Japanese art drew influence from this nearby culture.
Who are the Chinese?
100
This culture is famous for it's incredibly accurate calendar--which they carved into the wall of the temples.
Who are the Maya?
100
This culture is famous for royal gold encrusted stools.
Who are the Ashanti?
100
This island is known for their gargantuan volcanic rock heads.
What is Easter Island?
100
This was the golden age of Indian art.
What is the Gupta period?
200
This period is famous for the delicate treatment of men and women figures.
What is the Fujiwara Period?
200
The Olmec are most famous for their combination of human figures with what jungle animal?
What is a jaguar?
200
This culture is famous for it's carved stools featuring female figures.
Who are the Baluba?
200
This culture is famous for the "praying mantis" treatment of figures and "soul ships"
Who are the Asmat of of Irian Jaya?
200
The Kandariya Mahadeva Temple's decoration was executed in this style.
What is sculptural architecture?
300
This period of screen painting decorated the insides of fortresses of 16C Japan.
What is the Momoyama period?
300
This complex is famous for it's monumental pyramids, temples, royal processional roads--all build on land surrounding swamps.
What is Teotihuacan?
300
This Northern Gabon culture is known for it's geometric carving of mortuary heads and figures.
Who are the Fang?
300
The only masks from Micronesia are from this culture.
Who are the Mortlock Atoll?
300
The Mayura dynasty shows influence from this outside culture.
Who are the Persians?
400
This school is responsible for "The Great Wave at Kanagawa" (e. 19C)
What is the Ukiyo-e?
400
This culture, known for their sacrificial art work, extended their fierce control over Central Mexico until the arrival of the Spanish Explorer Cortes.
Who are the Aztec?
400
Known for their secret society and cult sculptures, the Yoruba are the largest group of this African region.
What is West Africa?
400
A great many Polynesian works were destroyed by missionaries because the art was deemed these two words.
What are pornographic and idolatrous?
400
This is the term given to dancing Shivas.
What is Nataraja.
500
This building is noted for its sumptuous carved wood, black lacquer, gold decorations, and screen paintings.
What is the Nijo palace?
500
This culture, whose monumental works surpassed Chan Chan, conquered the Chimu.
Who are the Inca?
500
Dogon sculptures stress this part of the body.
What is the torso?
500
Melanesian art had a profound impact on these two artists.