refers to the diverse traditional arts of the historic North Americans
What is Indigenous North American art?
100
produced many statuettes made of steatite and limestone
What is The Indus civilization?
100
consisted of monochrome pottery with cord-impressed designs
What is The earliest art of Japan?
200
a collective term for the peoples of the Congo-Kinshasa region of African
Who are The Baluba?
200
included decorated pottery and baskets, quillwork and beadwork, birchbark utensils, plaited sashes, and carved wood ritual masks
What is The material culture of the Eastern Woodlands?
200
The carved railing from Bodh Gaya, the place of the Buddha's enlightenment, and the earliest surviving wall paintings
What is Great Stupa, Sanchi?
200
a long, narrow horizontal scroll
What is a emakimono?
300
a West African people settled in the great bend of the River Niger
Who are The Dogon?
300
carved sculptures of Arctic animal life (including seals, walruses, and polar bears) and hunting motifs, using stone, ivory, and bone, and made elaborate ceremonial masks
What are Eskimos?
300
Buddhist art flourished during this period
What is the Golden Age?
300
clay figures and statues made in the dry-lacquer process (lacquer applied to a solid core of wood or lacquered cloths placed over some kind of armature) attained great popularity
What is the sculpture of the Nara period?
400
a populous complex of African peoples living in the region of the Northern Gabon
What is The Fang?
400
developed elaborate woodcarving techniques used to fabricate tools, houses, huge dugout canoes, totem poles, and other heraldic and ritual posts, as well as outstanding masks, bowls, and ladles
What are the indigenous American groups?
400
The most famous surviving Buddhist paintings are from what caves
What are the caves at Ajanta?
400
this was firmly established at the time of the introduction of Buddhism in the sixth century
What is The stylistic tradition of Japanese art?
500
a people inhabit southwestern Nigeria and are the largest and one of the most artistically prolific ethnic groups in West Africa
Who are the Yoruba?
500
developed brilliantly carved and ornamented kachina dolls to represent living spirits; these are greatly valued by collectors today. After the Spanish conquest, silverworking evolved among the Southwestern Pueblo groups, especially among the Navajo, Zuni, and Hopi, who perfected it to the level of fine art, largely as jewelry
Who are The Hopi and the Zuni?
500
Little of the glorious tradition of Indian artistic achievement survived this
What is British Rule?
500
ushered in a renaissance of Chinese-style ink painting