The earliest Indian art and civic planning emerged from the valley located here
What is the Indus River?
100
The oldest artwork found that belonged to the Chinese culture was excavated here
What is B'ei-li-kang?
100
The earliest art of Japan consisted of monochrome pottery with cord-impressed designs called this and is also the name for the early period of Japanese art
What is Jomon?
100
This term refers to works of art and structures created in Central and South America before the arrival of Europeans in the Western Hemisphere.
What is Pre-Columbian?
100
This term refers only to sub-Saharan African art and particularly to sculpture and carving from the vast area surrounding the Niger and Congo basins.
What is African Art?
200
The Indus civilization produced many statuettes made of these type rocks
What is steatite and limestone?
200
The advent of this introduced art of a more religious character to Chinese art
What is Buddhism?
200
Throughout the history of Japan art it has relied heavily on forms and techniques from this culture
What is the Chinese?
200
This period from 300-900 was the apex of Mayan civilization and is described as that period when the Maya inscribed the “Long Count Calendar” on their monuments.
What is the Maya Classic period?
200
These are a people who live mostly in the country of Ghana
What is the Ashanti?
300
The edict pillars from the great Maurya dynasty was erected by this ruler
Who is Emperor Asoka?
300
The representation of the Buddha, these, and attendent figures became the great theme in sculpture in Buddhism
What is bodhisattvas?
300
In the sculpture of the period from 710-784, clay figures and statues made in the dry-lacquer process attained great popularity.
What is the Nara period?
300
The period 800 to 400 BCE marks the finest period of Olmec art as typified by the finds made at this site
What is La Venta?
300
This is a collective term for the peoples of the Congo-Kinshasa region of African
What is Baluba?
400
The main stupas from the Sunga Dynasty, where the sculpture is archaic in character is located here
What is Bharhut?
400
Near here more than a hundred caves contain Buddhist wall paintings and scrolls dating mainly from the late fifth to eighth centuries
What is Dunhuang?
400
This period from 898-1185 is marked by the crystallization of the Yamato-e tradition of painting
What is the Fujiwara period?
400
In the latter part of Maya Early Classic (ca. 400-600), there is evidence of great influence from this civilization
What is Teotihuacan?
400
These are a West African people settled in the great bend of the River Niger
What is the Dogon?
500
Buddhist art flourished during this period
What is the Gupta Period?
500
Under the this dynasty (1644-1912), a high level of technical competence was maintained, particularly in the applied arts, until the nineteenth century, when the output became much more limited.
What is Ch'ing dynasty?
500
This period from 1392-1573 ushered in a renaissance of Chinese-style ink painting.
What is the Muromachi period?
500
In 1344, the Aztecs capital, in this present day city, became one of the architectural wonders of ancient America.
What is Mexico City?
500
These are a populous complex of African peoples living in the region of the Northern Gabon