Deck 18: China and Korea

Question 1

_____ artists created bronze vessels for ritual.

A) Shang​
B) ​Yangshao
C) ​Tang
D) ​Song

Answer 1

Shang​

Question 2

Declared empress after her husband's death, _____ was a great art patron during the Tang dynasty.

A) ​Lady Feng
B) ​Wu Zetian
C) ​Yan Liben
D) ​Emperor Xuan

Answer 2

​Wu Zetian

Question 3

What type of painting reached its high point in the Song dynasty?

A) ​Landscape
B) ​Grisaille
C) ​Romantic
D) ​Modernist

Answer 3

​Landscape

Question 4

The _____ were scholar artists who emerged during the Song dynasty.

A) ​purlins
B) ​thirteen emperors
C) ​literati
D) ​jingdezhen

Question 5

What material was the army of the First Emperor of China made of?

A) ​Marble
B) ​Terracotta
C) ​Bronze
D) ​Wood

Question 6

The Tang dynasty marks the golden age of Chinese _____.

A) ​gardens
B) ​calligraphy
C) ​figure painting
D) ​pagodas

Question 7

Buddhism, with its promise of hope, became a significant religion during _____.

A) ​Shang Dynasty
B) ​Song Dynasty
C) ​Period of Disunity
D) ​Tang Dynasty

Question 8

Emperor Wu of the Han dynasty established _____ as the state's religion.

A) Confucianism​
B) ​Buddhism
C) ​Daoism
D) ​Islam

Question 9

Under _____ painters were required to study poetry and calligraphy.

A) Wangshi Yuan​
B) ​Wu Zhen
C) ​Huizong
D) ​Shitao

Question 10

The Song artist _____ shunned city life believing that nature was the best teacher.

A) ​Guanyun
B) ​Fan Kuan
C) ​Ye Yushan
D) ​Wu Zhen

Question 11

The _____ culture produced ceramic bowls even before the use of the potter's wheel.

A) ​Song
B) ​Shang
C) ​Yuan
D) ​Yangshao

Question 12

It is likely that the distinctive features of Chinese architecture occurred during the _____ dynasty.

A) ​Shang
B) ​Ming
C) ​Tang
D) ​Zhou

Question 13

_____ was the founder of the Yuan dynasty.

A) Wuzong​
B) ​Kublai Khan
C) ​First Emperor Qin
D) ​Wu Zetian

Question 14

Ming gardens attempt to reproduce _____.

A) ​orderliness
B) ​European gardens
C) ​an architectural complex
D) ​the irregularities of nature

Question 15

Built in the Northern Song period, the tallest wood building constructed is the _____.

A) ​Foguang Si Pagoda
B) ​Forbidden City
C) ​Hall of Supreme Harmony
D) ​Burial mound of the First Emperor

Question 16

The throne room of the emperor, the _____, was the largest wood building in China.

A) ​Namdaemun
B) ​Garden of the Master
C) ​Hall of Supreme Harmony
D) ​Bamboo Hall

Question 17

Who established the native Chinese Ming dynasty?

A) ​Zhu Yuazhong
B) ​Qin Shi Huangdi
C) ​Kublai Khan
D) ​Governor-General Zhang

Question 18

Numerous painted murals are housed in sanctuaries of the _____.

A) ​Lingering Garden
B) ​Foguang Si Pagoda
C) ​tomb of Governor-General Zhang
D) ​Mogao Grottoes

Question 19

_____ is the religion that stresses nature and shuns the artificial.

A) Islam​
B) ​Confucianism
C) ​Buddhism
D) ​Daoism

Question 20

The inner compound of Beijing was known as the _____.

A) ​Fenxian Temple
B) ​Forbidden City
C) ​Foguang Si Pagoda
D) ​Cloud Crowned Peak

Question 21

The Silla crown is distinctive in the use of _____.

A) ​flowers
B) ​precious gems
C) ​military motifs
D) ​cut sheet gold

Question 22

How is porcelain created?

Question 23

Describe the contents of the tomb of the First Emperor.

Question 24

Which of the following motifs found on the David vases might suggest the donor's high status?

A) ​Phoenix/dragon motif
B) ​Holly leaves
C) ​Laurel flowers
D) ​Mushrooms

Question 25

Namdaemun in Seoul was designed as a _____.

A) ​garden
B) ​temple
C) ​gateway
D) ​palace

Question 26

_____ is a distinctive feature of the gardens of Liu Yuan.

A) ​Fantastic rockwork
B) ​Large bridges
C) ​Winding streams
D) ​Labyrinth-like rows of bushes

Question 27

How was paint used in the decoration of Chinese buildings?

Question 28

Why is Dong Qichang called the first modernist painter?

Question 29

How do Ming gardens differ from those found in other civilizations?

Question 30

How was the layout of the Forbidden City suited to imperial court ritual?

Question 31

How did the First Emperor, Qin Shi Huangdi, consolidate his power? What were his achievements?

Question 32

Yan Liben's The Thirteen Emperors displays rulers as exemplars of moral and political virtue to conform with the _____.

A) ​Daoist ideal
B) ​Confucian ideal of learning from the past
C) ​ideal set forth by the First Emperor
D) ​ideal of good government as seen in Gandharan India

Question 33

What did the artist Shitao claim was the root of all representation?

A) ​A beautiful model
B) ​A single brushstroke
C) ​Artistic talent
D) ​A geometric shape

Question 34

Describe the connection between painting and calligraphy.

Question 35

Describe the significance of elaborate gateways in East Asian architecture.

Question 36

What did Marco Polo admire about China under the reign of Kublai Khan?

Question 37

What event marks the division of the Zhou dynasty?

Question 38

What is significant about the method of construction of the warriors made for the First Emperor's tomb?

Question 39

The _____ style that was inspired by Communism broke radically from traditional Chinese styles.

A) ​Silla
B) ​Song
C) ​social realism
D) ​jindezhen

Question 40

What changes occurred under the Song emperors?

Question 41

Evaluate the architecture of the Forbidden City. What is the emperor's role in its design? Use examples to support your .

Question 42

What is represented? What do the various images symbolize?

Question 43

How does this garden reflect Ming landscape?

Question 44

Compare and contrast the Vairocana Buddha, Longmen Caves, with the Paradise of Amitabha, Dunhuang Caves. How does each reflect the Indian prototype? How has each been modified to reflect the Chinese aesthetic?

Question 45

Describe the distinctive qualities of Chinese architecture. Please consider the construction methods as well as manner of decoration.

Question 46

Compare and contrast the Ming dynasty with the Manchu. How are they different? Include in your the impact the Manchu invasion had on China. Also consider the political and social implications and the ramifications for the visual arts. Use examples to support your .

Question 47

How is this unique among the different figures found in the general's tomb? What meaning does it convey?

Question 48

Compare and contrast the Han period, Period of Disunity, and Tang period. What are the similarities in design elements, and how do these elements satisfy the political and social relationships of each period? Use examples to support your .

Question 49

Describe the overall aesthetic aims of Chinese gardens? How is this achieved? What became distinctive features for some artists?

Question 50

Discuss the development of painting in China, noting the materials and techniques used. What philosophical systems distinguish Chinese painting? How does painting describe these systems? Use examples to support your .

Question 51

Why was it significant that when this work was first exhibited it was anonymous?

Question 52

How is the Buddha depicted?

Question 53

What are the hallmarks of this artist's style?

Question 54

How does this object define the visual vocabulary of its period?

Question 55

Providing examples, compare and contrast the different approaches to landscape painting.

Question 56

Contrast Qing visual arts with the visual arts of the People's Republic of China. How are they different? What were the political motivations, if any, for the "tone" of the differences? How did each period use the visual arts? Use examples to support your .

Question 57

China's rulers were often buried in elaborate tombs. Providing examples, describe the objects that accompanied the rulers in the afterworld. What was their purpose?

Question 58

What was the message of this? Why was it successful?

Question 59

What characteristics classify this as the Southern School?

Question 60

What are the characteristics of this artist's style?

Question 61

Attribute the images on the screen to a culture and give an approximate date. Give the reasons for your attributions, using complete sentences and referring to specific works discussed in class.
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