Art of India
Art of China
Art of Japan
Native American Art
(North America)
Native American Art
(South America)
100
This is the act of focusing thoughts on a single object or idea.
What is meditation
100
This is a long roll of illustrated parchment or silk.
What is scroll
100
A tower several stories high with roofs slightly curved upward at the edges. These structures contained sacred relics.
What is pagoda
100
What is the sun-dried clay used to create the dwellings for the Pueblo Indians
What is Adobe
100
Who were the first Great Civilization in Mexico?
Who are the Olmec
200
This is a small round burial shrine erected over a grave site to hold relics of the Buddha.
What is stupa
200
Buddhism recognized those who had either postponed death or made the decision to return to the world for the purpose of bringing comfort and offering guidance to the living.
What is Bodhisattva
200
Contacts with China continued until 898when ties were broken as a consequence of internal strife in Japan. No longer able to draw inspiration from China, Japanese artists developed their own unique style of painting, which is a painting in the Japanese manner. What is this style called?
What is Yamato-e
200
This is a leader who is believed to have healing powers.
What is shaman
200
Who were the most Elegant of the pre-Columbian cultures; these people controlled the Yucatan, Guatemala, and Honduras?
Who are the Mayan
300
Hindu believe there are three primary processes in life and in the universe.
What is creation, preservation, and destruction
300
This fine-grained, high-quality form of china, is made primarily from a white clay known as kaolin. This clay is relatively rare and can be found in only a few locations in China, Europe, England, and North America.
What is porcelain
300
Since painting produced only one picture at a time, artists searched for other ways to satisfy the increased demand for art. A solution, which had been introduced from China in the eighth century, was found in a process involves transferring and cutting pictures into wood blocks, inking the surface of these blocks, and printing.
What is woodblock printing
300
This region covered coastal area between northeast Siberia and eastern Greenland, and was home to the Inuit (or Eskimos).
What is the Arctic Region
300
What term is referring to the various cultures and civilizations found throughout North and South America before the arrival of Christopher Columbus in 1492
What is Pre-Columbian
400
The founder of this new religion (Budhism) was a prince, whose holiness and love for all creatures earned him widespread fame throughout India.
What is Siddhartha Gautama
400
In perspective drawing, the point at which receding parallel lines seem to converge is called?
What is vanishing Point
400
The demands for artwork during the Rich Japanese Era, brought about this style of Japanese work which means "pictures of the passing world."
What is Ukiyo-e
400
This Northwest tribe was know for their weavers, in which these people were influences by their Spanish and Mexican neighbors that moved into the area.
What is the NAvajo
400
These People succeeded in conquering Mexico from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and as far south as Guatemala; they finally settled when their prophecy was fullfilled when they saw the Eagle perched on a cactus with a serpent in its mouth. This place was the marshes on the west shore of the great "Lake of the Moon" or Lake Texcoco.
Who were the Aztecs
500
What are the three Hindhu Gods and which belief do they represent?
What is Brahma or creator; Vishnu or the preserver; Shiva or the Destroyer
500
What are the stamps on the actual artworks used for?
What is critiques "Stamp" of approval
500
This JApanese Artist was the creator of the famous "The Great Wave at Kanagawa". He is known to have create HUNDRED of prints throughout his years that are in MANY publications internationally.
What is Katsushika Hokusai
500
What was the purpose of a kiva, and what was the main feature called that was a hole in the floor (believed that the original people emerged into this world from)?
What is was the only room with a flat roof and had only 1 entry, plus it was used as a gathering; Kiva
500
Who were the Aztec Gods Tezcalipoca and Quetzalcoatl (serpent looking God)?
What are the Gods of War/Night winds and Life God
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