QUIZ CHINESE ART ART APP

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diverse and rich, spanning thousands of years and dozens of countries.

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Asian arts

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some of the most common art forms in Asia:

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painting,
calligraphy,
architecture, and
Sculpture.

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Eastern countries continued to influence each other’s production of arts over the centuries alongside ideologies of____,__,_-__played important roles in East Asian art.

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Confucianism, Daoism, and Buddhism

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Chinese paintings generally is being described as “___” for most of its subjects depictions is about life and nature.

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meditative art

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opaque watercolor on paper c. 1465, India (New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art)

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Devananda’s Fourteen Auspicious Dreams Foretelling the Birth of Mahavira”

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Asian art primarily serves religious function.

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Asian Arts Functions:

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Asia has developed exceptionally complex artistic forms possessing extraordinary richness and subtlety in __ and ___ applications.

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practical and aesthetic

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Old Plum, four sliding-door panels (fusuma); ink, color, gold, and gold leaf on paper, 68 3/4 x 191 1/8 in. (174.6 x 485.5 cm), 1646, Japan (New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art)

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Kano Sansetsu

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was divided into periods by the ruling dynasties of China and changing technology.

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Chinese art

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encompasses fine arts, folk arts and performance arts.

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chinese art

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similar stage tricks had come from the nomads of Central Asia by the 2nd century bce and were called the ___ During the Han dynasty (206 bce–220 ce)

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“hundred entertainments.”

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Sword-swallowing, fire-eating, juggling, acrobatics, ropewalking, tumbling,

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Ancient Chinese Performing Art Forms:

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also known as Daoxuan, was a Chinese painter of the Tang Dynasty

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Wu Daozi (680 – c. 760),

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Three of the greatest Chinese painters:

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Wu Daozi 680-759 CE
Zhu Da, 1626-1705 CE
Zhao Menfu (1254-1322 CE)

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was honored as a painting saint. He was recorded as having painted a wide variety of subjects in his usually wide compositions on large walls that was mostly Buddhist characters.

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Wu Daozi 680-759 CE

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He is especially noted for his imagination and the expressive vigor of his brush strokes which is cited even by Tang critics who lavished him as a ____ artist.

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“divine” (shen)

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The Art of ‘Bada Shanren’ Zhu Da’s pen name.

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“Enigmas” (1625-1705)

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Also a calligrapher in the late Ming Dynasty and Qing Dynasty. He was the descendant of Zhu Yuanzhang, the founder of the ___

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Zhu Da, 1626-1705 CE , Ming Dynasty.

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was the descendant of Zhao Kuangyin, the founder of____(960 - 1279AD)

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Zhao Menfu (1254-1322 CE), Song Dynasty

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The ___ began in the Xia Dynasty (c. 2070 – c. 1600 BC), and bronze ritual vessels form the bulk of collections of Chinese antiquities.

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Chinese Bronze Age

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Other notable Chinese art creation:

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Zhao Menfu, Landscape painting,
“Autumn Colors on the
Que and Hua Mountains”
1262-1319

Folding Canvas for large Mural Painting
Palace of Nine Perfections (1691)
by Yuan Jiang

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also known as Summer Pagoda is a Chinese pagoda of the Buddhist Kaiyuan Monastery west of Zhengding, Hebei province, China.

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The Xumi Pagoda or Sumeru Pagoda,

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This square-base stone and brick pagoda was built in the year 636 AD during the reign of Emperor _ of the Tang dynasty.

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Taizong

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The____ is the imperial palace complex in the center of the Imperial City in Beijing, China. It was the residence of _____, and the center of political power in China for over 500 years from 1420 to 1924

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Forbidden City , 24 Ming and Qing dynasty Emperors

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is a 71-metre tall stone statue, built between 713 and 803. It is carved out of a cliff face of Cretaceous red bed sandstones that lies at the confluence of the Min River and Dadu River in the southern part of Sichuan Province in China, near the city of Leshan.

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Leshan Giant Buddha

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is a seated Maitreya Buddha, meaning “an individual on the path to becoming a Buddha”, and also a disciple of the Buddhism’s founder, Siddhartha Gautama.

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The Leshan Buddha

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history dates back to over 2,200 years ago. Its construction began in 246 BC.

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Terracotta Army

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emphasized the importance and accomplishments of human beings.

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Greek art

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The art of ancient Greece is divided stylistically into
four periods:

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1. Geometric – abstract and outline art
2. Archaic – stiff and primitive
3. Classical – sophisticated and realistic
4. Hellenistic – flowery and highly decorative

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marked the end of Greece’s
Dark Age and lasted from 900
to 700 BCE.

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Geometric Period

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The Geometric
Period derives its name from
the dominance of geometric
motifs in

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vase painting.

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greatly affect
Greek’s culture to a more
functional and decorative
but also political purpose

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Minoan art

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Artistic development in Greece, Geometric Minoan influence.

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Octopus pattern
Floral Pattern
Bee Pendant Pattern

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The First Luxury Pottery In
Ancient Greece

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The Vasiliki Ware Teapot:

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700BCE: A Celebration Of
The Rise Of Corinth

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The Lion Aryballos:

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6th Century BCE: First Known
Creator Of Greek Vase Paintings

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The Dinos Of Sophilos

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1200-1100BCE: Pinnacle Of
Bronze Age Pottery Design

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The Minoan Octopus Vase:

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A Celebration Of Athletic
Prowess

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The Panathenaic Prize
Amphora: 4th Century BCE:

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’ block statues and figurines.
The ‘Kouros’ and ‘Kore’

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Koral

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In this period, the artisans began to focus more fully on real figures and elements of the natural world.

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Archaic Period (650-480 BC) I

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Is a Greek word which means the ‘___from 560
BC. It depicts strength and power and has a thick beard, a symbol of adulthood.

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Moschophoros , calf-bearer’

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“__”, is an
Italian term that means “___”. It is used in the visual arts to describe a human figure standing with most of its weight on one foot,

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contrapposto, counterpoise

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, Greek artists achieved a more realistic likeness in depicting human figure.

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Classical Period (480-323 BC):

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carved by the
sculptor Praxiteles in the 4th century
B.C. from fine marble, it enjoyed great
renown as the first devotional statue of a female goddess in the nude.

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Aphrodite of Knidos

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Created 360 BCE in honor of the Greek god

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Hermes of Praxiteles.

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The word Hellenistic comes from the word ‘____’, which means ‘__or___

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Hellazein, to
speak Greek’ or ‘identify with the Greeks’.

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also known as ‘Lacoon
Group’ was originally created by three
great Greek sculptors from Rhodes
namely Agesander, Polydorus and
Athenodoros.

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The statue Lacoon and his
Sons 200 BCE

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is known for tall columns, intricate detail, symmetry, harmony, and balance.

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Greek architecture

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Known as Olympieion or Columns
of the Olympian Zeus, the___by
Peisistratos and completed under
the reign of the Roman Emperor
Hadrian in 131 AD.

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Temple of Olympian Zeus 561–527 BC

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Theater of Epidaurus. 4th
century BCE by the architect
____. It was converted as
a medical center and became
the first ever medical school in
the world.

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Polykleitos.

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Perhaps the fullest, and most famous, expression of Classical Greek
temple architecture (468BCE) is the ____ It represents the maturity of the Greek classical form.

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Periclean Parthenon of Athens.

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The Romans originated in ___, influenced by other local Italian cultures, notably those of Etruria,

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central Italy

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also known as the Battle of Issus Mosaic, is a Roman floor mosaic originally from the House of the Faun in Pompeii, Italy.

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The Alexander Mosaic,

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on the other hand was influenced by a nearby territories of Africa to Antioch.

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Roman mosaics

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known as opus tessellatum,
which means small broken pieces of black, white, and colored squares of marble, tile, glass, pottery, stone, or shells.

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Mosaics,

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– Roman glass maker and designer.

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Vitriairii

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– Roman glass cutter.

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Diatretarii

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which was
made sometime during the reign of
Augustus which depicts the marriage of Peleus and Thetis from Greek mythology.

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Thetis Portland Vase’

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revolutionized the art of glassmaking which allowed the
production of small medicine,
incense, and perfume
containers in new form.

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glass-blowing

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The portrait of___(c. 190-2 CE) is a striking example of how elite portraiture in Roman art could be both realistic and idealistic at the same time

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Commodus as the hero
Hercules

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attempt to make their
subjects look more
realistic,

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Roman Sculptures

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incorporating idealistic
elements from

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Greek art.

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: The sculpture’s function was to transmit an important imperial message to
the viewer.

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Augustus of Primaporta

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as a strong and
victorious warrior and a god in an
‘orator pose’.

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Emperor Augustus

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It’s
a 1st century BCE bust of a wrinkled
and aged face of an unknown upperclass Roman citizen.

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Head of a Roman Patrician:

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The figure had been discovered near the Baths of Diocletian in 1608 and
presented to Cardinal Scipione Borghese.

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The Sleeping Hermaphrodite:

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is a sculptural portrait by the
Italian artist Gian Lorenzo
Bernini.

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The Bust of Gabriele Fonseca

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is seen as a part of classical architecture and
generally builds off of the three classical orders, Ionic, Corinthian, and Doric which were developed in ancient Greece. L

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Roman architecture

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Five Engineering and Architecture
Marvels of the Roman Empire:

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 aqueducts,
 roads,
 bridges,
 sewers and
 heated floors

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is the only
temple constructed in the time of
ancient Rome that is completely
preserved to this day

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Maison Carrée

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originally built by Architect Gian Lorenzo Bernini, 1664 is an iconic example that a city has to be built from ground zero

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St. Peter’s Square

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on the other hand was
used to adorn the interiors of
private homes in Roman cities
and in the countryside.

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Fresco

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painting of ‘Two
‘Faces, 1st Century CE shows
defined features of lips painted
with reddish orange color making
the eyes look expressive

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painting of ‘Two
‘Faces,

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, 18th century was discovered from within a Basilica located in Herculaneum, Pompeii.

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‘Fresco of Theseus’

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roaming freely in one of the gardens
along Sarno river and looks
astonishing with lush green
surroundings, painted in serene colors
of green, white and shades of yellow.

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‘Fresco of Wader Bird’

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1st century CE. Ancient Roman artists
loved to portray eternal love between
people and mythological characters, and one of the most popular subjects was Eros and Psyche’s love story.

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Eros and Psyche’,