Deck 24: Art of South and Southeast Asia After 1200

Question 1

Which is typical of Mughal funerary structures,as seen in the Taj Mahal ?

A) a four-part garden
B) asymmetrical design
C) elaborate relief carvings
D) a pyramidal tower

Answer 1

A

Question 2

What was the first dynasty to unify large parts of the Indian subcontinent?

A) Mughal
B) Kushan
C) Maurya
D) Gupta

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Which could best be described as a nationalist statement of Indian identity?

A) City Palace, Udaipur
B) Gateway of India
C) Bharat Mata (Mother India)
D) Temple of the Emerald Buddha

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Both the Burmese and Thai kingdoms produced ceramics that were often inspired by stoneware and porcelain vessels from

A) India.
B) Persia.
C) China.
D) Malaysia.

Question 5

The practices of Tantric Buddhism included techniques for which of the following?

A) visualizing deities
B) unifying the soul
C) resurrecting the deceased
D) visualizing loved ones

Question 6

What is characteristic of Indian paintings,as seen in Hour of Cowdust ?

A) linear perspective
B) intense color
C) realistic landscapes
D) dynamic compositions

Question 7

What is the name of the hybrid style represented in the Gateway of India (24-24),which features European and South Asian elements of design?

A) Indo-Saracenic
B) Indo-Eurasian
C) South Asian-English
D) English-Malaysian

Question 8

Which religion's centers were in the northeast,with great monastic universities that attracted monks from as far away as China,Korea,and Japan?

A) Jainist
B) Buddhist
C) Hindu
D) Muslim

Question 9

Who is the bodhisattva of greatest compassion?

A) Avalokiteshvara
B) Mahavira
C) Palas
D) Sukhothai

Question 10

Which work is an example of Rajput painting?

A) Jahangir and Shah Abbas
B) Krishna and the Gopis
C) Vedic
D) Bharat Mata (Mother India)

Question 11

The Mandapa Ceiling at Luna Vasahi utilizes what type of dome construction?

A) post-and-lintel
B) corbeled
C) barrel vault
D) cantilever

Question 12

Portraits became a major art under which ruler's court?

A) Akbar
B) Jahangir
C) Shah Jahan
D) Jayavarman VII

Question 13

What feature of the Taj Mahal has origins in Indian palace architecture?

A) the garden
B) the minarets
C) the chattris
D) the pool

Question 14

Based on the pyramidal towers of the seventh-century southern temple type,what silhouette did the gopura evolve into?

A) rectangle
B) convex
C) concave
D) perpendicular

Question 15

Mughal court painters produced paintings that documented Emperor Akbar's life and accomplishments recorded in the

A) Gita Govinda.
B) Akbarnama.
C) Fatehpur.
D) Gilgamesh.

Question 16

Akbar's private audience hall in Fatehpur Sikri included a structure probably intended to recall what from Indian history?

A) the Great Stupa at Sanchi
B) the pillars erected by King Ashoka
C) indigenous yakshi figures
D) sacred Vedic texts

Question 17

Before the fourteenth century,most painting in India had been on walls or

A) palm leaves.
B) calf skin.
C) copper.
D) papyrus.

Question 18

What inspired the form of the Sukhothai Buddha ?

A) nature
B) stupas
C) light
D) reliefs

Question 19

What Indian painting technique includes polishing pigments to a high luster?

A) stamping
B) burnishing
C) varnishing
D) glazing

Question 20

In Bharat Mata ,artist Abanindranath Tagore expresses his nationalism using what technique?

A) color printing
B) tempera
C) oil painting
D) watercolor

Question 21

In Akbar Inspecting the Construction of Fatehpur Sikri ,how does the artist use color,line,shape,and spatial properties to convey the emotion and energy of the situation?

Question 22

What is meaning of Jahangir and Shah Abbas ?

Question 23

Viewing themselves as defenders of the faith,the Hindu rulers in the south expressed their religious zeal,as well as secular power,by building enormous temple complexes,such as the

A) Taj Mahal .
B) Minakshi-Sundareshvara Temple .
C) Shwedagon Stupa (Pagoda) .
D) Temple of the Emerald Buddha (Wat Phra Kaew) .

Question 24

Discuss the Indian technique of painting on paper.

Question 25

Discuss the impact of the British Empire on the art and architecture of India,referencing specific works of art and monuments.

Question 26

Discuss the work of contemporary Indian painter Maqbool Fida Husain.What artistic influences can you detect in his work?

Question 27

Discuss the significance of the Emerald Buddha .What are its characteristics?

Question 28

Who is Krishna,and how is he represented in Indian art?

Question 29

What feature of the Qutb Minar,a minaret at Quwwat ul-Islam Mosque in Delhi,was unique for the time?

A) its location
B) its medium
C) its height
D) its balcony

Question 30

Where are the Petronas Towers located?

A) Thailand
B) Sri Lanka
C) Malaysia
D) India

Question 31

What are the beliefs of the Jain religion?

Question 32

Discuss the architectural advancements of India and South Asia in the period after 1200.

Question 33

Discuss the characteristics of the Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara .

Question 34

Who designed the Victoria Terminus ,the massive train station built in Mumbai in 1887?

A) Sir Bartle Frere
B) King George V
C) George Wittet
D) Frederick Stevens

Question 35

Consider the impact of the Mughal dynasty on the art and architecture of India.Include in your discussion the contributions of specific rulers through their patronage and interest in the arts.

Question 36

Consider the significance of the Mandapa Ceiling at Luna Vasahi .What do the relief sculptures represent?

Question 37

Discuss the influence of outside cultures on the art and architecture of India,citing specific examples to support your ideas.Consider how indigenous practices and beliefs were incorporated into this later period.

Question 38

Who commissioned the Taj Mahal and for what purpose? Address its setting,the materials used in its construction,and its design.

Question 39

What is a buddharaja,and how did Jayavarman VII use the image?

Question 40

The Jain religion traces its roots to a series of 24 saviors,known as pathfinders or

A) tirthankaras.
B) gopuras.
C) mudras.
D) mamluks.