Humanities Chapter 4

Which of the following would account for the presence of Marco Polo in China during the Yuan dynasty

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A favorite subject of Chinese painters for its symbolic flexibility was

Bamboo

The typical Chinese pleasure garden contained all of the following except

Cultivated row of terraces and flower beds with avenues in geometric patterns

One of the most influential literati of the Ming Dynasty who achieved fame as an art critic and has been called the first modern painter

Dong Qichang

Which of the following buildings was the focus of the north-south axis of the forbidden city

Hall of Supreme Harmony

A Daoist artist sketched this full composition in one burst of inspiration and then added to and modified his painting whenever he felt moved to do so over...

Huang Gongwang, Dwelling in the Fuchum Mountains

Who declared himself emperor of China, and founded the Yuan dynasty in 1279?

Kublai Khan

The most famous early European visitor to marvel at the opulent lifestyle and palaces of the Yuan dynasty was

Marco Polo

The literati or scholar-artists who emerged during the Song Dynasty shared the following characteristics except

Painted primarily for court audience who patronized their arts

The central doorway to the forbidden city was reserved for only

The emperor

Why did many of the Chinese loyal to the emperor refuse to serve the new emperor during the yuan period

The new overlords were foreigners therefore unacceptable

Because of their vast power and associations with nobility and prosperity, the dragon and the ______ symbolize the emperor and empress respectively. While the dragon was chosen to represent the yin or female principle for the empress?

The phoenix