Deck 33: China and Korea, 1279 to 1980

Question 1

Which of the following is a characteristic of literati painting?

A) Polished example of the court style
B) Follows the most current trends in painting style
C) Appeals to a wide audience
D) Personal conversation in pictures and words

Answer 1

D

Question 2

During the Ming dynasty, which of the following was considered the most prestigious painting style?

A) Imperial court portraits
B) History paintings
C) Bamboo paintings
D) Landscape painting

Answer 2

D

Question 3

The professional painter for the Ming court served to promote the ideology of the dynasty. Which of the following painting types would support that role?

A) Bamboo painting
B) Landscape painting
C) Imperial family portraits
D) Paintings of foreign envoys

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Many of the Chinese loyal to the former emperor refused to serve the new emperor during the Yuan period. Which of the following could be a reason for this rejection?

A) Not enough prestige attached to the new positions
B) Fearful of reprisals from the Yuan if they served
C) The new overlords were foreigners therefore unacceptable
D) Public service was no longer satisfying

Question 5

Which of the following might suggest the donor's high status from the Yuan Temple vase?

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

Question 6

The Romance of the Three Kingdoms is based on the wars fought during the Period of Disunity. Guan Yu, a famed general of the Wei dynasty, becomes a fictional hero in the novel, which was very popular during the Ming period. Which of the following attributes would support the popularity of this novel during the Ming dynasty?

A) He initiated his own dynasty.
B) He assassinated his emperor.
C) He was loyal to his emperor.
D) He colluded with the Mongols.

Question 7

The Noon Gate in the Forbidden City has five portals. Only the emperor can walk through the center portal. The next two portals immediately to the left and right of the center portal are reserved for the imperial family and high officials. The final two portals provide passage for everyone else. Which of the following rituals does this gateway describe?

A) A Ming dynasty ritual
B) A Tang dynasty ritual
C) An imperial court ritual
D) A ritual designed by Zhu Yuanzhong

Question 8

Which of the following is the preferred medium for East Asian literati?

A) Oil on paper
B) Oil on canvas
C) Ink on paper
D) Watercolor

Question 9

Marco Polo's travels in China during the Yuan dynasty resulted from which of the following?

A) Increased trade between Europe and China
B) Wanderlust of Marco Polo
C) Invitation issued from Kublai Khan
D) Shipwreck along the east coast

Question 10

China is credited with the invention of which of the following?

A) Clay
B) Terracotta
C) Porcelain
D) Earthenware

Question 11

A painting style that was a freer, more expressive style describes which of the following schools?

A) Northern School
B) Southern School
C) Court School
D) Monastery School

Question 12

During the Qing dynasty, what European group was invited to the imperial court?

A) East India Company members
B) French bibliographers
C) Dutch archaeologists
D) Jesuit missionaries

Question 13

Which of the following garden designs would not conform to the Chinese aesthetic?

A) Geometric design of flowers
B) Uncultivated irregularities
C) Contrived visual surprises
D) Reflecting pools with trees and flowers

Question 14

Which of the following is a contemporary Korean artist?

A) Wen Shu
B) Song Su-nam
C) Mark Rothko
D) Dong Qichang

Question 15

The Korean artist Jeong Seon was a great admirer of the Chinese Southern School of painting. Which of the following would describe the work of Jeong Seon?

A) Controlled brush strokes
B) Rigidly organized
C) Expressive
D) Precise

Question 16

Which of the following artists served the Yuan administration?

A) Guan Daosheng
B) Zhao Mengfu
C) Wu Zhen
D) Huang Gongwang

Question 17

Which of the following buildings was the focus of the north-south axis of the Forbidden City?

A) Noon Gate
B) Pavilion of Cheerful Melodies
C) Hall of Preserved Elegance
D) Hall of Supreme Harmony

Question 18

The Ming bureaucracy allowed China to be overrun by this group of invaders who then established the Qing dynasty. Which of the following invaders is that group?

A) Manchus
B) Mongols
C) Native Chinese
D) Han

Question 19

Zhu Yuanzhong established the Ming dynasty and proclaimed himself emperor. From which of the following groups of people did Zhu Yuanzhong share kinship?

A) Mongols
B) Huns
C) Native Chinese
D) Manchurians

Question 20

Chinese gardens encourage the viewer to wander and ponder. The viewer was to look with a meditative eye at the arrangements of natural and artificial elements. Which of the following elements would appear in Chinese garden design?

A) Fantastic rockwork
B) Geometric designs
C) Controlled trimming
D) Terraced arrangements

Question 21

Which of the following generals repelled the Chinese attempt to control northeastern Korea during the Ming dynasty?

A) General Guan Yu
B) General Yi Seong-gye
C) General Sun Tzu
D) General Kim Jong-il

Question 22

In his painting Geumgangsan Mountains, the Korean Joseon dynasty artist Jeong Seon evoked an actual scene. Which of the following describes this type of painting?

A) Special landscape painting
B) True mountain painting
C) True view painting
D) True mountain landscape painting

Question 23

A dragon may represent the yang, the principle characterized by which of the following?

A) Active masculine energy
B) Eternal change
C) Harmonious disorder
D) Passive feminine energy

Question 24

The People's Republic of China was established in ____?

A) 1849
B) 1917
C) 1945
D) 1949

Question 25

Which of the following artists attached an explanatory inscription to his scroll indicating the sequence of its creation?

A) Huang Gongwang
B) Wu Zhen
C) Xu Bing
D) Su Dongpo

Question 26

How does porcelain reflect Chinese art?

Question 27

Briefly describe China and the imperial administration during the Yuan period.

Question 28

How does the Hall of Supreme Harmony in the Forbidden City represent the emperor?

Question 29

The artist Shen Zhou painted Lofty Mount Lu as a tribute to his teacher. He indicated the size of the mountain by sketching a small figure at the bottom. Which of the following would define his style?

A) The colorful and expressive style of the Eastern School
B) The precise and academic style of the Northern School
C) The free and expressive style of the Southern School
D) The linear and academic style of the Western School

Question 30

Chinese garden design is akin to ____.

A) composing a poem
B) rigorous exercise
C) common work
D) painting a political event

Question 31

Which of the following dynasties designed the core of the imperial palace in the Forbidden City?

A) Qing
B) Ming
C) Yuan
D) Song

Question 32

What is another name commonly used for the former Imperial Palace Compound?

A) Forbidden City
B) Mao's Paradise
C) Qin Palace
D) Palace of Delight

Question 33

During which Chinese dynasty were paintings of bamboo favored?

A) Qing
B) Ming
C) Yuan
D) Modern

Question 34

The last Chinese native dynasty was which of the following?

A) Ming
B) Joseon
C) Qing
D) Yuan

Question 35

The Ming architecture of Beijing follows the traditional Chinese construction technique. Which of the following identifies that traditional construction technique?

A) Bracketing system
B) Trabeated system
C) Arcuated system
D) Timber-framing system

Question 36

The phoenix may represent the yin, the principle characterized by which of the following?

A) Active masculine energy
B) Eternal change
C) Harmonious disorder
D) Passive feminine energy

Question 37

During the Yuan dynasty, why was bamboo used to symbolize a Chinese gentleman?

Question 38

The Qing dynasty was overthrown in which year?

A) 1811
B) 1911
C) 1918
D) 1921

Question 39

Who codified the distinction between a scholar-amateur and an academic-professional?

A) Dai Jin
B) Shitao
C) Jeong Seon
D) Dong Qichang

Question 40

How do Chinese gardens speak to the spirit of Chinese landscape painting?

Question 41

Contrast Qing painting with Joseon dynasty painting. Use examples to support your essay.

Question 42

How does the layout of the Forbidden City relate to the emperor?

Question 43

How does Shen Zhou express the virtue and character of his teacher in Lofty Mount Lu?

Question 44

What group invaded China in the 14th century, and what influence did their invasion have on the art?

Question 45

How did the audience of the literati respond to paintings created by the literati?

Question 46

Contrast the development of the decorative arts during the Yuan and Ming dynasties. Use examples to support your essay.

Question 47

Describe the impact the Manchu invasion had on China. Consider the political and social implications, and their ramifications for the visual arts. Use examples to support your essay.

Question 48

How do bamboo paintings complement calligraphy?

Question 49

How do the Chinese symbols of the dragon and phoenix represent status?

Question 50

What was the Orchard Factory?

Question 51

Contrast Qing visual arts with the visual arts of the People's Republic of China. Use examples to support your essay.

Question 52

What is the function of a Chinese garden?

Question 53

When does the modern period begin for Korea?

Question 54

Describe the impact the Mongol invasion had on China. Consider the political and social implications, and their ramifications for the subsequent visual arts. Use examples to support your essay.

Question 55

How does Social Realism echo the visual vocabulary of the People's Republic of China?

Question 56

Describe the impact of the 20th century on Chinese painting. Use examples to support your essay.

Question 57

How did Jeong Seon of the Joseon dynasty differ from his Chinese counterpart in his painting style?

Question 58

Why did the Ming court establish workshops?

Question 59

The painting Auspicious Objects by Giuseppe Castiglione (Lang Shining) is a birthday tribute to the emperor. What elements in this work make it a birthday tribute?

Question 60

Describe the architecture of the Forbidden City. How does it reflect the emperor? Use examples to support your essay.

Question 61

How was the work entitled Guan Yu Captures General Pang De significant to the Ming dynasty?

Question 62

Explain the development of painting in later China, noting the materials and techniques used as well as the features distinguishing Chinese landscape painting. Use examples to support your essay.

Question 63

How does this garden reflect Ming landscape?

Question 64

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

Question 65

How does this reflect Chinese prosperity?

Question 66

What is the artist attempting to illustrate?

Question 67

How does this represent the power of the emperor?

Question 68

How does this illustrate the emperor?

Question 69

Describe the effect of the Joseon dynasty on 20th-century Korean art. Use examples to support your essay.

Question 70

How does this painting illustrate the literati style?

Question 71

Contrast Yuan painting with Qing painting. Consider the political climate of both periods. Use examples to support your essay.

Question 72

What is the artist attempting in this work?