What is most abstract African statuettes made out of?
100
Fiji Islands
Greenish pottery was characteristic of which islands?
100
Melanesia Art
Art from New Guinea and the islands to its north and east is known as?
100
Mayan
Who occupied the general area of Yucatan and adjacent parts of Central America from very early times?
100
wood
What is favorite material of Japanese architects?
200
religious ceremonies
What is African art used during?
200
West
From which cardinal point did the missionaries that destroyed most of the Polynesian art because it was thought of as idolatrous and pornographic come from?
200
South and Northwest
Oceanic art refers to works produced by the island peoples of what two cardinal points in the Pacific?
200
Jaguar
Olmec frequently used a motif combining human and what animal features?
200
China
Throughout the eighth century, the Japanese continued to emulate the architects of which continent?
300
Statuettes
What is almost always made from a single block from a tree, thus leading to elongation of the body with the arms held close to the sides, and foreshortening of the features in the African culture?
300
Tufa
What reddish volcanic rock was carved to create gargantuan, expressive sculptures of humans weighing as much as twenty tons?
300
Soul Ships
Uramon with elaborate pierced carved prows and war shields with apotropaic designs are known as?
300
Formative Period
The Olmec civilization, to the west, in the area of Veracruz and Tabasco, Mexico, was developing during what period?
300
pictures of the fleeting floating world
Kiyo-e school of art translates to?
400
Northern Gabon
The Fang are a populous complex of African peoples living in the what region of Africa?
400
Marquesas Islands
Double-headed war clubs originated from which islands?
400
Baining
What people of the Gazelle Peninsula of New Britain are known for their large masks made of bark cloth stretched over wickerwork frames?
400
Cortés
Aztec power over Central Mexico extended until the arrival of what Spanish explorer in 1519?
400
shinden-zukuri
During the Kamakura period, what was modified for the samurai class, and clusters of separate buildings were united under one roof?
500
Baluba
What is the collective term for the peoples of the Congo-Kinshasa region of African?
500
Hei Tiki
Stone amulets in the forms of embryonic birds and humans with heads bent to one side are known as?
500
Mythological
Rows of figures placed on Mortlock Atoll illustrate what type of events and were thought to protect the islanders from typhoons?
500
Chichén Itzá
The Toltec invaded which Mayan country that had a profound influence the pyramids and colonnade of the Mesoamerica area?
500
Okyo Maruyama
Dutch engraving found its way to Japan and influenced which painter known as the leader of the naturalist school who created pictures with Western perspective?