ASIAN ART TERMS

• Buddhist - artwork originated in India
• Gautama - first founder of Buddhist art
• Buddhist art - influenced the development of hindu art
• Buddha upraised hand gesture means " have no fear "
• china - one of the oldest civilization in Asia
• Japan - influenced by China in terms of art
• art of mesopotamia - represent the oldest forms of Asian art
• Kushan period - buddha was wider and had a robe that draped over one arm instead of two
• Mandala - common visual design in Buddhist art
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  Jung - saw the mandala as "a represent of the center of the unconscious self"
• Bhutanese art - similar to tibetan art
• Drukpa Kagyu - known for paintings documenting the lineage of Buddhist master and the 70 Je Khenpo
• Nyingma order - images of Padmasambhava, who is credited with introducing buddhism into bhutan in 7th century
• Pema Lingpa - buddhist master
• Kham-so - art in bhutanese that particularly rich in bronze of different kind
• Zorig Chusum - 13 traditional arts and crafts of bhutanese culture
• Druk desi - thunder dragon in reference to Bhutan
• Lhazo - bhutanese wall painting
• jimzo - bhutanese sculpting
• shingzo - bhutanese wood carving
• parzo - bhutanese carving
• dezo - bhutanese papermaking
• dozo - bhutanese masonry
• shagzo - bhutanese wood tuning
• thagzo - bhutanese weaving
• tshemzo - bhutanese embroidery
• lugzo - bhutanese casting
• tsharzo - bhutanese cane weaving
• garzo - bhutanese blacksmithing
• troeko - bhutanese metal ornaments
• Cambodian art - a uniue Khmer style emerged from the combination of indigenous of Hinduism and Buddhism
• Khmer Empire - most famous period of Cambodian art
• Cambodia greatly influenced Thailand , Laos
• Temple of Angkor - Cambodia's best-known stone carving adorns
• Angkor Wat - largest religious monument in the world
• Bayon temple - mysterious smiling temple of Cambodia
• ikat - produces patterned fabric and is quite complex
• Krama - traditional check scaves worn almost universally by Cambodians are mad of cotton
• Mat weaving - a common seasonal occupation in Cambodia
• Song dynasty - poetry was marked by a lyric poetry known as Ci