Deck 16: China and Korea to 1279

Question 1

Which of the following would describe the Silla rulers' perception of the Buddhist temples they built in and around their capital city, Kyongju?

A) As extensions of royal power
B) As seats of civil power
C) As places for worship
D) As supernatural defenses

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Which of the following would explain the artist's decision to depict an exemplar moral and political virtue in Yan Liben's The Thirteen Emperors ?

A) The Daoist ideal of retreat from society to attain wisdom in nature
B) The system of laws and belief set forth by the Chinese first emperor
C) The ideal of good government as seen in Gandharan India
D) The Confucian ideal of learning from the past to create an ordered society

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Which of the following statements best describes Shang bronze vessel work?

A) Only certain vessel forms received animal and abstract surface decoration.
B) Designs and decoration are fully integrated to suit each vessel form.
C) Each single design would be applied to only one vessel form.
D) Vessel form had little relation to the intended function of the object.

Answer 3

B

Question 4

What is the explanation for one figure being represented as larger than the others in one of the scenes from the Wu family shrine?

A) The larger size of the figure means he is a deity.
B) The larger size of the figure is an attempt at perspective.
C) The larger size of the figure means he is a deceased ancestor.
D) The larger size of the figure highlights his importance.

Question 5

A broad range of subject matter, such as musicians on camel or Semitic traders, can be found in the ceramic figural tradition of which of the following?

A) Shang dynasty
B) Tang dynasty
C) Zhou dynasty
D) Six Dynasties

Question 6

Which Bronze Age dynasty did the 1928 excavations at Anyang reveal as a warlike and stratified society?

A) Xia dynasty
B) Zhou dynasty
C) Shang dynasty
D) Han dynasty

Question 7

Which country provided the cultural link between China and Japan?

A) Mongolia
B) Siberia
C) Korea
D) India

Question 8

The Neolithic Majiayao Culture is notable for which art form?

A) Bronzes
B) Jades
C) Calligraphy
D) Pottery

Question 9

What is the name of the philosophy-a blend of traditional Chinese thought and selected Buddhist concepts-that flourished during the Southern Song period?

A) Neo-Chanism
B) Neo-Buddhism
C) Neo-Daoism
D) Neo-Confucianism

Question 10

The Chinese interest in landscape painting was most strongly influenced by which of the following?

A) Confucius's dictum that an appreciation of nature was the basis for human society
B) Buddhist concern with dharma and cosmic principles
C) The Buddhist concept of nirvana and how that paradise is depicted in art
D) Daoist emphasis on harmony with nature and poetic themes

Question 11

How does Fan Kuan reflect Daoist sensitivity in Travelers among Mountains and Streams ?

A) By minimizing the human element
B) By focusing on the mountains and minimizing the human element
C) By minimizing the mountains
D) By using sparse lines and no shading

Question 12

The Qin ruler Shi Huangdi, the first emperor of China, is remembered in art history for which of the following?

A) The numerous bronze vessels buried with him
B) The beautiful pieced-jade suit in which he was buried
C) The army of life-size warriors and horses he commissioned for his tomb
D) His recognition of Buddhism as the official religion of China

Question 13

What material comprises the Shakyamuni Buddha of the Six Dynasties, the first precisely datable Chinese Buddhist image?

A) Red lacquered wood
B) Gilded wood
C) Gilded bronze
D) Painted stone

Question 14

The Korean Hwangnam-dong crown, with its gold band and uprights, and jade comma-shaped pieces, is thought to symbolize which of the following?

A) Silla Kingdom first ancestor
B) Life and supernatural power
C) Life and the eternal sun
D) The tears of the Buddha

Question 15

Which of the following would have been included in the reorganized curriculum for court artists set up by Emperor Huizong?

A) Study of the tactical methods of the Mongols
B) Study of the classical Chinese art of earlier periods
C) Study of the calligraphic art of Nara, Japan
D) Study of the governing methods of the first emperor

Question 16

Which of the following is characteristic of the Han pictorial style?

A) Use of linear perspective devices
B) Gold-leaf backgrounds
C) Absence of floral motifs
D) Round forms with rhythmic contours

Question 17

One of the most important goals of the Chinese artist was which of the following?

A) To highlight man's complete domination of the natural world
B) To impose a mathematical structure on the chaos of nature
C) To demonstrate his own individual and distinctive style
D) To serve as an instrument through which nature could reveal itself

Question 18

In the Vairocana Buddha, the Tang sculptors have repressed and replaced surface detail with which of the following?

A) Austere formalism
B) Sensuous fleshiness
C) Monumental simplicity
D) Clinging drapery

Question 19

Impressive celadon ceramics were produced during which of the following periods?

A) The Great Silla dynasty
B) The Yi dynasty
C) The Goryeo dynasty

Question 20

Which of the following best describes the Tang court and the art it commissioned?

A) Mystical and magical
B) Xenophobic and reclusive
C) Isolated and withdrawn
D) Worldly and self-assured

Question 21

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Under which dynasty did Ma Yuan paint this work?

A) Han
B) Northern Song
C) Tang
D) Southern Song

Question 22

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What is the name of the central figure in this artwork?

A) Shakyamuni
B) Amitabha
C) Guanyin
D) Harihara

Question 23

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The text and images on this handscroll are attributed to which artist?

A) Gu Kaizhi
B) Ma Yuan
C) Fan Kuan
D) Huizong

Question 24

Which style of 12th-century Korean pottery was recognized worldwide and highly sought after?

A) Cizhou ware
B) Celadon ware
C) Stoneware
D) Majiayao ware

Question 25

Which of the following is most characteristic of the paintings of the northern Song artist Fan Kuan?

A) Massive human figures
B) Shifting perspective
C) Bright contrasting colors
D) Minimalist landscapes

Question 26

Which of the following brought Buddhism to China?

A) The Buddha himself
B) The Silk Road
C) The Gandharan invasion
D) Lady Feng after her travels

Question 27

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Under which dynasty was this object made?

A) Qin
B) Shang
C) Han
D) Tang

Question 28

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This meditating Bodhisattva was made at the time of the introduction of Buddhism to which country?

A) Japan
B) Cambodia
C) Indonesia
D) Korea

Question 29

Korea's artistic golden age occurred during which of the following periods?

A) Goguryeo kingdom
B) Baekje kingdom
C) Yi kingdom
D) Silla kingdom

Question 30

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What construction technique was used to build the Fogong Si Pagoda?

A) Post and lintel
B) Beam and bracket
C) Corbelling
D) Nail and daub

Question 31

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What technique was used to decorate this vase?

A) Stamping
B) Rubbing
C) Sgraffito
D) Lalitsana

Question 32

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The ceremonial scenes showing homage and loyalty in this relief from the Wu family shrine are reflections of which belief system in Han society?

A) Buddhism
B) Confucianism
C) Daoism
D) Hinduism

Question 33

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What is the title of this scene?

A) Shi Huangdi and the Fairy
B) Princess Yongtai and Her Ladies
C) Emperor Huizong and the Cranes
D) Lady Feng and the Bear

Question 34

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What is the location of the structure and statue depicted here?

A) Yingxian
B) Gyeongju
C) Seokguram
D) Xi'an

Question 35

Ethnically, the Koreans are related to which of the following peoples?

A) Aryans
B) Gandharans
C) Siberians and Mongolians
D) Chinese

Question 36

The imagery on the silk banner discovered in the tomb of the marquise of Dai is thought to represent which of the following?

A) The story of her life
B) The heavenly, human, and underworld realms
C) The history of the Han
D) Her ancestry

Question 37

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Who is the painter of this handscroll scene?

A) Ma Yuan
B) Fan Kuan
C) Gu Kaizhi
D) Huizong

Question 38

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Zhou Jichang uses color in this painting for symbolic purposes, in accordance with the writings of which individual?

A) Huizong
B) Confucius
C) Buddha
D) Xie

Question 39

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What material makes up this Chinese bi disk with dragon?

A) Ceramic
B) Bronze
C) Jade
D) Sandstone

Question 40

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During which dynasty were the tomb of Princess Yongtai and its paintings created?

A) Qin
B) Six Dynasties
C) Tang
D) Southern Song

Question 41

The accomplishments of the Korean Unified Sillan Kingdom are contemporaneous with which Chinese dynasty?

A) Southern Song
B) Liao
C) Tang
D) Six Dynasties

Question 42

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What is the date of the Shakyamuni Buddha, the earliest precisely datable Chinese image of the Buddha?

A) Tang dynasty
B) Six Dynasties
C) Qin dynasty
D) Liao dynasty

Question 43

Which complex in China was the site of hundreds of rock-cut shrines and sculptures during the Northern Wei and the Tang dynasties?

A) Mount Wutai
B) Dunhuang
C) Hebei Province
D) Longmen Caves

Question 44

Which group played an especially significant role as patrons of Chinese art?

A) Monks
B) Women
C) Peasants
D) Farmers

Question 45

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Under which dynasty were these elaborate cast-bronze vessels produced?

A) Southern Song
B) Six Dynasties
C) Shang
D) Tang

Question 46

What term do art historians use to describe the varnishlike substance made from the sap of the Asiatic sumac used to decorate wood furniture and other objects?

A) Gilt
B) Lacquer
C) Jade
D) Purlin

Question 47

The compositional device of pairing two human figures facing into and out of the picture is used in which monument?

A) Wu family shrines
B) Tomb of Yongtai
C) Cave 172, Dunhuang
D) Tomb of the Marquise of Dai

Question 48

Which of the following Chinese works is closest in function to an Indian stupa?

A) Sui altarpiece
B) Nanchan Temple
C) Fogong Si Pagoda
D) Tomb of Yongtai

Question 49

Chan Buddhist beliefs developed under the Song emperors had a great effect on the art of which country?

A) Java
B) India
C) Japan
D) Australia

Question 50

What is the function of the silk textile found in the tomb of the Marquise of Dai?

A) Painted mural
B) Embroidered robe
C) Vertical scroll
D) Funeral banner