APAH_U4 Exam Review

The use of cobalt to create the white and blue designs seen on the David Vases originate from which country?

• India

• Iran

• Netherlands

• Japan

The image shown is an architectural plan for

• Lakshmana Temple

• Angkor Wat

• Borobudur

• Forbidden City

The form of the Borobudur Temple creates an opportunity for the faithful to

• Enter the torana before circumambulating

• Experience the meditative pattern of entering a labyrinth

• move in a straight line towards the garbha griha (womb chamber)

• circumambulate on an upwards path towards enlightenment

The Great Buddha in Todai-ji's Great East Temple was probably influenced by similar works, such as

• the Terra-Cotta Warriors

• Longmen Caves

• Angkor Wat

• the Great Stupa

Dry landscape gardens in Japanese art carry great symbolic value. The viewer was meant to

• arrange the rocks and the sand in an artful display to suggest a real landscape

• sit directly in the center of the garden and meditate on the natural environment

• use the garden as a place to refresh the spirit by painting, writing poetry, or composing music

• be refreshed through reflection, contemplation, and meditation

Artist?

• Bichitr

• Fan Kuan

• Ogata Korin

• Hokusai

This painting can best be described as

• an image that depicts the struggle against the forces of nature

• one in a series of works that narrates the story of humanity's civilizing effect on nature

• a work that shows how people can dominate their environment

• people and nature living together in a harmonized environment

This painting depicts an actual event in Chinese history when Chairman Mao

• lead a miner's strike

• conquered the Nationalist forces and set up his own government

• entered the Forbidden City and created a Communist State

• rallied troops against a Japanese invasion in World War II

A mudra is

• a sculpture of Buddha

• a gesture in Buddhist art

• a Buddhist temple

• the direction Buddhists face in prayer

The thousands of armed, individualized terra cotta soldiers that were commissioned by the 1st Qin emperor reflected his

• belief that these model soldiers would enhance the efforts of his troops in real life

• desire to surpass the reputation of his father and the grandeur of his father's tomb

• wish to persuade the pantheon of deities of his worthiness for entering the afterlife

• vision of an army that was comparable to his earthly one that would accompany him to the afterlife