ART HIS 42C Study Guide - Final Guide: Mie Prefecture, Rikishi, Ise Grand Shrine
Document Summary
Haniwa were in the form of houses, shields, helmets, armour, statues, sculptures etc. made from a much lower temperature. Features: in nara, religious sculptures started to be produced. This statue serves as a protector to buddha. Its face is exotic, not japanese, wire coming out back of the head indicates that this statue is not made of wood, but dry lacquer. The statue of rikishi was much larger until it dried. Features: - scroll that illustrates sutra cause and effect, describes events in the life of shaka, the historic buddha. Nara we see the emergence of buddha take form. Government and buddhist establishment are interconnected during this time period. Emakimono flourished in the late heian and early kamakura period 2. Kinetic - it moves, unlike a painting on the wall 3. Narrative: read from right to left, tells a sequence of events.