Test 2 Flashcards
name 2 identifying features of buddha
elongated earlobes
urna (third eye)
is this buddha? what is it?
Bodhisattva
What?
Where?
Why?
Taj Mahal
India
A mosoleum for his wife
How does this illustrate the significance of Chinese Painting?
by including the 3 traditional art forms
poetry
painting
and calligraphy
Chinese scholars steeped in the study of classic texts of philosophy. literature, and history were known as?
Literati
considered one of the best japanese ladscape painters lived life as a zen monk devoted to landscape painting
who?
Sesshu
what kind of pottery?
Ming Pottery
characteristics of the ming dynasty?
pure, brilliant
wet gardens
The Forbidden City
What kind pottery is this?
Raku ware
momoyama period
identify the subject matter of these works
Mt. Fiji
Location?
Culture?
Significance?
Mexico City
Aztec
human sacrifice
This stature represents a majore …. diety?
aztec
Location?
Culture?
Significance?
Manchu Picchu, Peru
Inca
didn’t use mortar
the great plains people created….. due to their lifestyle?
portable art
What is James Luna attempting to express with his work?
That the Native American people are not dead and are in the present day time
What are the functions of these dolls?
to hold a childs soul after they have died
Who?
What are they doing?
The Wodaabe People
young men attract women by making the funniest face
What style?
Culture?
x-ray style/dreamtime
Australian
