chapter 17 Quiz: Art Beyond the West

1. What is haniwa?
a. Japanese architecture b. Ceramic fugures made from clay slabs with tubular limbs.
c. Japanese scrolls d. Japanese pots.

2.Indian art involves many different techniques such as stone carving, composition, and _____, which is the process of ______.
a. reliefs, raising the object b. sculpture, making a hard base
c. bronze casting, making a form by pouring molten bronze into a mold
d. fauvism, using bright colors that are often unrelatied to the objects they represent.

3.What art is the most colorful from Oceanic Art?
a. Melanesia b. Polynesian c. Oceanic d. all of the above

4. What is terra cotta?
a. colorful rugs b. a boat c. a hard, reddish brown earthenware used in sculpture and pottery
d. a reddish paint used to paint pots

5. Corbelled vaults originated in the _________ culture.
a. Mayan b. Japanese c. Oceanic d. Canadian

6. ______________ was constructed between 848-852 ce and was once the largest mosque in the world of Islam. It now stands in ruins.
a. The Great Mosque of Arabia b. The Great Mosque of Cambodia
c. The Great Mosque of Iran c. The Great Mosque at Samarra, Iraq

7. The bracket figure on a gateway to the Great Stupa is a _______, a female earth spirit who was believed to embody the generative forces of nature.
a. yakshi b. buddha c. aladdin d. jasmine

8. Paintings and reliefs of the Chinese Period show the ______ of Egyptian painting and create the illusion of depth by means of overlapping.
a. deep space b. conceptual space c. outer space d. empty space

9. Most of the architectural structures in Japan are made from __________.
a. stone b. clay c. concrete d. wood

10. Japanese silk scrolls often conveyed images of _________
a. Shinto Shrines b. Landscapes c. mandalas d. all of the above