ART 105 Exam 2 (Quiz Questions)
Hanging Scroll
Fan Quan's Travelers Among Mountains and Streams, from the Northern Song period, is in which format? a. Handscroll b. Hanging scroll c. Album leaf d. Fan
Tale of Genji
This handscroll illustrates a scene from the best-known work of literature in Japan, written by an early 11th-century lady-in-waiting to an empress: a. Legends of M ount Shigi b. Events of the Heiji Period c. Tale of Genji d. Eight Views of the Parlor
Rent Collection Courtyard
This 1965 work by Ye Yushan (et al) depicts the times before the People's Republic: a. Rent Collection Courtyard b. The Emperor Holding Court c. Peasants in the Courtyard d. The Court of the Last Emperor
both a and b are correct
This Yuan dynasty vase dated to 1351 is significant because: a. it is an early example of porcelain with cobalt-blue underglaze b. it bears an inscription with the date and the fact that it was one of a pair donated to a Buddhist temple c. it is over two feet tall d. both a and b are correct
ukiyo-e
"Pictures of the floating world"
haniwa
About 20,000 of these clay figures based on cylindrical shapes were placed on the Kofun period tomb of Emperor Nintoku. They are called: a. haniwa b. shoguns c. samurai d. tumulus
Nihonga
19th century Japanese Painting that incorporates some western techniques
broad, rapid brush strokes, sometimes dripping the ink on the paper
A Japanese habuko style painting, like this one, often hovers on the edge of legibility. Which of the following describes this style best? a. careful brush strokes and application of ink b. broad, rapid brush strokes, sometimes dripping the ink on the paper c. precise, linear motifs d. clear, concise images that are easily understood
Caligraphy
Beautiful Writing
Enamel
Color applied to porcelain after initial firing
tarashikomi
Dripping of ink onto still wet surfaces in painting
Lohan
Enlightened disciples of Buddha who have achieved Nirvana
Literati
Highly-educated scholar artists
Auspicious Cranes
Inscriptions are often included in Chinese paintings like this one, attributed to the Emporer Huizong: a. On a Mountain Path in Spring b. Paradise of Amitabha c. Auspicious Cranes d. Auspicious Objects
all of the above
Late Ming dynasty artist Dong Qichang has been called the "first modernist painter." Why? a. shaded masses of rocks alternate with blank bands, flattening the composition b. abstract patterns are created c. his work foreshadows 19th-century European landscapes d. all of the above
Yamato-e
Native Japanese Style Painting
Kamakura
The portrait statue of the priest Shunjobo Chogen represents the naturalism and quality of art being produced in artistic workshops during the ____________________________ period in Japanese history. a. Kofun b. Heian c. Jomon d. Kamakura
Momoyama
The tea ceremony was raised to a fine art, peaking in the ________________________ period. a. Momoyama b. Edo c. Muromachi d. Kamakura
Lacquer
Sap of the sumac tree, processed and used to protect and beautify wood
Qin Shi Huangdi, First Emperor of Qin
The terracotta army was created for whose tomb? a. Genghis Khan b. Kublai Khan c. Emperor Huizong of the Northern Song period d. Qin Shi Huangdi, First Emperor of Qin
habuko
Splashed-ink painting
Gateway
The Namdaemun in Seoul, South Korea was designed as a: a. palace b. temple c. gateway d. garden
life and supernatural power.
The Silla Crown, from a tomb in Kyongju, Korea, has upright structures of stylized trees and antlers formed of gold and jade that may symbolize: a. active masculine energy (yang). b. passive feminine energy (yin). c. life and supernatural power. d. death and reincarnation.
all of the above
The architecture of the Phoenix Hall of Byodoin in Uji evokes which of the following? a. Buddha's palace in his Pure Land b. Heian imperial might and the authority of the Fujiwara clan c. the overall birdlike shape reminds the viewer that the phoenix only alights on lands properly ruled d. all of the above
Shitao
The artist that painted Man in a House beneath a Cliff wrote about his theory of the "primordial line" as the root of all representation. His name was _____________________. a. Shen Zhou b. Shitao c. Shang Xi d. Wu Zhen
Zen Buddhism
The dry cascade and pools in the gardens at Saihoji temple in Kyoto represent the emphasis on meditation in _________________________________. a. Daoism b. Confucianism c. Pure Land Buddhism d. Zen Buddhism
wabi and sabi
This small vessel called a kogan was used in a Japanese tea ceremony. The rustic nature and even the crack are intentional. This illustrates the concepts of: a. yin and yang b. tatami and tokonoma c. wabi and sabi d. feng shui
Tori Busshi
Unlike most ancient Japanese sculptors who have remained anonymous, we know the name of the artist of the Shaka Triad. He was: a.Kano Motonubu b. Ogata Korin c. Tori Busshi d. Kano Eitoku
both b and c
Which of the following do you see in Hokusai's The Great Wave off Kanagawa? a. The wave is three-dimensional and in the background. b. The wave is flat, graphic, and in the foreground. c. It employs Prussian blue and has a low horizon line, typical of Western painting. d. both b and c
Ming
Which of the following dynasties ruled from the Forbidden City in Beijing from the 15th to the 17th century? a. Qin b. Ming c. Yuan d. Tang
