Question 1

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

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Question 2

What is represented? What do the various images symbolize?

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Question 3

How does this garden reflect Ming landscape?

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Question 4

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?

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Question 5

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

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Question 6

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 essae.

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Question 7

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

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Question 8

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 essae .

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Question 9

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

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Question 10

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 essae .

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Question 11

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

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Question 12

How is the Buddha depicted?

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Question 13

What are the hallmarks of this artist's style?

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Question 14

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

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Question 15

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

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Question 16

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 essae.

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Question 17

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?

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Question 18

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

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Question 19

What characteristics classify this as the Southern School?

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Question 20

What are the characteristics of this artist's style?

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Quiz 18: China and Korea