China
This vast imperial complex, built during the Ming Dynasty, was meticulously arranged along an axial plan, featuring red walls, yellow roofs, and intricate wooden carvings to symbolize imperial authority.
What is the Forbidden City?
The painting of Sin Sukju follows the artistic tradition of this Korean dynasty, during which scholars and government officials were honored through portraiture.
What is the Joseon Dynasty?
This famous woodblock print is part of a series by Katsushika Hokusai.
What is Under the Wave off Kanagawa ( THe Great Wave)?
What is the Sanskrit name for the third eye often on Buddhist statues?
What is Urna?
In White and Red Plum Blossoms, the artist uses this precious material as a background to create a sense of luxury and flatness.
What is gold leaf?
These life-sized objects were created to guard the tomb of this Chinese emperor, Qin Shi Huang.
What are the terracotta soldiers.
This ceremonial crown was found in the tomb of an elite individual from this ancient Korean kingdom, known for its wealth and trade networks.
What is the Silla Kingdom?
What wooden temple in Nara, Japan holds a large bronze Buddha?
What is Todai-Ji?
What is the name for Buddhist teachings based on the Buddha's life?
What is sutras?
The swirling river in the painting White and Red Plum Blossoms is depicted using this stylistic technique, which flattens space and creates an abstract visual rhythm.
What is tarashikomi (wet-on-wet ink technique)?
These blue-and-white porcelain vessels, created in 1351 during the Yuan Dynasty, showcase Chinese mastery of cobalt glaze and were later influential in global ceramic trade, particularly with the Middle East.
What are the David Vases?
The gold elements of the crown reflect the influence of this powerful trade route, which connected Korea to China, Central Asia, and beyond.
What is the Silk Road?
Depicting a violent coup in 1159, this Japanese handscroll (emaki) uses dynamic diagonal lines and swift brushstrokes to heighten the tension of the chaotic samurai battle scene.
What is Night Attack on the Sanjo Palace?
Once standing as towering rock-cut sculptures in Afghanistan, these monumental figures were destroyed in 2001 due to religious and political motivations, sparking international outcry over the loss of cultural heritage.
What are the Buddhas from Bamiyan?
This Japanese work was heavily influenced by the influx of artistic materials from the West, particularly Prussian Blue paint.
What is Under the Wave off Kanagawa?
Commissioned by an emperor to honor a deceased noblewoman, this silk funerary artifact was buried with the deceased and reflects Daoist and Confucian beliefs about the afterlife.
What is the Funeral Banner of Lady Dai?
The crown’s tree-like protrusions symbolize this sacred concept in Korean and shamanistic traditions, linking rulers to the divine.
What is the world tree or axis mundi?
In NATSP, the depiction of armored men on horseback reflects the rise of this social and military class in Japan.
What is the warrior (samurai) class?
What are the fierce sculptural objects from the Kei School found in Todai-Ji?
What are the Nio Gaurdians at the entrance gate?
What geographic land feature plays a prominent role in the print Under the Wave off Kanagawa?
WHat is Mt. Fuij?
This historical philosophy deeply influenced the spatial organization and function of the Forbidden City.
What is Confucianism?
The burial of the Gold and Jade Crown with the deceased suggests that the Silla rulers were associated with this belief system, which emphasized the afterlife and spiritual power.
What is shamanism?
Who piainted Red and White Plum Blossoms?
Whois Ogata Kōrin?
What temple with a exquisite rock and sand garden in Kyoto, Japan reflects Zen Buddhist philosophies?
What is Ryon-Ji?
The destruction of the Buddhas of Bamiyan was part of a larger pattern of iconoclasm carried out by this political group.
Who are the Taliban?