Gardners Art through the Ages A Global History

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Zen—A Japanese Buddhist sect and its doctrine, em-

phasizing enlightenment through intuition and

introspection rather than the study of scripture.

In Chinese, Chan.

ziggurat—In ancient Mesopotamian architecture, a

monumental platform for a temple.

zoopraxiscope—A device invented by Eadweard

Muybridge in the 19th century to project se-

quences of still photographic images; a predeces-

sor of the modern motion-picture projector.

yin—See yang.
yoga—A method for controlling the body and relax-
ing the mind used in later Indian religions to yoke,
or unite, the practitioner to the divine.
yosegi—Japanese joined-wood technique.
zecca—Italian, “mint.”