The most sophisticated Mesoamerican society in building, mathematics, and a host of other arts.
Who are the Mayans?
100
The word for the combination of abstract and realistic forms often found in African sculptures
What is jijora?
100
The river Ganges is said to have poured down over his matted hair.
Who is Shiva?
100
A structure housing relics of the Buddha.
What is a stupa?
100
EYE CONTACT between a Hindu and the image of a deity.
What is DARSHAN?
200
Every Mesoamerican city included a ____ and a _____.
What is temple/pyramid and a plaza/ball court?
200
Used in ritualistic and ceremonial dance, this African art form influenced cubist painting by Pablo Picasso, "Les Demoiselles d'Avignon"
What are masks?
200
Vishnu's consort, she is the goddess of wealth, good fortune, and well-being.
What is LAKSHMI?
200
The wheel of law often inscribed on the Buddha’s hands or feet.
What is a Dharmachakra?
200
The medium of most African sculptures made in the past two centuries
What is wood?
300
The most cosmopolitan city in Mesoamerica, home to Mayans, Mixtecs and others.
What is TEOTIHUACAN?
300
The kingdom known for their brass plaques were conquered by the British, who then stole their bronze plaques.
Who are the Benin?
300
The divine unifying source from which all Hindu deities spring.
What is BRAHMAN?
300
The North Indian style of early Buddhist art, called the GANDHARAN STYLE, was introduced by this Greek emperor.
Who is Alexander the Great?
300
The helmet masks worn by women in this society are used as part of the initiation ceremony of girls to womanhood.
Who are the Bundu Society of the Mende culture?
400
The humming bird god of the the sun, war, human sacrifice and the patron of the city of Tenochtitlan.
Who is HUITZILOPOCHTLI?
400
The Yoruba who have one of the highest rates of twin births in the world are known for this form of ancestor figures.
What are ere ibejis?
400
Couples in erotic embrace, symbolic of both human sexual love and union with the divine.
What is Miathunas or loving couples?
400
The part of his mother's body from which the Buddha was born.
What is her hip?
400
An eagle, perched on a nopal cactus, eating a snake were part of this.
What is the prophecy of Tenochtitlan?
500
The jaguar god believed to have the ability to go back and forth between the spirit and human world.
Who is Balam?
500
These power figures were considered to come to obtain power when shamans would implant magic potions inside and drive nails and other objects into them in order to mediate disputes, seal pacts, and heal the sick.
What are nkondi sculptures?
500
Literally meaning "womb chamber", the innermost sanctuary of a Hindu or Buddhist temple.
What is the garbhagriha?
500
This goddess in known for her defeat of the buffalo demon, Mahisha.
Who is Durga?
500
This Mayan artist is known for his relief sculptures of the Maya tradition of blood-letting and human sacrifice.