Landscape painting reached its greatest expression in this dynasty
What is the Sung dynasty
100
Japanese word for cord-impressed designs
What is Jomon
100
This is excpetionally large on African statuettes and believed to be the seat of the life force
What is the head
100
This region includes the Hawaiian Islands, the Samoas, Tonga, New Zealand, and Easter Island
What is Polynesia
200
Main material used by this culture in building statuettes
What is steatite and limestone
200
This is the only century that a clear historical art development can be traced
What is the fifth century CE
200
The Yayoi period produced wheel-thrown pots and large ritual bronze bells known as
What is dotaku
200
The Ashanti people mostly live in this country
What is Ghana
200
The people of these islands created elegant carved objects with mother-of-pearl inlay
What are the Solomon and Admiralty islands
300
Style that adorned square steatite seals, included animals
What is naturalistically
300
Oldest finds of CHinese art were excavated from this region
What is B'ei-li-kang
300
Buddhisn was introduced in this century
What is sixth
300
Collective term for the peoples of the Congo-Kinshasa region of African
What is the Baluba
300
famous for the praying mantis like treatment of the human form
What is The Asmat of Irian Jaya
400
Who erected the famous remains from the Maurya dynasty, the edict pillars, to proclaim his devotion to Buddhism
What is Emperor Asoka
400
This is traditionally regarded by the Chinese as the highest art form.
What is calligraphy
400
The traditional technical methods of Japanese painting were established in this period
What is the Nara period
400
West African people settled in the great bend of the River Niger, their sculpture is represented by free-standing ancestor figures in which the cylindrical shape of the torso is stressed
What is The Dogon
400
In New Ireland, especially in the north, are found figures and masks made for the dead, and heraldic wood sculptures known as
What is Uli
500
The place of the Buddha's enlightenment, in Andhra
What is Bodh Gaya
500
A characteristic ground plan was developed for chinese architecture during this dynasty
What is the Han dynasty
500
Wrote the "Tale of the Genji" in the eleventh century
Who is Lady Murasaki
500
The largest and one of the most artistically prolific ethnic groups in West Africa
What is the Yoruba
500
These people of New Zealand create stone amulets known as hei tiki in the forms of embryonic birds and humans with heads bent to one side