Buddhist Pure Land especially those centered on __________________________, Buddha of the West, had captured the popular imagination in the Period of Disunity under the Six Dynasties and continued to flourish during the Tang Dynasty. In wall paintings at Dunhuang depicting the Buddha in a setting exemplifying the splendor of the Tang era, Buddha is surrounded by bodhisattvas and lesser divine attendants. Bodhisattvas had strong appeal in East Asia as serving what kind of function? The Longmen Grottoes (or Caves) near the Chinese city of ________________________ were mostly developed under the Tang Dynasty as well. Work on the site, however, began during the Northern __________________ Dynasty. Emperors from this earlier dynasty also sponsored Buddhist caves at the Yungang Grottoes near Datong. Fengxian is the Ancestor Worshipping Cave where a large statue of the Vairocana Buddha was sculpted along with colossal images of disciples, bodhisattvas, and guardians. The statues were commissioned by the empress ________________________ and it is conjectured that the ______________________________ was carved to resemble the Empress herself. An inscription at the base of the Vairocana Buddha gives the year _____________________ as the year of carving. Among the figures flanking the Buddha are divine personages trampling an evil spirit. How might this group of figures, along with the Buddha, mirror the imperial court of the Tang Dynasty? DATE DUE: ___________ Analyze how each of works reflects man’s relationship with nature by answering the following questions.
Buddhist Pure Land especially those centered on __________________________, Buddha of the West, had captured the popular imagination in the Period of Disunity under the Six Dynasties and continued to flourish during the Tang Dynasty. In wall paintings at Dunhuang depicting the Buddha in a setting exemplifying the splendor of the Tang era, Buddha is surrounded by bodhisattvas and lesser divine attendants. Bodhisattvas had strong appeal in East Asia as serving what kind of function? The Longmen Grottoes (or Caves) near the Chinese city of ________________________ were mostly developed under the Tang Dynasty as well. Work on the site, however, began during the Northern __________________ Dynasty. Emperors from this earlier dynasty also sponsored Buddhist caves at the Yungang Grottoes near Datong. Fengxian is the Ancestor Worshipping Cave where a large statue of the Vairocana Buddha was sculpted along with colossal images of disciples, bodhisattvas, and guardians. The statues were commissioned by the empress ________________________ and it is conjectured that the ______________________________ was carved to resemble the Empress herself. An inscription at the base of the Vairocana Buddha gives the year _____________________ as the year of carving. Among the figures flanking the Buddha are divine personages trampling an evil spirit. How might this group of figures, along with the Buddha, mirror the imperial court of the Tang Dynasty? DATE DUE: ___________ Analyze how each of works reflects man’s relationship with nature by answering the following questions.