Indian Art and Civilization
Chinese Architecture
Pre-Columbian Art and Civilization
African Art and Civilization
100
Gridlike
How was a typical Indian civilization arranged?
100
Buddist shrine
What is the Pagoda?
100
The Maya
What is the first civilization of the Pre-Columbian period?
100
Ashanti, Baluba, Dogon, Fang, and Yoruba.
What are the five African tribes studied?
200
Relic mounds
What are stupas
200
Ming Dynasty
What dynasty was the Great Wall built?
200
Works of art and structures created in Central and South America before the arrival of Europeans in the Western Henishpere.
What does the term "Pre-Columbian" mean
200
Masks and statues
What devices were used to "contact" the spirit world?
300
Buddist Art
What art flourished during the Gupta Period?
300
3C BCE
When was the Great Wall of China built?
300
Tenochtitlan
What is the captial of the Aztecs?
300
Fertility dolls
What were the Ashanti disc-headed small statues used as?
400
Limestone and steatite
What were the indian statuettes made of?
400
Enclosing Screens
What was the purpose of walls in a Chinese structure?
400
An urban center with monumental pyramids, temples, and royal processional roads.
What is the Teotihaucan?
400
free-standing ancestor figures where the torso is stressed, softwood masks, high-relief ancestor figures in Cubistic forms.
What is the Dogon sculpture represented by?
500
Pillars
What were the famous remains of the Maurya Dynasty?
500
Han Dynasty
When did the Chinese roof become fully developed?
500
Religious, focus of human sacrifices by representation of skulls, hearts, hands, and sacrificial scenes.
Describe Aztec painting.
500
Courtly art: naturalistic, made of durable materials. Conceptual art: abstract, wood carvings, used in religious ceremonies.
Descirbe courtly art and conceptual art.
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