Art and Architecture Quiz

Scholars have suggested that banners, such as the funeral banner of Lady Dai, may have functioned as

• vestments worn by priests and priestesses

• trade items showing the generosity of the giver

• talismans believed to ward off evil

• guides for souls transgressing to the afterlife

Archaeological evidence suggests that the funeral banner of Lady Dai from ancient China

• was widely copied by subsequent peoples

• was influenced by contemporary Mediterranean artistic techniques

• is the earliest known example of pictorial art in China

• depicts a conceptual map of royal history

The Shiva Nataraja demonstrates the expansiveness of the Chola Dynasty through its

• narrative content

• exaggerated proportions

• medium

• inscriptions

The exterior of the Taj Mahal is decorated with a combination of

• inlaid stone and verses from the Qur’an

• zoomorphic and ribbon interlace

• cloisonné enamel and filigree

• relief sculptures and verses inspired by the Bible

The Taj Mahal is most similar in its incorporation of a char bagh garden to the

• Great Mosque of Djenne

• Palace at Versailles

• Citadel of Sargon II, Dur Sharrukin

• Court of Lions from Alhambra