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a term Indians used to refer to the animating breath of life
What is prana?
100
A school of Japanese painting that depicted scenes from everyday life and translates to "pictures of the fleeing floating world."
What is Ukiyo-e?
100
The term "pre-columbian" generally refers to these two regions prior to the arrival of Europeans from the Western hemisphere
What is Central and South America?
100
The 20th century European style influenced by African Art.
What is Cubism?
100
Apart from Melanesia and Polynesia, the third region that produced art of the Oceanic culture.
What is Micronesia?
200
A large tower that often crowned the shrine of an Indian temple
What is a shikhara?
200
The artist responsible for painting "The Great Wave at Kanagawa."
Who is Hokusai?
200
The organized town planning location the Incas developed in Peru.
What is Machu Picchu?
200
The African people of Ghana who produced disc-headed fertility dolls known as "akua'ba."
Who are the Ashanti?
200
Art of oceania that had strong influences on Western artists such as Paul Gaugin and Max Ernst.
What is Melanesian art?
300
The Indian culture of the third century BCE that produced sculptures made of red limestone
What is Mathura?
300
The Japanese palace renown for its simplicity and elegance and its merging of indoor and outdoor spaces.
What is Katsura palace?
300
The pre-columbian civilization that occupied the Yucatan peninsula during very early times of history.
Who are the Mayans?
300
The type of masks produced by the Baluba peoples of Africa.
What is a kifwebe mask?
300
Heraldic wood sculptures of Melanesia from the Oceanic culture.
What are Uli figures?
400
The prominent religion of India throughout the Gupta period.
What is Buddhism?
400
The period of Japanese history in which the military was supreme leader, which resulted in boldness and formality in art.
What is the Kamakura period?
400
The magnificent capital of the pre-columbian Aztec civilization.
What is Tenochtitlan?
400
The African civilization considered to be among the finest carvers and sculptors in Africa.
Who are the Fang?
400
The region of Oceania which held a high respect for natural materials, which were scarce and important in sculpture/architecture.
What is Micronesia?
500
The dynasty that created Shiva as the King of Dance in the 11th century.
What is the Chola dynasty?
500
The preferred material of Japanese architects in home construction.
What is wood?
500
The ancient Peruvian civilization whose ceramic heads were at the forefront of realism in pre-columbian art.
What is Mochica?
500
The medium of which the majority of African sculpture and carving was done in.
What is wood?
500
Islanders who developed the tattoo as a fine boday art that was originally inteded to cover the full length of the body.
Who are the Marquesas?