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The earliest example of Indian art and civic planning emerged during the 3rd millennium BCE from which river valley?
What is the Indus River Valley
100
The name for the earliest form of Japanese cord-impressed designs in pottery
What is Jomon
100
This site is considered the greatest urban center in Mexico due to its monumental pyramids, temples, and royal processional roads
What is Teotihuacan
100
This southern tribe is most noted for wood carving, especially the masks of secret societies and religious cult objects
Who are the Yoruba
100
Double-headed war clubs were often considered
What is anthropomorphic
200
The most famous examples of Buddhist paintings can be found where?
What is the Ajanta caves
200
Clay sculptures produced from dry-lacquer process gained popularity during which period?
What is the Nara Period
200
What is the chief medium of Arapaho and Sioux?
What is buffalo
200
Which tribe is best known for the production of the akua'ba?
Who are the Ashanti
200
This island is know for its large statues
What is Easter Island
300
Buddhist art flourished during this period that is also termed the “Golden Age of Indian Art.”
What is the Gupta Period
300
The literal translation for this school who typically depicted scenes from everyday life is “pictures of the fleeting floating world.”
What is the Ukiyo-e School
300
According to the indigenous people of North America, these carvings represent living spirits
What is kachina dolls
300
This object is considered the most popular product of the Fang tribe
What are mortuary heads
300
This female figure is often depicted in the gables of Micronesian art
Who is Palau (Belau)
400
Which emperor commissioned the famous edit pillars during the Maura dynasty?
Who is Emperor Asoka
400
This term is given to a series of screens that divide the interior of Japanese houses
What is shoji
400
Battle scenes, rituals, animals, and mythological beings are typical depictions of this northern tribe of coastal Peru
Who are the Mochica
400
What is the primary purpose of the iron hooks piercing in the Dogon figures?
What is to counteract the life force in the wood
400
Who is famous for the “praying mantis” treatment of humans in artwork?
Who is Asmat of Irian Jaya
500
What term is used to describe the watercolor illustrations that brought about the revival of Indian themes during the 20th century?
What are Patua Scrolls
500
Throughout the Heian period, complex schemes known as this were devised for the court nobles
What is shinden-zukuri
500
This Aztec god of war permeated art
Who is Huitzilopochtli
500
This term is given to the masks held by women in traditional Baluba sculpture
What is kifwebe
500
The stone amulets of the Maori people of New Zealand are termed
What is hei tiki