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Short Essay/Short Response Questions for Chapters 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25. Art of Africa, the Pacific, Mesoamerica, Japan, China, India. Question One. Bichtir Jahangir Preferring a Sufi Shikh to Kings Mughal painting, India ca. 1615-1618 Opaque watercolor on paper
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Short Essay/Short Response Questions for Chapters 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25 Art of Africa, the Pacific, Mesoamerica, Japan, China, India
BichtirJahangir Preferring a Sufi Shikh to KingsMughal painting, India ca. 1615-1618Opaque watercolor on paper • This image is about power. • Please explain what is being conveyed here about power. • Make sure that you start your response with a claim. • Make sure that you offer visual evidence as well as cultural/historical information to support your argument. • See the next slide for some hints and help.
What religion does this image represent if it is a Mughal painting? What is a Sufi? Islam evolved out of the same cultural complex as Judaism and Christianity and shares with them many characteristics. Do you seen any shared symbols? The book Jahangir hands to the sufi, Shaikh Husain, is the Koran. The man with the white mushroom turban and black beard is a Turkish Sultan. The man who seems European is King James I of England. The man with a red turban is Bichtir the painter of this image. Who is Jahangir? Have you “seen” him before?
Kano Motonobu • Zen Patriarch Xiangyen Zhixian Sweeping with a Broom • Muromachi Period c.1513 • hanging scroll, ink and color on paper • This image makes an argument about the doctrine of a specific religion. What is the argument? How can you tell? • Make sure that you start your response with a claim. • Make sure that you offer visual evidence as well as cultural/historical information to support your argument.
What is this object? • What is its purpose? • Make sure that you start your response with a claim. • Make sure that you offer visual evidence as well as cultural/historical information to support your argument.
Fan Kuan Woods in the Snow • Northern Song Dynasty, early 11th century CE • hanging scroll, ink and colors on silk • approx. 6’ x 6’ 7” • Using all your knowledge, please discuss this painting. • Make sure that you start your response with a claim. • Make sure that you offer visual evidence as well as cultural/historical information to support your argument.