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- Planned cities
- Running water & sewers
- Pools, possible ritual
- Baked brick |
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- Curvaceous
- All known examples are minature
- Hints at early Hinduism
- Relaxed belly
- Ceramic, soapstone, clay |
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- No direct portrayal for 400 years after his death. Only symbolized through footprints, lotus, throne, wheel, lion
- When portrayed as a human, in a triangular pose seated
- Long ears
- Dressed as a monk in a robe |
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- Circular symbolism
- Temple is for relics and a symbolic home for the spirits
- Based off of the Mandala
- Yakshi (M) and Yaksha (F) spirit images |
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- Almost all religious
- Curvaceous, sensuous
- Much symbolism
- Mudras |
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- Temple is the house of god
- Based on the Mandala
- Elaborately decorated and symbolic
- Images of god are inhabited by it's spirit |
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- Conservative style
- Prominent overhanging roof
- Usually wood resulting in few remains
- Use of the Pagoda (Buddhist temple) |
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- Silk or paper
- Focus of the grand landscapes and small size of humans
- Atmospheric perspective, multiple perspectives
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- Giant earth mound
- Statues of soldiers and animals
- Personal items
- Jade burial suit |
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Teotihuacano Architecture |
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- Emphasis on temples
- Stone and brick
- May have statues attached
- Pyramid design: shallow, stepped, temple on top
- Pyramid may have burial |
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- Emphasis on temples and palaces, usually limestone
- Pyramids may have burials
- Pyramid design: steep, stepped, temple on top
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