Study Guide for Quiz # 1

Below are 9 images from which I will choose the five slides for the quiz:

Funerary Pot

Van Chiang, Thailand

c. 300 BC-200 BC 

 Ceremonial Tampan

Sumatra

19th century

 Tau-Tau Figure

Unknown Torajan Carver

1879

  Padung Padung Ear Pendants

Nothern Sumatra

c. 19th-Early 20th Century

 Hinggi (man's shawl) With Crayfish and ‘Coat of Arms' Design

East Sumba

c. 1970

 Dancer From Tra Kieu

Champa

10th Century

Candi Jawa

East Java

13th Century 

 Borobudur

Central Java

9th Century

The Shwezigon

Pagan, Burma

Completed in 1102

Below are the three essay questions from which I will choose the one on the quiz:

1. Define symmetry and explain how the importance of symmetry in Southeast Asia can be seen in examples of art we have discussed in class.
2. What is Mt. Meru?  Give some examples of how the influence of Mt. Meru can be seen in the architecture of Southeast Asia.
3. Define stupa and explain how the stupa form was transformed in maritime Southeast Asia, citing specific examples.