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Buddhist religion and the Pala Dynasty
Of what religion are some of the earliest Indian Manuscripts and what dynasty did they belong to?
100
They made utilitarian objects with aesthetic qualities.
What was something North Americans did with their practical objects?
100
The Ashanti and the Baluba
What tribes are known for their stools? (Gold encrusted or wood?)
100
The Marqueasas
What tribe developed tattooing into a fine art?
200
The Valley of the Indus River
Where did the earliest Indian art and civic planning emerge?
200
Copper plates, ear spools, shell/pear beads, and ceramic vessels and figurines.
What were the objects used by early woodland cultures renowned for when making grave offerings?
200
The Fang
What tribe in Africa has "the finest" carvers and sculptors?
200
Paul Gaugin and Max Ernst from 1915-1940
Who did Melanesian art impact?
300
Sunga dynasty (2-1C BC) and early Andhra dynasty (1C BC)
From what dynasties do the first extant Suptas come from?
300
Buffalo skin. Used for clothing, pipe containers, tepee covers and shields.
What was mainstay of life for the Indigenous Americans of the Great Plains and what was it used for?
300
Dogon
Which tribe lives in the great bend of the River Niger, the Dogon or the Yoruba?
300
"Hei Tiki" of New Zealand
What are the amulets of the Maori called, and where do they come from?
400
The Gupta period, because both interior and exterior facades of monastaries were adorned with elegant relief sculpture, (interior) painted murals, figures with sinuous graceful line.
What was the “Golden Age” and why did Buddhist art flourish in this period?
400
Their excellence in stone carving from small detailed jaded objects to colossal heads, combining jaguar features with human features was a common motif.
What was the Olmecs known for?
400
The masks are used to communicate with the spirit of the world, ancestors and used as protective charms in the direct exploitation of the vital energy in the world.
What are the masks and ancestor figures used for?
400
It is streamlined, highly finished, executed with astonishing precision and coldly functional.
What are some characteristics of Micronesian art?
500
The Gandhara art influenced the east and central asia while the Mathura influenced and developed 3 centuries onward.
Who or what did the Gandhara art and the Hathura art?
500
1. Engineers (they were) 2. Agricultural Terraces, extensive network of roads, bridges are still used today. 3. Known for their fortresses, metalwork and stone carving.
What made the Inca unsurpassable in Ancient America?
500
Courtly was often naturalistic, commemorative, made from stone, terracotta bronze or hardwood. Conceptual was mostly abstract made of wood which then was made into masks or ancestor figures, used in religious ceremonies.
What was the difference between the courtly art and the conceptual art of Africa?
500
Greenish pottery of Fiji, feather work from Hawaii, woven mats from Samoa, pendants from New Zeland and wood or stone ritual sculptures from smaller islands.
What Polynesian works are among the collected in museums?