a white marble mausoleum commissioned in 1632 by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan to house the tomb of his favorite wife, Mumtaz Mahal.
What is the Taj Mahal
100
A reaction to Neoclassicism and Romanticism. Was inspired by the idea that painting must illustrate all the features of its subjects, including the negative ones.
What is Realism
100
refers to a point's path through space
What is line
100
The most common media it includes are pencil, pen and ink, charcoal, crayon, and felt-tip pens.
What is drawing
100
the attainment of this is the central goal of Buddhism.
What is Nirvana
200
Sculpture showing the torso and head of a man.
What is Bust of a Man, Possibly a Priest
200
emotional emphasis with paintings that tended to be highly imaginative and characterized by an emotional and dreamlike quality
What is Romanticism
200
The impression of depth as achieved through various techniques
What is Perspective
200
print-makers use carving tools to cut out an image in the matrix
What is engraving
200
the primary subject matter of the art associated with Hinduism
What is its vast pantheon of gods.
300
Painting of a man riding an elephant pointing a gun at a tiger. Produced in 1830
What is Englishman on a Tigerhunt
300
A highly charged attempt to make the inner workings of the mind visible in art
What is Expressionism
300
The surface feel of a real or perceived object
What is texture
300
The most common water-based paint. Are transparent, a quality that dictates the manner in which they are used.
What is watercolor
300
a code of laws, duties, and virtues which are believed to give order to the universe and which are determined by one’s caste, gender, and stage of life.
What is dharma
400
Depicts Shiva as the god of destruction. Various details, including his pose, the depiction of a ring fire, and the drum that he holds, reinforce this interpretation.
What is Nataraja, Shiva as the Lord of Dance
400
was an art that aimed to protest against everything in society and to lampoon and ridicule accepted values and norms.
What is Dadaism
400
the principle that we associate with move-
ment or pattern.
What is rhythm
400
A soft, workable material like clay, wax, plaster, or papier-mâché is formed by hand.
What is modeling
400
Not only did he erect many symbolic pillars, primarily at Buddhist monasteries, he was also responsible for distributing the Buddha’s ashes throughout India.
What is Emperor Ashoka
500
3th century BCE. Large mound structure which originally functioned as a repository for the relics of the Buddha. Sited at Sanchi,
What is The Great Stupa of Sanchi
500
tends to reintroduce traditional elements or to exaggerate modernist techniques by using them to the extreme.
What is Postmodernism
500
a visual balance that is achieved through the organization of unlike objects.
What is Asymmetrical balance
500
occupies space that may be outside in the natural world or inside a gallery or museum. In either case, the artwork redefines the space in which it is installed.
What is Earthworks/ Environmental art
500
The chief gods of Hinduism, central trio (the Trimurti) of Hindu divinities.