AHI 1D Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Chaitya, Petal, Axis Mundi
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Attribute: particular element that identifies a figure. Iconography: elements in artwork that tell you what the subject matter is. Study how line in the artwork was drawn, how it meant to appeal. Could be indicative of the focus of the artwork. Differentiates objects in the image, can be used to focus on a certain object. Texture represented in the image can be used to understand texture in. Larger figures are deemed more important or the focus/subject of painting. Secondary is accounts of what happened from people who weren"t present for the event discussed. Both were center of the cities, central cities that had been excavated. Influenced hinduism politically and socially, aligned on the cardinal axis (north, east, south, west) you walk around and pray stay behind and help other creatures (avalokiteshvara, padmapani) Aryans invaded the indus valley civilization between 2000 and 1500 bce. Relief sculpture: can be low or high relief.
