| A | B |
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| Nok culture, 500 BCE-500AD | first African culture to make 3-D sculpture in round |
| Yoruba culture, 900-1300 AD | naturalistic sculpture style |
| Nok sculpture | enlarged heads, triangular eyes |
| Benin kingdom, 1300-1897AD | African city-state ruled by king |
| oba | Benin king |
| Benin brass objects | symbolize king's permanent authority |
| African masks | symbolize mediator between sexes, ages, power groups, man & nature |
| Asante kente cloth | mulkticolored geometric patterned textiles |
| kente | wors meaning woven |
| deva-raja | SE Asian belief that ruler is god |
| SE Asian architecture influences | Hinduism from India, Buddhism from China & India |
| Borobodur | 10 level Buddhist stupa in Java |
| lotus flower | shape of Borobodur & Buddha's sacred flower |
| mudra | position of Buddha's hand in blessing |
| mandala | magic diagram of cosmos, spiritualit- Borobodur is one |
| Ananda Temple | Burmese Buddhist temple |
| Cambodia's hindu temples | Angkor Wat, Angkor Thom |
| aspara | Hindu heavenly nymph |
| entrance to Angkor Thom | world snake who makes the water of life |
| Bayon | king's state temple in Angkor Thom w/ huge faces pointing N,S,E,W |
| Dream Time | Aboriginal Australian belief of when world was created |
| Oceania's art didn't survive | made from wood & climate destroys |
| Africa's art didn't survive | made from wood & climate destroys |
| Easter Island | huge monolith carvings |
| Mohammed | founder of Islam in 622 AD |
| hegira | Mohammed's journey from Mecca to Medina |
| Koran | Islam's holy book |
| caves | where Mohammed lived on his hegira |
| Allah | Islam's god |
| monotheism | belief in only 1 god |
| arabesques | Islamic swirling plant forms |
| horror vaccui | Islamic art's fear of empty space |
| calligraphy | Arabic script writing |
| Islamic art characteristics | geometric design w/ symmetry, arabesques, no living creatures |
| Islamic architecture characteristics | round/pointed/horseshoe arches, geometric design, minarets |
| minarets | towers to call I slamic faithful to worship |
| mosque | temple w/ courtyard, 1 wall facing Mecca, prayer niche |
| mihrab | Islamic prayer niche facing Mecca |
| Mecca | Islam's holiest temple |
| madrasha | teaching mosque |
| Islamic architecture colors | red, green, blue, gold |
| blue | Islamic color for Allah |
| red | Islamic color for caliph/imam/ruler |
| green | Islamic color for garden/nature |
| gold | Islamic color for wealth |
| Islamic palaces | always contain mosque & garden |
| Dome of the Rock | first Islamic archecture |
| rock in Dome of Rock | where Mohammed ascended to Heaven |
| Medina's Holy Mosque of Prophet | mosque started by Mohammed, he is buried there |
| hagj | pilgrimage to Mecca that all Moslems try to make |
| portals | doorways |
| Mezquita | Great Mosque of Cordoba, Spain |
| Alcazar Palace | Seville, Spain's Islamic palace |
| Alhambra Palace | Granada,Spain's Islamic palace |
| 12 lions on Alhambra's fountain | symbolize 12 tribes of Israel |
