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The founder of Buddhism who is depicted in many Indian Buddhist art forms
Who is Siddhartha Gautama or "Buddha"?
100
Religion founded by Confucius
What is Confucianism?
100
Around 800 B.C.
What is the beginning of the bronze age ?
100
The religion that was born from Chinese influence in Japan.
What is Japanese Buddhism?
100
A Buddhist holy person who is about to achieve enlightenment but postpones it to remain on Earth to teach others
What is a Bodhisattva?
200
Early Indian dome like structures which evolved from earlier burial mounds.
What are stupas?
200
A shrine in northeast China showed elaborate relief sculptures
What is the Wu Family Shrine?
200
A piece of art that ranks among the major works of the world
What is Borobudur?
200
The temple complex that exemplifies the Buddhist monastery in both China and Japan.
What is the Horyuji Temple?
200
The innermost sacred room of a temple
What is the Garba Griha?
300
Visual art that combined Indian ways of seeing with naturalism of the Gandhara.
What is Guptan Visual Art
300
The two traditional Chinese focal points that paintings revolve around.
What are Calligraphy and Landscape?
300
The number of stories that duplicate the journey to enlightenment
What is 10
300
The work of art of an explosive splashed ink landscape.
What is Hoboku?
300
A mask of abstracted shapes
What is a Taotie mask?
400
Places of worship that consist of a porch and a womb chamber or "garba griha"
What are Hindu Temples?
400
Sculpture that gives the impression that the sculpted material has been raised above the background plane.
What is relief sculpture?
400
Influencer of the temple of Angkor Wat
What is Borobudur?
400
Flat shapes are emphasized by absence of shading in this painting.
What is Reflected Beauty?
400
Paintings used to describe the artwork of those not attached to the Chinese royal courts
What are literati paintings?
500
The Hindu god most often depicted in architecture and structure.
Who is Shiva?
500
A religion centered around achieving harmony from opposing forces
What is Daoism?
500
Things that surround Angkor Wat
What are moats?
500
This gory painting depicts the turning point in the conflict that restored the emperor's power in Japan.
What is The Battle of Sanno Shrine?
500
Japanese prints that depict scenes of the floating world
What are Ukiyo-e?