Art History Test 4

As evidenced by the Frolicking Frogs (shown above), the new style of yamato-e __________________________.

All of the above

The life-size terracotta soldiers (shown above) found in the mausoleum of Emperor Shihuangdi are dated to the _______________.

All of the above

The lintel shown above found in the city of Yaxchilan ________________.

All of the above

The Byodoin's central image is a statue of ______________ (shown above), which was carved by the master sculptor Jocho (d. 1057).

Amida Buddha

The Mauryan Lion Capital (shown above) is an example of the emperor Ashoka's sponsorship of ______________.

Buddhism

The Seated Buddha shown above is one of the many rock-cut monumental Buddhas carved out of caves, and it documents the spread of _________________.

Buddhist in Central Asia and China

At the southern end of the ceremonial center, and at the hearth of the city, is the _______________, a vast sunken plaza surrounded by temple platforms.

Ciudadela

The stone slab A Reception in the Palace (shown above) carved in low relief from the Wu family shrine (151 B.C.E.) was supposed to teach __________________.

Confucian themes

The Womb World Mandala (shown above) depicts _________________.

Esoteric Buddhism deities in their hierarchical order

The hanging scroll Travelers among Mountains and Streams (shown above) was painted in the early 11th century by ______________, one of the great masters of Song landscape.

Fan Kuan

The _________________ (Daibutsuden, shown above) was originally built in 752 C.E.

Great Buddha Hall

The _______________ at La Venta (shown above) seems to have been envisioned as artificial sacred mountains, linked to creation stories and cultural cosmology.

Great Pyramid

During the ______________, Japanese potters created small humanoid figures known as dogu (shown above), which were probably effigies that manifested a kind of sympathetic magic.

Jomon Period

As seen in the relief panel Vishnu Lying on the Cosmic Waters (shown above), what flower does spring from Vishnu's navel?

Lotus

The shallow red bowl shown above (5,000-4,000 B.C.E.) is an artifact of the Yangshao culture, one of the most important cultures of _____________ China.

Neolithic

Colossal heads like the one shown above were typical of the ___________.

Olmec culture

The lid shown above belongs to _______________'s sarcophagus.

Pakal the Great

The stucco head shown above portrays ___________________.

Pakal the Great

In the city of Palenque, next to the royal palace, stands the Temple of the Inscriptions (shown above), which was ___________________.

Pakal the Great's tomb

One of the most beautiful temples of _______________ is the Byodoin (shown above), near Kyoto, also known as the Phoenix Hall.

Pure Land Buddhism

The Kailasha Temple (shown above), a magnificent two-story building carved out of a single mass of stone, is dedicated to _______________.

Shiva

The Avenue of the Death, which connected the Pyramid of the Moon to the Pyramid of the Moon (shown above) is located at _____________, the first Mesoamerica's truly urban settlement.

Teotihuacan

Lady Murasaki Shikibu (shown above) was the author of the novel _____________________.

The Tale of Genjii

The ritual bronze object shown above dated to the Zhou Dynasty is ________________________.

a carillon consisting of 65 components, mostly bells

The plectrum guard of the lute shown above features ________________.

a central Asian musician sitting on a camel and playing a lute

The gold headdress shown above is _____________.

a crown

The statues of Shiva Nataraja (or Shiva as the Lord of Dance, shown above) holds ________ in his right hand, and _____________ in his left hand.

a fire/a drum

The mask shown above from the Liangzhu culture (Neolithic Period) might represent _____________________.

a human riding an animal

The gold pendant shown above probably represents _______________.

a shaman

The Female Figure Holding a Fly-Whisk (shown above), dated to the Maurya Period, probably represents a yakshi, __________________________ .

a spirit associated with the productive and reproductive forces of nature

The Borobudur Temple in Indonesia (shown above) is basically a stepped pyramid representing _________________.

a three dimensional mandala (cosmos)

A chance late 19th-century discovery of some small seals (shown above) provided the first clue that _______________________________.

an ancient civilization had existed in the Indus River Valley

Gandhara sculptors typically portrayed the Buddha as a(n) ___________, more powerful and heroic than an ordinary human.

athletic figure

The building shown above from the Mayan city of Copan was used as a(n) ______________________.

ballcourt

The gesture the Buddha shown above is called Abhaya mudra, which refers to _________________.

blessing and protection

The fresco shown above from Teotihuacan depicts a _________________.

bloodletting ritual

The wall painting shown above from the rock-cut monastery at Ajanta depicts a(n) ___________________.

bodhisattva

The bottle shown above from the Goryeo Dynasty is an example of ____________________.

celadon-glazed ceramics

Behind the fifteen greenstone figurines found at La Verna there are ______, tall oblong stone evoking an architectural space.

celts

The Parancas culture is best known for its stunning textiles (shown above), which were found in __________________.

cemetery as wrappings around the body of the dead

Archaeologists believe the cong (shown above) was connected with the practice of ___________________.

contacting the spirit world

In the city of Tikal, Temple I (shown above) was built by King Jasaw and ____________________________.

contained his tomb in limestone

The Chaitya Hall at Karle (1st century B.C.E., shown above) is one of the largest and most fully developed examples of ____________________.

early Buddhist rock-cut halls

The granite statue of Seated Buddha from the Seokguram Grotto (shown above) represents Buddha during his ___________, as indicated by his earth-touching gesture.

enlightenment

The fang ding (shown above) was a rectangular bronze vessel used for _______________.

food offering

The Nazca are best known for their colossal earthworks, or _____________ (shown above).

geoglyphs

The Admonitions of the Imperial Instructress to Court Ladies (shown above), attributed to the painter Gu Zaishi, is _________________.

handscroll

Ceramic models of buildings - like the one shown above found in 1993 in a tomb near the village of Baizhuang - were intended to _______________.

house for support the dead in the afterlife

The Land of Immortals in the Eastern Sea takes form in a bronze _______________ (shown above) from the tomb of Prince Liu Shang.

incense burner

The diagram above shows the ________________________ used on the Amida Buddha statue by Jocho.

joined-block technique

Within the compound of the Horyuji Temple (shown above) there are two buildings: the ________ (golden hall) and a five-story pagoda.

kondo

The sculpture shown above is called the Lanzón, which was probably a(n) __________________.

oracle

The building shown above is a ____________, a tower associated with East Asian Buddhist temples.

pagoda

The plateau shown above in north central Sri-Lanka was the site chosen by King Kassapa to build his ____________ in the 400s.

palace

The fang ding shown above is being cast using the __________________ technique.

piece-mold casting

The guang shown above - half tiger and half owl - was a vessel used for _______________.

pouring liquids

The torso of a man shown above from Mohenjo-Daro suggests a structure of society where _____________ functioned as kings.

priests

At Mohenjo-Daro in Pakistan archaeologists discovered an elevated citadel area about 50 feet high, surrounded by a wall. Inside the citadel is a water tank that may have been a _______________ but could also have had a ritual use.

public bath

Popular paintings called ______ ("welcoming approach") - like the one shown above - depicted the Amida Buddha, accompanied by bodhisattvas, coming down to earth to welcome the soul of the dying believer.

raigo

The huge figure of Standing Buddha carved in the rock (shown above) likely served as the model for ________________________.

similar statues found at rock-cut sanctuaries in China

In Kosho's statue Kuya Preaching (shown above), __________________ emerged from Kuya's mouth to symbolize his preaching.

six small Buddhas

The religious building shown above at Sanchi, in Central India, is a _________________.

stupa

The Pyramid of the Feathered Serpent (shown above) exhibits the ________________ (slope-and-panel) construction that is a hallmark of the Teotihuacan architectural style.

talud-tablero

The Seated Buddha (shown above) is making the __________________.

teaching gesture

The Dharmaraja Ratha at Mamallapuram (shown abover) is a _________ carved from a large boulders by the Pallava-period stonecutters.

temple

The Rajarajeshvara Temple at Thanjavur (shown above) was built by King Rajaraja I (r. 985-1014) in order to ___________________________.

thank for his many victories in battle

One of the great Shinto monuments is ______________________ (shown above), where the main deity worshiped is the sun goddess Amaterasu-o-mi-kami, the legendary progenitor of Japan's imperial family.

the Grand Shrine of Ise

The temple shown above at Deogarh is dedicated to ________________.

the Hindu god Vishnu

The bronze statue of Bodhisattva Seated in Meditation (shown above) features a slender body, elliptical face, elegant drapery folds, and trilobed crown, which belong distinctly to ______________.

the Korean style

The cylindrical vessel shown above depicts ___________________.

the Mayan Cosmic Ballgame

The portrait vessel shown above belongs to _______________.

the Moche culture

The central figure of the earspool (shown above) found in a Moche tomb in Sipán (Peru) depicts _________________.

the Warrior Priest

The yoroi (shown above) is _________________.

the earliest form of samurai armor

The panels from the Tamamushi Shrine are Jataka tales, that is, tales about __________________.

the former lives if the Buddha

The Shaka Triad - a central Buddha and two Bodhisattvas - is a bronze sculpture placed inside ___________ at the Horyuji Temple.

the kondo

The T-shaped banner from the tomb of the nobleman Marquess of Dai, in Changsha (shown above), is painted with scenes representing __________________.

the three levels of the universe: heaven, earth, and underworld

Haniwa figures, like the one shown above, acted as a link between ____________________________.

the world of the dead and the world of the living

The handscroll Night Attack on the Sanjo Palace (shown above) depicts the battle between the Minamoto and the Taira, ____________________.

two clans of samurai

Among the many treasures still preserved in the Horyuji Temple is a portable shrine known as the Tamamushi Shrine (shown above) after the tamamushi beetle, _________________________________.

whose iridescent wings were originally affixed to the shrine to make it glitter

The _____________ shown above from the Tale of Genjii is an illustrated handscroll depicting a series of scenes, alternating texts with illustrations.

yamato-e