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1. aniconic
2. avatar
3. Brahma/Brahman
4. Brahmin
5. chaitya
6. chattri
7. continuous narrative
8. Ganesh
9. garbhagriha
10. gopura
11. Indo-Saracenic
12. jataka
13. Jina
14. karma
15. Krishna
16. lakshanas
17. Lakshmi
18. linga
19. mandala
20. mandapa
21. mandorla
22. mihrab
23. minaret
24. mithuna
25. mudra
26. Orientalism
27. qibla
28. samsara
29. saptamatrika
30. Shiva
31. sutras
32. torana
33. urna
34. ushnisha
35. vihara
36. Vishnu
37. bodhisattva
38. dharma
On the day of the exam, you will be asked to select three topics from the list below to compose an in-class essay.
Short Essay Questions:
1. To what extent can India be said to have influence the art of Southeast Asia? Use specific examples from both India and Southeast
Asia in your answer.
2. Landscape painting, in which the natural features of a setting are more prominent than buildings or people, was a new development of the eighteenth century. How do paintings such as Sita Ram’s compare to earlier depictions of the Indian outdoor world, such as a
Humayun-era work?
3. Identify the characteristics of the picturesque and Grand Manner portraiture that are incorporated into the visual culture colonial-era paintings. 4. Compare colonial-era buildings of the 19th century to the Mughal royal buildings from which they are supposed to take inspiration. Do they have any features in common? Do you see a connection between them?
5. Discuss all of the manifestations of Shiva, the iconography, and the religious monuments.
6. Compare building of the early 17th century constructed in the Mughal realism (e.g. FIG. 3-26), in the Deccan (e.g. FIG 3-13), and in
Rajasthan (e.g. FIG 3-4). Identify the
NOTE: This list will continuously be updated until 24 hours before the exam date.
1. aniconic
2. avatar
3. Brahma/Brahman
4. Brahmin
5. chaitya
6. chattri
7. continuous narrative
8. Ganesh
9. garbhagriha
10. gopura
11. Indo-Saracenic
12. jataka
13. Jina
14. karma
15. Krishna
16. lakshanas
17. Lakshmi
18. linga
19. mandala
20. mandapa
21. mandorla
22. mihrab
23. minaret
24. mithuna
25. mudra
26. Orientalism
27. qibla
28. samsara
29. saptamatrika
30. Shiva
31. sutras
32. torana
33. urna
34. ushnisha
35. vihara
36. Vishnu
37. bodhisattva
38. dharma
On the day of the exam, you will be asked to select three topics from the list below to compose an in-class essay.
Short Essay Questions:
1. To what extent can India be said to have influence the art of Southeast Asia? Use specific examples from both India and Southeast
Asia in your answer.
2. Landscape painting, in which the natural features of a setting are more prominent than buildings or people, was a new development of the eighteenth century. How do paintings such as Sita Ram’s compare to earlier depictions of the Indian outdoor world, such as a
Humayun-era work?
3. Identify the characteristics of the picturesque and Grand Manner portraiture that are incorporated into the visual culture colonial-era paintings. 4. Compare colonial-era buildings of the 19th century to the Mughal royal buildings from which they are supposed to take inspiration. Do they have any features in common? Do you see a connection between them?
5. Discuss all of the manifestations of Shiva, the iconography, and the religious monuments.
6. Compare building of the early 17th century constructed in the Mughal realism (e.g. FIG. 3-26), in the Deccan (e.g. FIG 3-13), and in
Rajasthan (e.g. FIG 3-4). Identify the