Asian Art: Japan Practice

Question 1

How does the artist create a cold feeling in the painting above?

Answer 1

He uses the whites of the paper to create snow, and creates crystalline fragments using overlapping planes

Question 2

Zen gardens were the result of intense __________ and manual _________.

Answer 2

Meditation; labor

Question 3

Which of the following played a role in Maruyama Okyo’s style of painting?

Answer 3

Okyo studied Western perspective painting when he was younger and was able to incorporate these concepts in his work

Question 4

What was the purpose of the Zen gardens?

Answer 4

They were used for meditation and to seek enlightenment

Question 5

Edo, the capital of Japan during the period of the same name, is now known by what name?

Answer 5

Tokyo

Question 6

Which period are the scrolls above from?

Answer 6

Muromachi period

Question 7

Who is the artist of the above scrolls?

Answer 7

Rinzai priest Ikkyu

Question 8

What is written on the scrolls above?

Answer 8

Do no evil, perform every good

Question 9

The _______ period was filled with different schools of painting, such as the ______________, which introduced the concept of volume to Japanese art.

Answer 9

Edo; Maruyama-Shijo

Question 10

Who is the artist of the above painting?

Answer 10

Nagasawa Rosetsu