Art History 279E Exam 1
10. Sanjeewa Kumara, Uncanny Personality , oil on canvas, 150 x 110 cm. (2013).
2-Dimensional, surface. Dutch painting, Dutch Embroidery. Elephant with 6 legs is mystical
7. Amrit and Rabindra KD Kaur Singh (The Singh Twins), Jallianwala: Repression and Retribution , triptych, mixed media, 2019.
Commemorates a massacre that happened. Left Panel - Symbol of the shackled mother. Center Panel- Festival. Right Panel - Ghandi
Adam Smith
Economist who wrote the wealth of nations; Doesn't want monopolies
12. Naeem Mohaiemen, [The Young Man Was] No Longer a Terrorist , film trilogy, Part 1 (United Red Army 1977) (2011).
Release the event from perspective -Attack at the airport at the same time as marxists -"Its not necessary to understand everything"
11. Sanjeewa Kumara, Tree of Life , oil on canvas, 135 x 97cm. (2010)
Reworking Styles and aspects to create his own. Tulip-Dutch
stupa
Sanskrit word to define some repiques for the Buddhist culture - a dome like structure
East India Company
The East India Company was an English company formed for the exploitation of trade with East and Southeast Asia and India.
Partition, 1947
The partition of India in 1947 was the division of British India into two independent dominion states, the Union of India and the Dominion of Pakistan.
Liminality
Threshold middle stage, in-between
Sikhism
a monotheistic religion founded in Punjab in the 15th century by Guru Nanak., Himan life above all
Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
also known as the Amritsar massacre, took place on 13 April 1919, when Acting Brigadier-General Reginald Dyer ordered troops of the British Indian Army to fire their rifles into a crowd of unarmed civilians in Jallianwala Bagh, Amritsar, Punjab, killing at least 400 people
United Arab Emirates (UAE)
country in western asia
hybridity
is a cross between two separate races, plants or cultures. Blending crossing mixing
9. Jagath Weerasinghe, Belief #1 , acrylic on canvas, 138cm x 293cm. (2018)
poem from catalogue, Half-Seen figure ; ambiguity
Pali Canon
standard collection of scriptures in the Theravada Buddhist tradition, as preserved in the Pāli language. Budhhist Scripture
Guru Granth Sahib
the central religious scripture of Sikhism
Multiculturalism
the presence of, or support for the presence of, several distinct cultural or ethnic groups within a society
miniature painting
veggie pigments, led pigments, small paintings
