ART 105 Exam 2
Travelers Among Mountains and Streams
Fat Kuan
In addition to his work on the Great Wall, this person is remembered in art history for the terracotta army created for his burial mound. He was:
First Emperor of Qin
During the Edo period, woodcut prints were produced that depicted scenes of secular life: brothels, the theater, and young women in domestic settings. These were called:
ukiyo-e
The Phoenix Hall, Byodoin, with its light exterior pillars, elevated wings, and reflective pond, is a physical metaphor for which of the following?
Buddha's celestial palace in the Pure Land
The dry cascade and pools at 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?
Through mediation, discipline, and intense concentration, Buddhists can transcend their ego and release themselves from the shackles of the mundane world.
Shaka triad
Tori Busshi
The sculptor who created the Shaka triad for the Horyuji Kondo in the Asuka period was ____.
Tori Busshi
Xie Hie's Six Canons
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calligraphy
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handscroll
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hanging scroll
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karensansui
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lacquer
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literati
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lohan
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overglaze (enamels)
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sabi
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samurai
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shogun
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tarashikomi
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tatami
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tokonoma
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wabi
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The Amaterasu Shrine at Ise is an important Shinto shrine. It is ritually rebuilt every ________.
20 years
What aspects of the Forbidden City mark it as an imperial palace? a. Surrounded by walls, successive gates allowed highly regulated access according to a visitor's status. b. The use of the Chinese bracketing system of wooden construction. c. The rigid north-south axial layout, culminating at the Hall of Supreme Harmony, where the emperor's throne room is found. d. Both a and c are correct.
Both a and c are correct.
Dwelling in the Qingbian Mountains
Dong Qichang
The artist of this hanging scroll, Dwelling in the Qingbian Mountains,has been called the "first modernist painter" because of his flattened compositions, abstract patterns, and his foreshadowing of 19th-century European landscapes. His name was:
Dong Qichang
The Great Wave off Kanagawa
Katsushika Hokusai
Although the Kofun Tomb of Emperor Nintoku contained many grave objects, including bronze mirrors, swords, and jewels, it is thought, based on the tomb's form and many of the grave goods, that the tomb shows a closer relationship with which country?
Korea
The Silla Crown with its uprights interpreted as stylized trees and antler forms comes from which of the following countries?
Korea
A painting style that was a freer, more expressive style developed in the Ming dynasty. The artist Shitao wrote about his theory of the single brush stroke, or "primordial line," as he called it. This idea is evident in the album leaf he painted above. What is the name of his work?
Man in a House beneath a Cliff
A splashed-ink or haboku 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
Ogata Korin employed the technique of tarashikomi on the trees of this folding screen entitled __________________ from the Edo period in Japan.
Red Plum Blossoms
Which of the following was a renowned tea master and tea house designer?
Sen No Rikyu
Taian Teahouse
Sen no Rikyu
The Namdaemun was designed as a gateway. Where is it located?
Seoul, Korea
Man in a House beneath a Cliff
Shitao
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.
Rent Collection Courtyard
Ye Yushan and others
Emperor Huizong, an accomplished artist, was more interested in the arts than in governing. He reorganized the imperial academy of painting and required the study of poetry and calligraphy as part of the official training program for court artists. Which of the following is the title of his work shown here?
Auspicious Cranes
How does Fan Kuan reflect the Daoist sensitivity of individuality in Travelers among Mountains and Streams?
By focusing on the mountains and minimizing the human element
During the Period of Disunity, Buddhism spread in China. The statuette of Shakyamuni and Prabhutaratna depicts the meeting of two Buddhas . Which of the following is the medium used for this image?
Gilded bronze
Auspicious Cranes
Huizong
In this Chinese garden design, workmen sculpted and shaped the rocks to produce an even more natural look. The Liu Yuan (Lingering Garden) was created during the _______________ dynasty, in contrast to the formality and rigid axiality of their palace design.
Ming
Evening Bell at the Clock
Suzuki Harunobu
Olympic Stadium in Tokyo
Tange Kenzo
Tange Kenzo was able to create this graceful structure using a cable suspension system, steel and concrete. This is the ____________________________.
The 1964 Olympic Stadium
Yan Liben's scene shown here is from a handscroll entitles The Thirteen Emperors. It depicts thirteen Chinese rulers from the Han to the Sui dynasties. Its purpose was to portray these individuals as exemplars of moral and political virtue. Which of the following would explain this role of moral and political virtue?
The Confucian ideal of learning from the past
Which of the following describes one of the most important features of the Katsura Imperial Villa?
The doors can open to the outside in order to achieve the harmonious integration of building and garden.
Kano Motonobu's painting from the Muromachi period in Japan depicts a "Zen moment," or breakthrough to enlightenment. It is entitled ________________________.
Zen Patriarch Xiangyen Zhixian Sweeping with a Broom
During the Qing dynasty, Europeans were invited to the imperial court. Giuseppe Castiglione (aka Lang Shining) was one of them. What is significant about this painting by him? it uses a European single source of light it uses three-dimensional volume typical of European paintings it includes traditional Chinese symbols such as the eagle, the evergreen pines, and the mushrooms all of the above
all of the above
In this hanging scroll from the Southern Song period, the artist Zhou Jichang distinguishes the lohans from the beggars by what means? The lohans' vividly colored attire The lohans' placement on a plane above the beggars The cloudy platform and lofty peaks on which the lohans stand compared to the desertlike setting of the beggars all of the above
all of the above
This tea ceremony water jar from the 16th century is an example of the ideas of wabi and sabi. Why? a. It shows an appreciation of rustic Korean wares over the more refined Chinese. b. It features rough surfaces and heavy glazes. c. It has a prominent crack and sagging contours. d. all of the above
all of the above
What is the message behind Rent Collection Courtyard from 1965? a. The exploitation of peasants by their landlords must never occur again. b. Collective action is the only way to effect the transformations sought by the People's Republic. c. In the times before the People's Republic, the poor were better off. d. both a and b are correct
both a and b are correct
During the Ming dynasty, this luxurious table was produced in a workshop called the Orchard Factory. What is is it made from?
carved red lacquer and wood
The Tale of Genji supports the notion of the significant role played by which of the following in 11th-century Japan?
court ladies
About 20,000 of these clay warriors, based on cylindrical forms, were placed on the Kofun Tomb of Emperor Nintoku. It is thought that they served as a spiritual barrier protecting the living and the dead from contamination. These figures are called:
haniwa
Lady Feng and the Bear is a scene from Admonitions of the Instructress to the Court Ladies. It was painted during the Period of Disunity in late fourth-century China. It is an example of ___________________________.
model Confucian behavior
The style of painting, seen here in Kutsugen by Yokoyama Taikan from 1898, incorporates some Western techniques such as chiaroscuro, perspective, and bright hues in basically Japanese-style paintings. It is called:
nihonga
This dish produced in the Qing dynasty about 1700 displays which of the following techniques?
overglaze (enamels)
Which of the following might suggest the donor's high status from the Yuan Temple vase?
the cobalt-blue underglaze
Chan Buddhism gained gradual importance under the Song emperors. The basic tenet of this school is the cultivation of mind and spirit in order to break through the illusions of ordinary reality. Liang Kai's Sixth Chan Patriarch Chopping Bamboo depicts one way this can be achieved:
the enlightenment that comes gradually after long meditation
This statue represents the naturalism and quality of the art produced in artistic workshops during the Kamakura period in Japanese history. It is a portrait of _________________________.
the priest Shunjobo Chogun
