Art 110 Chapters 18, 19, 20

One of the enduring strengths of Japanese culture is the ability to:

absorb and transform new ideas while keeping older traditions vital

Hinduism and Buddhism:

both have a belief in the cyclical nature of time

One god in the Aztec pantheon was Quetzalcoatl, who played an important role in the survival of this culture by:

bringing rain and water through windstorms

Daoism:

is concerned with bringing human life into harmony with nature

Much of the artwork from Africa is lost to us because:

it was made of perishable material, such as wood

The Tairona ornament made of tumbaga was fashioned using the technique of:

lost-wax casting

In the Tolai spirit society known as duk duk, the duk duk are:

male spirits who punish lawbreakers

The people of Kongo use containers called ________ to hold materials that aid in rituals for harnessing the powers of the dead.

minkisi

A culture whose speech was rich in metaphors was the:

Aztec

The Mughals, an Islamic people from central Asia:

All of these answers are correct

A kiva is a large, underground ceremonial chamber of the ________ people.

Anasazi

The Berbers were originally from:

Africa

One important aspect of ________ that gets "lost in translation" when viewed in a museum is that they are created for use in ceremonies involving groups of people in motion.

African Masks

Although no one knows for certain how long people have lived in the Americas, the earliest-known evidence points to human habitations from about:

12,000 years ago

Islam came into being during the early part of the ________ century C.E.

7th

Because of its connection with the act of prayer, ________ became the most highly regarded art in the Islamic world.

Calligraphy

A ram's head was used as a symbol of a sun god in the cultures of both Egypt and:

Kush

The most famous Nubian kingdom was ________, which lasted over 1,400 years.

Kush

Like the ziggurats of Mesopotamia, ____________ pyramids were symbolically understood as mountains.

Mesoamerican

___________ are one of the most characteristic of Islamic architectural ornaments.

Muqarnas

Several cultures are known collectively as the "mound builders." The most famous of the mounds still visible is:

The Serpent Mound

Cultural exchange between Islam and Byzantium is exemplified by the ________ in the Great Mosque at Córdoba, Spain.

mosaics

The first Qin emperor, Shihuangdi:

ordered the crafting of a huge terra-cotta army

In the Japanese Asuka period, perhaps the most important art was:

poetry

A small Indus sculpture of a torso exhibits a "relaxed abdomen." Some scholars interpret this to indicate that the Indus people:

practiced breathing exercises

The set of hand scrolls known as the Heiji Monogatari Emaki has been described as cinematic because:

scenes "scroll by" as in an epic film

In the tumbaga pendant depicting a ruler, birds unfold like wings on either side of his head, representing:

spirit alter egos that give access to the other world

The Moche of South America left a substantial record of art that includes:

tens of thousands of ceramic objects, often depicting kneeling warriors

The philosophy of Confucius is pragmatic; its principle concern is:

the creation of a peaceful society

A distinctive aspect of an illustration from the hand scroll The Tale of Genji is:

the removal of the roof to show an interior space