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Early Asian Art
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The material used to create an army of thousands of life-sized Chinese warriors circa 210 BC.
What is Terra Cotta?
100
Means antiquated or old fashioned or primitive.
What is archaic?
100
Large carved tomb chests.
What are sarcophagi?
100
Contained almost no representational sculpture in conformance with Jewish law.
What are synagogues?
100
The art Muslim artists and patrons held in the highest esteem.
What is calligraphy?
200
Between the 2nd century BC and 1st century BC, this was the main source of art inspiration on the Indian subcontinent.
What is Buddhism?
200
Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian.
What are Greek architectural orders?
200
The kind of carving found on ancient coins and modern coins as well.
What is relief sculpture?
200
One of two methods of supporting a round dome. (Begins with a P)
What is a pendative?
200
One of two basic knots used in weaving. (begins with an S)
What is a Symmetrical knot?
300
Began in India as simple dome shaped structures containing Buddhist relics.
What are stupas?
300
Derives from the Latin word classis.
What is/are the word(s) classic and/or classical?
300
The basic form of Roman architecture.
What is the round arch?
300
One of two methods of supporting a round dome. (Begins with an S)
What is a Squinch.
300
One of two basic knots used in weaving. (begins with an A)
What is an Asymmetrical knot?
400
Images of Buddhas are often shown seated on one of these.
What is a lotus throne?
400
Sought an ideal representation of the human body.
What were early Greek sculptors?
400
A simple round arch that is lengthened to be somewhat cylindrical.
What is a barrel vault?
400
Were images used as aids to meditation and prayer.
What are icons?
400
In the Muslim world these were among the first artists to receive recognition.
Who were calligraphers?
500
A word meaning "beautiful writing".
What is calligraphy?
500
I statues the "easy pose" where the body weight rests on one leg and the other bends slightly at the knee.
What is contrapposto?
500
Composite and Tuscan.
What are Roman adaptation of Greek architectural orders?
500
A word meaning "image breaking".
What is iconoclasm?
500
Most famous of all Islamic Indian buildings.
What is the Taj Mahal?