1. How are Buddhist and Hindu religious ideals reflected in temple structures from this region of the world?
Select, identify, describe, and discuss four examples from your assigned textbook readings (two of each type) to focus your discussion.
2. Please compare the image of Buddha with images of Hindi gods and goddesses.
How do they reveal differing religious beliefs?
How are they similar?
Identify, describe, and discuss four specific examples from your assigned textbook readings (two of each type).
3. Please examine how the Bhagavad Gita reveals the fundamental teachings of Hinduism.
How are those teachings expressed in visual images?
How is this poem written to express its ideas in a lyrical format?
Do these aesthetics find a parallel in visual images?
Use four examples of art from your assigned textbook readings to answer these questions.
4.Give a historical and artistic overview of the Taj Mahal in Agra, India.
Use your textbook readings and three additional online scholarly sources to discuss this important architectural complex. See the OU sources tutorial.
Procedure
Write a 5-page/1250 words essay.
Include an APA-formatted title page and reference page in Word format.
Paste your images at the end of your essay, after the reference page.
All images included should have typed under the image the following information: Title, artist, date, medium, and location. Each artwork you describe should have an image included.
See the Instructor Guidelines page for general writing requirements.
Consider the grading rubric when planning your assignment.
Readings
Gardner’s Art through the Ages: Backpack Edition, Book C: Non-Western Art to 1300
Gardner’s Art through the Ages: Backpack Edition, Book F: Non-Western Art Since 1300
Required readings for this unit from textbooks
Kleiner (2016c)
Chapter 15: South and Southeast Asia Before 1200
Chapter 16: China and Korea to 1279
Chapter 17: Japan Before 1333
Kleiner (2016f)
Chapter 33: China and Korea 1279–1980
Chapter 32: South and Southeast Asia 1200–1980
Chapter 34: Japan 1333–1980