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What is Hinduism?
The vast majority of religious art in India reflects art from this religion.
100
What is the Kamakura Period?
Takanobu and his son Nobuzane were esteemed portrait painters in this period.
100
What are the Aztecs?
This civilization had its capital in present-day Mexico City.
100
What is Buddhism?
This is the only religion that is depicted in any Chinese art.
100
What is Ghana?
This is the country where the Ashanti people live?
200
What is the Taj Mahal?
Shah Jahan built this mausoleum in order to honor his late wife.
200
What is the Yamoto-e Tradition?
This tradition of painting refers to nationalism rather than Chinese influences
200
What are the Maya?
This civilization engraved the "Long Count Calendar" on their monuments.
200
What are ritual bronzes?
The early dynasties in China primarily used this type of art.
200
What is the Baluba?
This collective term refers to the people of Africa from the Congo-Kishana region of Africa
300
What is the Gupta Dynasty?
The Golden Age of Buddhist Art occurred during this period.
300
What is the Nara Period?
Clay figures and statues made in the dry-lacquer process attained popularity during this period in Japanese Art.
300
What are the Inca?
The great cities of Cuzco and Machu Pichu were established by this ancient civilzation.
300
What is the Tang Dynasty?
The art of figure painting in China reached its peak during this dynasty.
300
What are the Fang?
This group of people are considered to be the finest sculptors and carvers in Africa.
400
What are Gandhara Art and the art of Mathura?
These are India's two most important art styles; they were developed between the second and fifth centuries CE.
400
What is the Muromachi Period?
Zen Buddhism primarily affected art during this period.
400
What is the buffalo?
This was the mainstay of life for indigenous native groups in the Great Plains area of North America.
400
What is the Sung Dynasty?
Landscape expression in China reached its peak during this dynasty.
400
What are the Yoruba?
This group is noted for wood carvings, especially of secret societies and religious cults?
500
What is the Pallava Dynasty?
This dynasty introduced the dravida style temple in the seventh century.
500
What is the Edo Period?
The Nijo Palace and the Katsura Palace were constructed during this period
500
What is the Mochica Pyramid of the Sun?
This is the largest pyramid in South America.
500
What is a pagoda?
This is the only type of distinct Buddhist building type.
500
What are the Dogon?
Granaries from these people are tall tubular structures of great elegance