MEBAN ISLAND TEMPLE, ANGKOR, CAMBODIA, 11TH C. BRONZE, 8' LONG. NATIONAL MUSEUM OF CAMBODIA, PHNOM PENH.

THEME: SACRED SPACE AND OBJECT, PATRONAGE, POWER AND AUTHORITY

AERIAL VIEW OF ANGKOR WAT, ANGKOR, CAMBODIA, FIRST HALF OF 12TH CENTURY. COMPLEX 5000' X 4000'.PATRON: SURYAVARMAN II. SACRED SPACE, POWER AND AUTHORITY. ULTRA-SOUTHERN!

KING SURYAVARMAN II HOLDING COURT, DETAIL OF A STONE RELIEF, LOWEST GALLERY, SOUTH SIDE, ANGKOR WAT, ANGKOR, CAMBODIA, FIRST HALF OF 12TH CENTURY. THEME: POWER AND AUTHORITY

TOWERS OF THE BAYON, ANGKOR THOM, CAMBODIA, © 1200.

THEMES: POWER AND AUTHORITY, PROPAGANDA (BUDDHA HAS THE KING'S FACE), SACRED SPACE