Introduction
True or False: The world without art would be interesting
False
True or False: One of the first forms os visual art that entered Indian culture was sculpting
True
Nataraja is the form of which lord?
Lord Shiva
Why did Shirji Maharaj himself perform Raas?
To express love with the paramhansas and haribhaktos
With more than 500 million native speakers, what is the most commonly spoken language in India?
Hindi
Vincent Van Gogh is known for what painting?
Starry Night
What do elephants symbolize in mandirs?
Royalty, power, wisdom, longevity
Kathak is derived from katha which means?
Which mandir has a painted dome with the divine lilas of Maharaj?
Gondal, Akshar Deri
In 1819, Stamford Raffles’ trip to explore what is now Singapore was on behalf of which British joint-stock company looking for trade opportunities?
East India Company
Leonardo Da Vinci is known for what painting?
What do peacocks symbolize in mandirs?
Integrity, knowledge, patience
The tenth day after Navratri is called?
Vijaydashmi
Where was Shriji Maharaj playing raas when he revealed Gunatitanand Swami to be his Akshar?
Sarangpur
Star garnets are a special form of garnet that display a reflection-like image of a four or six pointed star. Star garnet is very rare, and has only been found in India and what northwest U.S. state?
Idaho
Michelangelo's sculpture, David, signifies what?
Good fighting evil
What types of things would be depicted through paintings?
Divine episodes of past avatars, scenes from the Ramayan and Mahabharat
Where did Kuhchipudi come from?
Kuchelapuram, Andhra Pradesh
Where did kishores rush to stage to start dancing in the kirtan aradhana?
Perry, Atlanta Shibir
Raj Ghat is a memorial in Delhi, India composed in part of a black marble platform. To what man is this memorial dedicated?
Mahatma Gandhi
Barnett's art piece was sold for how many dollars?
43.8 million dollars
What type of rulers liked to decorate their palaces with paintings?
Rajput rulers
In Bharatnatyam who does the dancer represent?
The devotee, an eternal 'nayika' who is separated from her lover the eternal 'nayak' none other but the deity/god and yearns to be united with them.
The world's largest Hindu temple uses how many cubic feet of marble?
68,000 cubic feet
What city on the east coast of India was known as Madras until changing its name in 1996?
Chennai