These huge, mysterious patterns were etched into the earth by the Nazca people circa 200 BC-AD 600.
What are the Nazca Lines?
100
An African tribe mostly renowned for their skills with metallurgy.
Who were the Ashanti?
100
This artwork is a very well known representative of the Japanese Kamakura period.
What is "Amida Coming Over the Mounting"?
100
These were two of India's most important styles.
What are Gandhara art and art of Mathura?
200
These people were considered the greatest engineers of the Ancient South American cultures.
Who were the Incas?
200
A group of African peoples who were especially talented and known for their wooded figures.
Who were the Yoruba?
200
Monochrome pottery with cord-impressed designs.
What is earliest art of Japan?
200
A popular Budhist deity often depicted in Indian art.
Who is Shiva?
300
This group of people's art focused a lot around religious aspects of their life, namely, the brutal sacrifices they often carried out.
Who were the Aztecs?
300
A tribe whose sculptures often stressed a cylindrical torso that depicted ancestors.
Who were the Dogon?
300
This sort of painting was accepted as a means of teaching Zen doctrine during the Muromachi period.
What is ink painting?
300
A popular painting from the 16C depicting Hindu subjects.
What is "Hamza's Spies Scale the Fortress"?
400
For the Mayans, 300-900 BCE was known as the what period?
What is the Maya Classic period?
400
Wood carvings and stools from carved, kneeling, female figures.
What are the Baluba known for?
400
Contemporary artists Taikan Yokoyama and Kiyoteru Kuroda were artists during what time period?
Who are twentieth century artists?
400
One source for the revival of Indian themes during the twentieth century.
What are the patua scrolls?
500
With their deep colonnades, unusual for the time, and their decorative bas-relief and sculptured structural elements, this group of people had a great influence over art of the time.
Who were the Toltec?
500
A group of African peoples who lived in the area of the Northern Gabon. Known for their large head-carvings part of the geometric style.
Who were the Fang tribe?
500
Japanese art in the form of wood-block prints that typically depicted scenes from everyday life.
What is Ukiyo-e?
500
The medium commonly used for sculptures under Kushan rule.