Chinese Art
Japanese Art
Indian Art
American Art
African Art
100
This medium is commonly used in Chinese art. It gives pottery a glossy finish and allows for pot painters to create innovative designs.
What is porcelain?
100
The religion that had the most profound impact on Japanese art was this.
What is Buddhism?
100
These are the 3 major religions that influenced Indian art.
What are Hinduism, Buddhism, and Islam?
100
This civilization was known for making giant head sculptures in Ancient America.
Who are the Olmecs?
100
This is the most common form of African tribal art.
What are masks?
200
This Emperor commissioned a terra-cotta army to be built in his tomb.
Who is Qin Shi Huangdi?
200
This artist created the famous work titled "The Great Wave" in the nineteenth century.
Who is Hokusai?
200
The Taj Mahal is an example of Islamic architecture built under this mughal emperor.
Who is Shah Jahan?
200
The temple of the sun is located in this Mexican city.
What is Teotihuacan?
200
This country had the most complex Royal architecture made in stone in all of Africa.
What is Zimbabwe?
300
This is the large palace complex in china that is forbidden to everyone who is not in the imperial court.
What is the Forbidden City?
300
This is the term used to describe Japanese ceramic figures that were placed on burial mounds.
What are Haniwa?
300
This four-handed God is a popular subject for Hindu art in India.
Who is Shiva?
300
This term is used to describe works of art in Mayan cities in which a figure is half sitting and half lying on its back. These works were commonly displayed throughout Mayan cities.
What is a Chacmool?
300
This term is applicable to the nature and size of African sculpture art.
What is portability?
400
This was the most common subject for Chinese painters.
What are landscapes/nature?
400
This genre of Japanese painting was popular from the 17th to the 19th century and translates to "pictures of the floating world."
What is Ukiyo-e?
400
Buddhist hand gestures in Indian art are called this.
What are mudras?
400
"Coatlicue" is a famous work from this Mesoamerican civilization.
Who are the Aztecs?
400
African art was a major influence in this Cubist's art.
Who is Picasso?
500
Philosophy, throughout the course of chinese history, has had a profound influence on the art of China. Name 2 major belief systems (philosophies) that heavily influenced art in China from the Han Dynasty onward.
What are daoism and confucianism?
500
These are all cultural traditions that have innovated Japanese art (name one).
What are tea ceremonies? OR What are funerals? OR What are plays? OR What is poetry? OR What is Buddhism?
500
Lions were a symbol of this aspect of Buddhism in Indian art.
What is loyalty?
500
Totem poles were most common in which North American coast?
What is the Northwest Coast?
500
This major tribal belief system influenced art everywhere in Africa (and even blended with Islamic art when tribes were converted) except for Ethiopia.
What is animism?
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