Japan's art movements borrow many of its forms and techniques from this country.
What is China?
100
During the Shang dynasty the casting of this metal was extremely high quality and stylistic.
What is bronze?
100
These relic mounds are surrounded by railings and gateways covered with carved ornaments.
What are stupas?
100
This material is made to carve akua'ba, disc-shaped fertility dolls.
What is wood?
200
This earliest period of Japanese art is characterized by monochrome pottery with cord-impressed designs.
What is the Jomon period?
200
This religion/philosophy played a dominant role in the development of Chinese art and works created by its philosophers flourished for centuries.
What is Buddhism?
200
Gandhara period sculpture was highly influenced by sculpure from this period of Greek art.
What is the Hellenistic period?
200
These peoples of the Congo-Kinshasa region of Africa are known for their carvings.
What are the Baluba?
300
These scrolls are often executed in continuous narrative form, often with accompanying text, with the same figures appearing many times against a unified background.
What are emakimono scrolls?
300
During this dynasty a revival of learning and of older artistic traditions was encouraged and connoisseurship was developed.
What is the Ming dynasty?
300
This style of art paid great attention to ornamental details.
What is the Gupta period?
300
The ancestral sculptures of the the Dogon are in this shape.
What is cylindrical?
400
This period caused a new emphasis on Japanese architecture due to long periods of warfare.
What is the Momoyama period?
400
According to the basic Chinese ground plan, the entrance gate was followed by this other entrance.
What is a spirit gate?
400
This type of painting is characterized by lyrical landscapes, sinuous grace in the depiction of the human form, and an interest in perspective.
What is Rajput painting?
400
The Fang people are known for carving in this style.
What is geometric?
500
This group og Japanese color-print designers eventually won worldwide recognition and influenced such Western masters as Degas and van gogh
What are the Ukiyo-e painters?
500
During these two dynasties there was a greater technical mastery and a tendency toward rich adornment and complexity of the system of bracketing in architecture.
What are the T'ang and Sung dynasties?
500
The typical hindu temple was crowned by this large tower.
What is the shikhara?
500
These people inhabit southwestern Nigeria and are the largest and one of the most artistically prolific ethnic groups in Africa.