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100
This civilization provided us with the earliest Indian art and civic planning.
What is the Indus River Valley civilization?
100
This period of art occurred while Japan was governed by the military.
What is the Kamakura period?
100
This was the medium used for most African carvings and sculptures.
What is wood?
100
During the T'ang Dynasty, this religion became prominent in Chinese art and culture.
What is Buddhism?
100
This group is famous for their treatment of the human form reminiscent of the praying mantis.
Who are the Asmat?
200
This style of Indian art contains some of the earliest depictions of the Buddha.
What is Gandhara art?
200
This artist painted the famous "Tale of the Genji" in the early eleventh century.
Who is Lady Muraski?
200
These are the two primary types of African art.
What are Conceptual and Courtly art?
200
In this dynasty, the art of figural painting reached its peak.
What is the Tang dynasty?
200
This style is known for highly decorative printed bark-cloth, thickly figured with geometric patterns.
What is Fiji?
300
This was the principal place of early Buddhist worship.
What is a stupa?
300
Clay figures and statues made in the dry-lacquer process attained popularity during this period in Japanese art.
What is the Nara period?
300
This material was used for ritual urns, kuduo, and gold weights.
What is bronze?
300
This material was used to create what is often considered China's most beautiful art.
What is ritual bronze?
300
This island is famous for its numerous huge sculptures made from Tufa.
What is Easter Island?
400
This is the location of the most famous surviving Buddhist paintings.
What are the caves at Ajanta?
400
This period is marked by the crystallization of the Yamato-e painting tradition.
What is the Fujiwara period?
400
This is the best-known example of Ashanti metalwork.
What is the gold-encrusted stool?
400
This dynasty is largely credited for the remaining portions of the Great Wall of China.
What is the Ming Dynasty?
400
These Oceanic people are best known for their carved wooden drums.
Who are the Sepik River people?
500
This dynasty is believed to be the origin of "Shiva as the King of Dance."
What is the Chola dynasty?
500
This structure at Uji, originally a nobleman's villa, was converted into a temple around 1050.
What is Byodo-in?
500
These people are noted for wood carving, especially the masks of secret societies and religious cult objects.
Who are the Yoruba?
500
This is traditionally regarded by the Chinese as the highest art form.
What is Calligraphy?
500
These stone amulets take the form of embryonic birds and humans with heads bent to one side.
What are "hei tikis"?