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Shikara
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In the architecture of northern India, a conical (or pyramidal) structure foud atop a Hindu temple.
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Finial
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A knoblike architectural decoration usually found at the top point of a spire, pinnacle, canopy, or gable.
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Axis mundi
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A concept of an axis of the world, which denotes important sacred sites and provides a link between the human and celestial realms.
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Gilding
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Application of paper-thin gold-leaf or gold pigment to an object made from another medium.
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Li
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principal or idea
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Qi
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Matter
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Guan ware
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one of the most prized ceramics. Made mainly for imperial use.
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Ru ware
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Made for the court, where antiquarian scholars appreciated its resemblance to earlier pieces as well as admired its svelte form, and color. The glazes were meant to imitate jade.
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Celadon
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From Korea Covered Ewer is an example.
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Literati painting
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A style of painting that reflect the taste of the ecuated class of East Asian intellectuas and scholars. Aspects include an appreciation for the antique, small, scale, and an intimate connection between maker and audience.
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Hand-scrolls
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A long, narrow, horizontal painting or text common in Chinese and Japanese art and of a size intended of individual use.
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Hanging scrolls
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IN Chinese and Japanese art, a vertically oriented painting or text mounted within sections o silk. At the top is a semicircular rod, at the bottom is a round dowel.
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Album leaves
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A book consisting of blank pages on which typically an artist may sketch, draw or paint.
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Porcelain
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A type of extremely hard and fine ceramic made from a mixture of kaolin and other minerals. Fired at a very high heat, and the final product has a translucent surface.
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Underglazing
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Color or decoration applied to a ceramic piece before glazing.
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Joined-wood sculpture
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A method of constructing large-scale wooden sculpture developed in Japan the entire work is constructed form smaller hollow blocks, each individually carved and assembled when complete.
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Lacquer
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A hard glossy surface varnish.
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Block printing
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A printed image, such as a woodcut or wood engraving, made from a carved wooden block.
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Collage
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A technique in which cutout paper forms and or found material are pasted onto another surface.
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Fusuma
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Sliding doors covered with paper, used in an East Asian house. Often highly decorated with paintings and colored backgrounds.
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Woodblock print
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A print made from a block of wood that is carved in relief or incised.
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Ukiyo-e
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A Japanese term for a type of popular art, in the form of color woodblock prints. Often depicted the world of common people in Japan.
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Key block
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Master blocking the prpduction of a colored woodcut, which requires different blocks for each color. Flat piece of wood with the entire design carved or drawn on its surface. Other blocks with partial drawings are made for printing the areas of different colors.
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Polychrome
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The multicolored painted decoration applied to any part of a building, sculpture, or piece of furniture.
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Connoisseurs
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Study the style and technique of an object to deduce its relative quality and possible maker.
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Women’s hand
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Style characterized by emphasis on shapes rather than lines, strong if sometimes muted colors, and asymmetrical compositions in which interiors of buildings are viewed from above through invisible, “blown-away” roofs.
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Women’s hand
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Style characterized by emphasis on shapes rather than lines, strong if sometimes muted colors, and asymmetrical compositions in which interiors of buildings are viewed from above through invisible, “blown-away” roofs.
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