A type of Chinese architecture that is strongly influenced by Buddhism.
What is pagoda?
100
This was one of the most common themes in Aztec art.
What is human sacrifice?
100
The former symbol of Ashanti royalty and the most renowned example of Ashanti metal work
What is the gold encrusted stool?
100
The purpose of Melanesian art.
What is rituals?
200
The animating breath of life
What is prana?
200
A style of Japanese art that features wood-block prints that typically depict scenes from everyday life. It literally translates as "pictures of the fleeting floating world".
What is Ukiyo-e?
200
Dolls created by the Hopi to represent living spirits.
What is kachina dolls?
200
Free-standing ancestor figures in which the cylindrical shape of the torso is stressed.
What is Dogon figure?
200
The region that produced art that can be characterized as streamlined, highly finished, executed with astonishing precision, coldly functional, and respectful of natural materials
What is Micronesia?
300
A monastic sanctuary hewn out of rock
What is chaitya hall?
300
The most renowned feature of Chinese painting.
What is mastery of line, silhouette, and brushstroke?
300
The Olmec frequently use a motif that combines human features and those of this animal.
What is jaguar?
300
A people known for their mortuary heads and figures, possibly representing primeval ancestors, given a dark finish and carved in a powerfully geometric style.
What is the Fang people?
300
An island with characteristically greenish pottery.
What is Fiji?
400
The pillared hall of the Indian temple plan
What is mandapa?
400
The preferred material of Japanese architects.
What is wood?
400
The primary art form of Native Americans of the California, Great Basin, and Plateau groups?
What is basket weaving?
400
A people known for wood carving, especially the masks of secret societies and religious cult objects.
What is Yoruba?
400
A group of people who destroyed much Polynesian art.
What is missionaries?
500
Tales of Buddha's previous lives
What is jatakas?
500
A type of early Chinese art that reflected extraordinary stylistic development in the Shang, Chou and Early Han dynasties.
What is ritual bronzes?
500
The civilization that build the Pyramid of the Sun, which is the largest pyramid in South America.
What is Mochica?
500
The name for Ashanti wooden disc-headed fertility dolls.
What is akua'ba?
500
The Asmat of Irian Jaya name for "soul ships" with elaborate pierced carved prows.