Art Appreciation CH 18, 19, 20

The original inhabitants of Easter Island left more than ___________________ carved moai.

600

According to Islamic tradition, God's first creation was _________________________.

A reed pen for writing his words

According to your textbook, humanity originated in

Africa

One of the most famous monuments in Cambodia, _________________ features scenes from the life of the Hindu god Vishnu.

Angkor Wat

___________________________ is the date corresponding to the beginning of the in the Maya calendar.

August 12

___________ was a descendent of Ming dynasty royalty who lived the life of a recluse, taking refuge in a monastery and later faking madness.

Bada Shanren

Oceania is the collective name for the thousands of Pacific islands that compromise all of the following except:

Bali

This somewhat abstract sculpture was intended to glorify an oba, or king, or distinguished ancestors

Benin Head, Benin

A__________________ is a person who has achieved enlightenment, but choses to stay on Earth and teach others.

Bodhisattva

Pendent Mask has two shallow slots that held _____________________ during ceremonies.

Consecrated ointments

Key Aryan beliefs that influenced later Indian belief included the idea that the universe evolves cycles of _________________________ and destruction.

Creation

Muhammad was often depicted in Islamic art while he was alive, but images of Allah are forbidden.

FALSE

Oceanic people developed numerous examples of pottery due to an abundance of clay.

FALSE

The Kente Cloth's title Mmeeda roughly translates to 'Something that has happened many time.'

FALSE

The human presence in Asia dates back to the Neolithic era.

FALSE

The indigenous religion of Japan is an ancient form of nature and ancestor worship called Confucianism.

FALSE

At The Great Stupa at Sanchi, four _________________________ are oriented to the four cardinal directions.

Gates

A ____________________________ is a long painting on paper, meant to be viewed by slowly scrolling from the right hand to the left.

Handscroll

One of the oldest surviving examples of Sub-Saharan art, this life-sized sculpture of a human head is made from terra cotta and shows a vivid facial expression and abstracted eyes and nose.

Head, Nok Culture

Olembe Alay's House Post is representative of all of these characteristics EXCEPT:

Health

Nataraja, Shiva as King of Dance is trampling on the monster of _____________________ as he holds sacred symbols in his hands.

Ignorance

Large covered porch

Iwan

_________________________ has the oldest surviving royal family of any society.

Japan

In Hopi and Zuni culture, male members of tribes dress as birds, animals, clowns, and demons to impersonate __________________________, which means invisible life force spirits.

Kachinas

Five Poems

Khamseh

This reinterpretation of a human head, made of carved wood, shows different patterns and textures.

Large Dance Headdress, Cameroon

Muslim theological school

Madrasa

This sculpture, made from thin, hollow metal shows a naturalistic head with many find details as it might appear in real-life.

Male Portrait Head, Ife Culture

The sculpture Protective Prow Figure from a War Canoe from the Solomon Islands, represents the Oceanic belief in ___________________________, which means "spiritual power."

Mana

During Friday sermon men bow down in the direction of this city.

Mecca

Niche in the end wall that points the way to Mecca

Mihrab

Towers which mark the building's location and are used by chanters. A tower that is used to call the faithful to prayer.

Minarets

English word that has connotations of wealth and power derives from Mughal

Mogul

A place of worship for followers of Islam.

Mosque

An adherent of Islam is called _________________________, Arabic for "one who submits to God."

Muslim

An adherent of Island is called ________________, Arabic for "one who submits to God."

Muslim

If one achieves enlightenment, the endless cycle of death and rebirth will be broken, and the believer will experience ___________________; a final rebirth in a pure spiritual realm.

Nirvana

Upon his death in 210 BCE, __________________ commissioned life size clay soldiers referred to as The Terracotta Warriors.

Qin Shihuangdi

The sacred text of Islam

Qu'ran

The ___________________, is an Islamic holy book which illustrates the most respected form of Muslim calligraphy.

Qur'an

Bronze casting in Benin was an art form developed exclusively to glorifying the king (or oba).

TRUE

During the Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368), artists who devoted themselves to a life of art and poetry created a new style known as literati painting.

TRUE

Most Indian today are Hindus

TRUE

Traditional Chinese paintings revolves around two focal points: Calligraphy and Landscape

TRUE

Known for their massive, carved and often reclining figures, the ___________________________ initiated a major new era in Central Mexico before the Aztecs.

Toltec

Japanese prints called _________________________, meaning "pictures of the floating world."

Ukiyo-e

Japanese artist Sesshy Toyo's hanging scroll, Splashed Ink Landscape is an example of a stile of painting called ______________________, which means "flung ink."

hakobu

Many Chinese bronze vessels are decorated with a taotie mask which shows a ___________________________.

monster with wings, claws and horns.

Japanese yo-e prints, like Kitagawa Utama Beauty, depict ________________________.

the everyday world