Clay figures and statues made in the dry-lacquer process were made during this time period.
What is the Nara Period?
100
The Olmec people are famous for their sculptures of these.
What are heads?
100
Refers only to sub-Saharan African art and particularly to sculpture and carving from the vast area surrounding the Niger and Congo basins.
What is "African Art"?
100
Refers to works produced by the island peoples of the South and Northwest Pacific, including Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia.
What is Oceanic art?
200
The Ming Dish is from this Chinese art movement.
What is the Buddhist art movement?
200
Marked by the crystallization of the Yamato-e tradition of painting (based on national rather than on Chinese taste).
What is the Fujiwara Period?
200
Mayan temples often doubled as one of these.
What is a calendar?
200
Tended to be naturalistic and commemorative, and made in durable materials.
What is courtly art?
200
Famous for the praying mantis-like treatment of the human form.
Who are The Asmat of Irian Jaya?
300
He painted "Travelers Amid Streams and Mountains".
Who is Fan K'uan?
300
"Amida Coming Over the Mounting" was painted during this period.
What is The Kamakura Period?
300
Rose to power following a period of anarchy after the destruction of the Toltec's Tula.
Who are the Aztec?
300
Often abstract art consisting mainly of wood-carvings used during religious ceremonies.
What is conceptual art?
300
In comparison to Melanesian arts, the objects produced by this people are streamlined, highly finished, executed with astonishing precision, and coldly functional.
Who are the Micronesians?
400
This was traditionally regarded by the Chinese as the highest art form.
What is Calligraphy?
400
Ushered in a renaissance of Chinese-style ink painting.
What is The Muromachi Period?
400
Made their capital at Tula (ca. 900-1200), northwest of Teotihuacan.
Who are the Toltec?
400
Often disproportionately large owing to the belief that it is the seat of the life force and is therefore more important than the body.
What is the head?
400
Continue to produce virtuoso examples of intricately carved wood sculptures.
Who are The Maori peoples?
500
The Great Wall of China was built during this famous Chinese dynasty.
What is the Ming Dynasty?
500
Architectural sculpture was on a par with the unprecedented grandeur and ostentation achieved in painted screens during this period.
What is The Momoyama Period?
500
Conquered the Chimu in the latter part of the fifteenth century.
Who are the Inca?
500
A people who live mostly in the country of Ghana.
Who are the Ashanti?
500
Have sculptures consisting of large monoliths made of stone, or smaller personal objects of shell, ivory, or wood.