ASIAN ART TEST 2 QUESTIONS

How could landscape painting be political?

What characterizes "literati" art?

How do the sculpture and the painting for today reflect the different practices of Amida and Zen Buddhism that they serve?

How do these two artworks relate to the social, governmental, and religious changes of the Kamakura period in Japan?

What effects did the period of Mongolian rule in China have on the arts?

How did the Mongolian empire affect Korean culture?

How do these two objects relate to the importance of Buddhism and Neo-Confucianism in 14th-century Korea?

How is porcelain different from pottery, technologically and culturally?

What does the study of porcelain in East Asia tell us that other kinds of artwork can't?

What principles underlie the construction of East Asian architecture?

How are architectural sites like the Forbidden City in Beijing and the Temple of

Flourishing Law at Nara organized in relation to their original purposes?

What does the story of "Chigusa" have to tell us about the relationship between China and Japan?

How does focusing on the study of a material culture (tea in Japan and China for

instance) change the kinds of stories that art historians write?