Art History II, Chapters 32, 33, 34, and 37, Final
Civil war disrupted Japan starting in which of the following centuries?
14th century
When did the British first arrive in India?
16th century
The Qing dynasty was overthrown in which year?
1911
Which of the following describes the function of the tatami?
Accommodates the custom of not wearing shoes indoors
A dragon may represent the yang, the principle characterized by which of the following?
Active masculine energy
The great strength of Japanese art has been its innovation through which of the following?
Adaptation
Where is the Taj Mahal?
Agra
32-4
Akbar Folio Basawan and Chatar Muni
Senufo men dance many masks, most in the context of the Poro society. Which of the following describes this society?
An association for socialization and male initiation
The Noon Gate in the Forbidden City has five portals. Only the emperor can walk through the center portal. The next two portals immediately to the left and right of the center portal are reserved for the imperial family and high officials. The final two portals provide passage for everyone else. Which of the following rituals does this gateway describe?
An imperial court ritual
The Akan linguist staff becomes a metaphor for the king or chief and can be carried into a meeting where an individual would be contesting the king's title to the stool. Who would carry this staff?
An important counselor and adviser
What kind of veneration is quite common among African cultures?
Ancestor
37-4
Ancestral Altar
37-8
Asante
32-13
Ashoka at Kalinga
37-7
Baule
What is the Chinese term for the Japanese Zen?
Chan
37-12
Chokwe
Which of the following describes the Akan style trait that is found in both clay and wood sculpture?
Conventionalized, flattened heads
Which of the following is the name for the ceremonies the Dogon hold every several years in order to honor the lives of those who have died since the last celebration?
Dama
33-5
David Vases
The Lotus Mahal exemplifies the stylistic crosscurrents that typify Indian architecture in the second millennium. Which of the following elements supports this statement?
Distinctive multilobed arches
37-6
Dogon
Elaborate cyclical masquerades occur in which of the following societies?
Dogon
Who codified the distinction between a scholar-amateur and an academic-professional?
Dong Qichang
Tokugawa rulers banned Christianity and all Westerners except which of the following?
Dutch
Which of the following can describe Kongo nkisi n'kondi figures.
Each had its own role and particular medicines.
Nishiki-e, or brocade, pictures were highly valued because of their sumptuous and brilliant colors as well as being printed on best-quality paper. During which of the following periods were such works created?
Edo
The Saihoji temple gardens show the continuities and changes in the religious art of the Muromachi period, which combines Pure Land Buddhist and Zen Buddhist traditions. Which of the following describes a characteristic trait of Zen Buddhism?
Emphasized rigorous discipline and personal responsibility
After the overthrow of the Tokugawa, a new period ensued, called the Meiji, which translates to ____.
Enlightened Rule
The Korean artist Jeong Seon was a great admirer of the Chinese Southern School of painting. Which of the following would describe the work of Jeong Seon?
Expressive
During the Muromachi period, superior knowledge and refinement legitimized the elevated status of the warrior elite. Which of the following would support this elevation?
Familiarity with Chinese Zen culture
Chinese gardens encourage the viewer to wander and ponder. The viewer was to look with a meditative eye at the arrangements of natural and artificial elements. Which of the following elements would appear in Chinese garden design?
Fantastic rockwork
What is another name commonly used for the former Imperial Palace Compound?
Forbidden City
37-24
Ghana
33-16
Giuseppe Castiglione
After years of upheaval between the imperial family and the clans, Ashikaga Takauji managed to come to power. Which of the following would account for this?
He accrued sufficient power to establish domination of his clan.
Kongo nkisi n'kondi are believed to do which of the following?
Heal
32-3
Hindu Lotus Mahal
What does the Royal Polyglot Bible reveal about Akbar and his interest in art?
His fascination with European art
Which of the following artists attached an explanatory inscription to his scroll indicating the sequence of its creation?
Huang Gongwang
The following two important masks represent the Kuba king's legendary ancestors. They are the founding ancestor, Woot, and his daughter, the beautiful Ngady Amwaash. During childbirth she sheds tears. What accounts for these tears?
In order to procreate she must commit incest with her father
Marco Polo's travels in China during the Yuan dynasty resulted from which of the following?
Increased trade between Europe and China
32-9
India Great Temple, Madurai
32-1
Jahangir Mughal Bichitr
32-12
Jaswant Singh
33-20
Jeong Seon Geumgangsan Mountains Joseon Dynasty
Which school of painting style featured vivid color, extensive use of gold and silver, and decorative patterns?
Kano School
Which painting style is characterized by bold outlines and presentation of objects along the vertical plane of the painting surface?
Kano style
34-10
Katsura Imperial Villa
34-12A
Kitagawa Utamaro
37-14
Kongo
Starting around the late 15th century, the Chinese objects associated with the tea ceremony utensils were being replaced with which of the following?
Korean ceramics
32-8
Krishna and Radha Opaque watercolor on paper
37-18
Kuba
34-11
Lacquer Honami Koetsu
Honami Koetsu was a calligrapher and ceramicist, but he also designed which of the following?
Lacquers
33-9
Lingering Garden Ming
37-9
Linguist's staff Akan
32-6
Mausoleum
34-15
Meiji
A Dogon men's hous, or togu na, is important to the community because the deliberations, which take place under the sheltering roof, are vital to the community. Which of the following would accurately translate into English the meaning of togu na?
Men's house of words
37-22
Mende
33-1
Ming
33-12A
Ming
The last Chinese native dynasty was which of the following?
Ming
32-5
Miniature Banu
33-18
Modern or People's Republic Ye Yushan Rent Collection Courtyard
34-5
Momoyama
34-8
Momoyama
Dry landscape or rock gardens became very popular in Japan during which of the following periods?
Muromachi
34-2
Muromachi Dry-landscape garden
32-15
Nayakas
37-19
Ngady Amwaash
Which style of painting incorporates some Western techniques such as chiaroscuro, perspective, and bright hues in basically Japanese-style paintings?
Nihonga
What became a major genre in Japan in the late 19th century?
Oil painting
33-10
Orchard Factory
37-11
Painted Wood
What are waka sran?
People of wood, Baule
33-17
Porcelain
During the Muromachi period, which of the following made up the traditional religious elements that were already present in the Saihoji Temple gardens?
Pure Land elements
32-2
Qutb Minar
A splashed-ink picture often hovers at the edge of legibility. Which of the following describes this style?
Rapid brush strokes, sometimes even dripping the ink onto the paper
Which of the following characteristics describes a Wabi aesthetic?
Refined rusticity
Which school did not have the continuity of lineage: father training son or master and pupil?
Rinpa School
Describe the aesthetic principles that were developed around the late 15th century and grew to have importance in the tradition of the tea ceremony and the utensils used.
Sabi, value found in the old and weathered, and wabi, value found in refined simplicity
37-25
Samburu
34-6
Screen Kano Eitoku
Which of the following was a renowned tea master and tea house designer?
Sen No Rikyu
37-14B
Senufo
37-15
Senufo
33-19
Seoul
Which of the following artists went to China and studied with Ming masters?
Sesshu Toyo
34-3
Sesshu Toyo Muromachi
34-9
Shino Momoyama
33-15
Shitao Qing/ Qing Dynasty
34-18
Showa Hamada Shoji
34-17
Showa Kenzo Tange
37-14A
Shrine
Shino ware can be typically described by which of the following?
Simple forms and rough surfaces
34-10A
Sotatsu
The rulers of the Punjab Hills states were related to the Rajputs. Which of the following subjects would the Punjab Hills states rulers' commission for painting?
Stories of Krishna, avatar of Vishnu
The Katsura Imperial Villa in Kyoto was constructed during the height of the popularity of the tea ceremony. Which of the following describes the Katsura Imperial Villa?
Tastefully subtle with elements of courtly gracefulness
What was the favorite exercise of cultivation and refinement in the Momoyama period?
Tea ceremony
32-14
Thailand
Which of the following schools combined colorism with Chinese ink brush outlines in the 16th century?
The Tosa and Kano Schools
Which of the following describes one of the most important features of the Katsura Imperial Villa, and why?
The doors can open to the outside in order to achieve the harmonious integration of building and garden.
The artist Shen Zhou painted Lofty Mount Lu as a tribute to his teacher. He indicated the size of the mountain by sketching a small figure at the bottom. Which of the following would define his style?
The free and expressive style of the Southern School
During the Momoyama period, the tea ceremony became a very important tool to express humility. How did this expression of humility affect the design of the teahouse?
The interior space was dim and tiny.
How did the Taian teahouse encourage intimacy among the guests and tea host?
The room's dimness and tiny size encouraged the feeling of intimacy.
Kano Masaobu founded the Kano style. Who was his major patron?
The shogun
What did Tokugawa Ieyasu revive after he consolidated power?
The title of shogun
Hokusai's The Great Wave off Kanagawa combines Western and Japanese traditions. Which of the following describes the Japanese tradition?
The wave is more traditionally flat and in the foreground.
An alcove used to display prized objects or hang scrolls of painting or calligraphy is called which of the following?
Tokonoma
Zen emphasized rigorous discipline and personal responsibility. Which of the following groups showed a greater affinity for Zen teachings?
Upper echelons of the warrior class
32-11
Victoria Terminus Mumbai (Bombay)
32-17
Vietnam
Kano painters of the Momoyama period were asked to create folding screens in ink, color, and gold leaf for which of the following?
Warlords
In Mende culture a broad, high forehead signifies which of the following?
Wisdom and success
In Dogon society, the Satimbe mask represents all women and commemorates the creation legend. Which of the following is part of that legend?
Women were the first ancestors to imitate spirit maskers.
37-16
Wood Beautiful Lady Mask
34-1
Woodblock
34-14
Woodblock
34-13
Woodblock Katsushika Hokusai
Who promoted an ideal of beauty in functional objects made of natural materials?
Yanagi Soetsu
The counterculture of the Edo period produced works whose subject matter depicted which of the following?
Yoshiwara brothels
33-1A
Yuan
33-2
Yuan
33-3
Yuan
33-4
Yuan
During which Chinese dynasty were paintings of bamboo favored?
Yuan
During the Muromachi period, which of the following religions flourished alongside the older Buddhist sects?
Zen
34-4
Zen Patriarch Xiangyen Zhixian Sweeping with a Broom
Which of the following artists served the Yuan administration?
Zhao Mengfu
Chinese garden design is akin to ____.
composing a poem
The Emerald Buddha is probably carved from ____.
green jade
32-4A
opaque watercolor
Why are bush spirits depicted as beautiful, ideal human figures in Baule sculpture?
So that the bush spirits do not get offended
The secular destiny renounced for the spiritual life represents the dual nature of the Buddha. Which of the following artworks represents that dual nature?
Emerald Buddha
The indigenous Cham culture was native to ____?
South Vietnam
A painting style that was a freer, more expressive style describes which of the following schools?
Southern School
In the Vijayanagara sacred center, what was not included in the architectural complex?
Stupa
Which of the following is a contemporary Korean artist?
Su-nam
Most figures and masks are visualizations of which of the following?
Supernatural forces
How is the story about the wild elephant from the Akbarnama an allegory about Akbar's early years as ruler?
Take charge of an unruly state
How do Mende masks symbolize the ancestral female spirits?
The glistening black surfaces of the masks evoke the ancestral female spirits.
Igbo peoples traditionally build mbari houses. Why are mbari houses built?
For ceremonies to honor the earth goddess
Most Baule figural sculptures are kept in which of the following?
Personal shrines
India gained independence from the British in what year?
1947
The People's Republic of China was established in ____?
1949
In Krishna and Radha in a Pavilion, which of the following would be a setting for the lovers' tryst?
A lush garden at night with lightning flashes
The architect of the Taj Mahal achieved a balance between the verticality and horizontality of the structure by maintaining which of the following?
A strict system of proportions
A religious shift occurred in 16th-century Indonesia as Islam was growing in importance. Which of the following areas of 16th-century Indonesia was not predominantly Muslim?
Bali
Which of the following does the Emerald Buddha represent for Thai kings?
Both religious and secular authority
Vietnam gained independence in the 10th century after a thousand years of political and cultural domination from which of the following countries?
China
The linked seated couple that clearly documents the gender roles would have been created in which of the following groups?
Dogon
How does the sculpture of the Dogon differ from the sculpture of the Kongo?
Dogon sculpture is strongly stylized.
Gopuras, a very popular structural motif, can be found in temple complexes in the far south of India. Which of the following describes this structural motif?
Gateway towers
Which of the following generals repelled the Chinese attempt to control northeastern Korea during the Ming dynasty?
General Yi Seong-gye
Which of the following buildings was the focus of the north-south axis of the Forbidden City?
Hall of Supreme Harmony
The professional painter for the Ming court served to promote the ideology of the dynasty. Which of the following painting types would support that role?
Imperial family portraits
Which of the following is the preferred medium for East Asian literati?
Ink on paper
Which of the following religions was growing as a political and religious force in 13th-century India?
Islam
Which of the following supports the necessity of animal sacrifice made by the Benin king?
It invokes the collective strength of his ancestor kings.
The Ming bureaucracy allowed China to be overrun by this group of invaders who then established the Qing dynasty. Which of the following invaders is that group?
Manchus
In which of the following societies can women control and dance certain masks?
Mende
The Great Temple, Madurai, has extremely rich ornamentation. Which of the following is the subject matter of this ornamentation?
Pantheon of Hindu deities and attendants
The phoenix may represent the yin, the principle characterized by which of the following?
Passive feminine energy
Which of the following is a characteristic of literati painting?
Personal conversation in pictures and words
Humayun persuaded two Persian masters to move to his imperial court and teach which of the following?
The art of painting
The Ming architecture of Beijing follows the traditional Chinese construction technique. Which of the following identifies that traditional construction technique?
Bracketing system
The Kuba mask known as Bwoom represents which of the following of the legendary royal ancestors?
The pygmy or dwarf who signifies the indigenous peoples of the king
The portrait of Jaswant Singh was created in which of the following media?
Watercolor on paper
The Kota of Gabon produced reliquary guardian figures, called mbula ngulu. How did the Gabon finish the reliquary guardian's surface in order to repel evil?
They applied gleaming sheets of polished copper and brass.
The Sukhothai artists intended the Walking Buddha to express which of the following sentiments?
Buddha's beauty and perfection
The Portuguese Jesuits presented the Royal Polyglot Bible to whom?
Muhammad
By the 19th century, the British were the official rulers of India. They brought the Industrial Revolution and railroads to India. The Victoria Terminus was conceived of as which of the following?
A cathedral to modernization
Zhu Yuanzhong established the Ming dynasty and proclaimed himself emperor. From which of the following groups of people did Zhu Yuanzhong share kinship?
Native Chinese
The Mughals of 17th-century India presided over a cosmopolitan court. Which of the following supports this statement?
The blending of European and Persian painting styles
Monumental tombs are not part of either the Hindu or Buddhist traditions, but have a long history in Islamic architecture. Which of the following describes the architectural design used for Islamic mausoleums?
Dome-on-a-cube design
Which of the following garden designs would not conform to the Chinese aesthetic?
Geometric design of flowers
What accounts for the height of the Qutb Minar minaret in Delhi?
It is a monument to the victory of Islam in Delhi.
Who did Bichitr include in a portrait of Jahangir?
James I of England
During the Ming dynasty, which of the following was considered the most prestigious painting style?
Landscape painting
Which of the following dynasties designed the core of the imperial palace in the Forbidden City?
Ming
Rajput painting resembles Mughal and Persian painting. It can be said that the resemblance is in format and material. Which of the following would indicate a sharp difference from Mughal and Persian painting?
Most Rajput artists were anonymous
The portrait of Jaswant Singh (Maharaja Jaswant Singh of Marwar) exemplifies the combination of his two worlds. Which of the following are representations of his two worlds as seen in his portrait?
Necklace bib of emeralds and Order of the Star of India
Rock painting was among the most ancient traditions in African art and continued into the 19th century. Some scenes depict the presence of Europeans. Many examples have been found in which of the following countries?
South Africa
Many of the Chinese loyal to the former emperor refused to serve the new emperor during the Yuan period. Which of the following could be a reason for this rejection?
The new overlords were foreigners therefore unacceptable
What is the primary function of masks and masqueraders in traditional African culture?
To act as mediators
The royal ancestral shrine of the Benin represents both the kings and the enduring nature of kingship. Which of the following characteristics represents this notion?
The durability of the material reiterates the enduring nature of kingship.
A confederacy of Deccan sultanates ended the ____ in southern India.
Vijayanagar Empire
The worship of Krishna is most closely linked to which of the following?
Vishnu
Basawan chose the moment of maximum chaos and danger in executing the tale of Akbar and the wild elephant. Which of the following devices did Basawan utilize to detail the chaos and danger?
Vivid gestures
Which of the following never supplanted India's rich traditions?
Western religion
The Romance of the Three Kingdoms is based on the wars fought during the Period of Disunity. Guan Yu, a famed general of the Wei dynasty, becomes a fictional hero in the novel, which was very popular during the Ming period. Which of the following attributes would support the popularity of this novel during the Ming dynasty?
He was loyal to his emperor.
During the Qing dynasty, what European group was invited to the imperial court?
Jesuit missionaries
Kongo peoples have power figures that a trained priest must consecrate. These figures embody powerful spirits. Which of the following are those figures?
Nkisi n'kondi
Which area of India resolutely resisted Mughal expansion?
Northwestern India
Which of the following might suggest the donor's high status from the Yuan Temple vase?
Phoenix/dragon motif
China is credited with the invention of which of the following?
Porcelain
The Delhi sultanate was established in 1206 by ____.
Qutb al-Din Aybak
Masquerades have long been a quintessential African expressive form loaded with meaning and cultural importance. Masquerades provided governmental functions for stateless societies. Which of the following groups of peoples would have masquerades?
Senufo
Who commissioned the Taj Mahal?
Shah Jahan
The Great Temple at Madurai is dedicated to ____.
Shiva and his consort
The vassals of the Khmer of Angkor soon replaced them as the region's major power. Which of the following were those vassals?
Thai
What was the principal transportation route for the peoples of central Africa during the 19th century, fostering trade and cultural exchange?
The Congo River
The door carved by Olowe of Ise is a very fine example of his work. It also records the presence of the Europeans as colonists among the Yoruba. What event is depicted on the doors?
The arrival of Britain's first traveling commissioner to the Ondo province
Which of the following describes Baule bush spirits?
They are short, horrible-looking, and sometimes deformed.
Indian miniatures were designed for which of the following?
To be held in the hands
In his painting Geumgangsan Mountains, the Korean Joseon dynasty artist Jeong Seon evoked an actual scene. Which of the following describes this type of painting?
True view painting
The Mbari construction process is characterized by____.
artistic collaboration
The Akan akua'ba sculptures are consecrated at shrines for young women to carry in order to ____.
ensure the safe delivery of a healthy and handsome child
