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
