quiz 9

In what year did Zhu Da create Moon and Melon?

1689

What is the format of Shitao's series of paintings titled Reminiscences of Qinhuai River?

Album leaf

What is the color of the copper glaze fired in a reduced atmosphere?`

All red

What modern city encompasses the Ming dynasty Forbidden City?

Beijing

The Ming architecture of Beijing was built in the traditional Chinese construction technique, referred to as which system?

Bracketing system

What was considered the most prestigious artistic subject during the Ming dynasty?

Landscape

What was the preferred subject of the Ming dynasty painter Xu Wei?

Flowers and plants

How were the various colors—red, green, black, brown, yellow, and blue—applied to this Qing dynasty cup?

Overglaze enamel

During what dynasty did Shitao paint Reminiscences of Qinhuai River?

Qing

Which of the following garden designs does NOT conform to the Chinese aesthetic?

Geometric layout of flowers

What form of clay do Chinese potters use to make porcelain objects?

Kaolin

What was the occupation of Wang Yuanqi, the artist of Wangchuan Villa?

Court painter

Who was responsible for codifying the distinction among painters between a scholar-amateur and an academic-professional?

Dong Qichang

Who was the artist of this Ming dynasty hanging scroll?

Dong Qichang

Which of the following buildings was the focus of the north-south axis of the Forbidden City?

Hall of Supreme Harmony

The professional painter for the Ming court served to promote the ideology of the dynasty by creating which of the following painting types?

Imperial family portraits

Which of the following is the preferred medium for Chinese literati?

Ink on paper

During the Qing dynasty, what European group was invited to the imperial court?

Jesuit missionaries

The last native Chinese dynasty was which of the following?

Ming

Which of the following dynasties designed the core of the imperial palace in the Forbidden City?

Ming

With which of the following groups of people did the ruler, who established the Ming dynasty, share kinship?

Native Chinese

Which of the following is the best description of literati painting?

Personal statement in pictures and words

A painting style that was freer and more expressive belonged to which of the following schools?

Southern School

What is the title of this Ming Dynasty hanging scroll?

The Hermit Xu You Resting by a Stream

Which of the following would define the style of artist Shen Zhou, who painted Poet on a Mountaintop?

The free and expressive style of the Southern School

Which Ming court painter depicted the types of people whom he saw daily in the streets and markets?

Zhou Chen