Deck 24: Art of South and Southeast Asia After 1200

Question 1

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

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

Answer 1

C

Question 2

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

Answer 2

B

Question 3

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

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

Answer 3

B

Question 4

The Mandapa Ceiling at Luna Vasahi (Fig. 24-3) utilizes what type of dome construction?

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

Question 5

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 6

Which work is an example of Rajput painting?

A) Jahangir and Shah Abbas (Fig. 24-10)
B) Krishna and the Gopis (Fig. 24-13)
C) Vedic (Fig. 24-26)
D) Bharat Mata (Mother India) (Fig. 24-25)

Question 7

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 8

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 9

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 10

Who is the bodhisattva of greatest compassion?

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

Question 11

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 12

Which is typical of Mughal funerary structures, as seen in the Taj Mahal (Figs. 24-1 and 24-12)?

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

Question 13

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

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

Question 14

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 15

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

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

Question 16

In Bharat Mata (Fig. 24-25), artist Abanindranath Tagore expresses his nationalism using what technique?

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

Question 17

What feature of the Taj Mahal (Figs. 24-1 and 24-12) has origins in Indian palace architecture?

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

Question 18

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

A) City Palace, Udaipur (Fig. 24-15)
B) Gateway of India (Fig. 24-24)
C) Bharat Mata (Mother India) (Fig. 24-25)
D) Temple of the Emerald Buddha (Fig. 24-21)

Question 19

What inspired the form of the Sukhothai Buddha (Fig. 24-20)?

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

Question 20

What is characteristic of Indian paintings, as seen in Hour of Cowdust (Fig. 24-14)?

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

Question 21

Discuss the characteristics of the Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara (Fig. 24-2).

Question 22

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 23

Consider the significance of the Mandapa Ceiling at Luna Vasahi (Fig. 24-3). What do the relief sculptures represent?

Question 24

What is meaning of Jahangir and Shah Abbas (Fig. 24-10)?

Question 25

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 26

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

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

Question 27

Discuss the significance of the Emerald Buddha (Fig. 24-21). What are its characteristics?

Question 28

Where are the Petronas Towers (Fig. 24-27) located?

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

Question 29

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

Question 30

Who designed the Victoria Terminus (Fig. 24-23), the massive train station built in Mumbai in 1887?

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

Question 31

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

Question 32

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

Question 33

What are the beliefs of the Jain religion?

Question 34

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

Question 35

In Akbar Inspecting the Construction of Fatehpur Sikri (Fig. 24-9), how does the artist use color, line, shape, and spatial properties to convey the emotion and energy of the situation?

Question 36

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

Question 37

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 (Fig. 24-1).
B) Minakshi-Sundareshvara Temple (Fig. 24-7).
C) Shwedagon Stupa (Pagoda) (Fig. 24-19).
D) Temple of the Emerald Buddha (Wat Phra Kaew) (Fig. 24-21).

Question 38

Who commissioned the Taj Mahal (Figs. 24-1 and 24-12) and for what purpose? Address its setting, the materials used in its construction, and its design.

Question 39

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 40

Discuss the Indian technique of painting on paper.