Week 7: Art of India, China, Japan, and Southeast Asia

Question 1

Abstract

Answer 1

an artwork the form of which is simplified, distorted, or exaggerated in appearance (See Chapter 3.3, page 424)

Question 2

Bas-relief (low relief)

Answer 2

a sculpture carved with very little depth: the carved subjects rise only slightly above the surface of the work (See Chapter 3.3, page 427)

Question 3

Calligraphy

Answer 3

the art of emotive or carefully descriptive hand lettering or handwriting (See Chapter 3.3, page 418)

Question 4

Circumambulate

Answer 4

the act of walking around a sacred object (See Chapter 3.3, page 415)

Question 5

Classical

Answer 5

Greek art of the period c. 480–323 bce (See Chapter 3.3, page 415)

Question 6

Continuous narrative

Answer 6

when different parts of a story are shown within the same visual space (See Chapter 3.3, page 423)

Question 7

Diagonal

Answer 7

a line that runs obliquely, rather than horizontally or vertically (See Chapter 3.3, page 424)

Question 8

Impressionism

Answer 8

a late nineteenth-century painting style conveying the impression of the effects of light; Impressionists were painters working in this style (See Chapter 3.3, page 424)

Question 9

Literati

Answer 9

Chinese scholar-painters who created expressive paintings rather than formal academic works (See Chapter 3.3, page 420)

Question 10

Mandala

Answer 10

a sacred diagram of the universe, often involving a square and a circle (See Chapter 3.3, page 415)

Question 11

Performance art

Answer 11

a work involving the human body, usually including the artist, for an audience (See Chapter 3.3, page 420)

Question 12

Piece-mold casting

Answer 12

a process for casting metal objects in which a mold is broken into several pieces that are then reassembled into a final sculpture (See Chapter 3.3, page 419)

Question 13

Series

Answer 13

a group of related artworks that are created as a set (See Chapter 3.3, page 424)

Question 14

Space

Answer 14

the distance between identifiable points or planes (See Chapter 3.3, page 423)

Question 15

Stupa

Answer 15

a burial mound containing Buddha’s remains (See Chapter 3.3, page 413)

Question 16

Terra-cotta

Answer 16

iron-rich clay, fired at a low temperature, which is traditionally brownish-orange in color (See Chapter 3.3, page 418)

Question 17

Torana

Answer 17

a gateway used in Hindu and Buddhist architecture (See Chapter 3.3, page 413)

Question 18

Triptych

Answer 18

an artwork comprising three panels, normally joined together and sharing a common theme (See Chapter 3.3, page 419)

Question 19

Woodblock

Answer 19

a relief print process where the image is carved into a block of wood (See Chapter 3.3, page 424)