Practice Questions

• In White and Red Plum Blossoms, the artist Ogata Korin used abstracted organic forms, monumental scale, and lavish gold surfaces in order to?


  Appeal to the luxorious tastes of the aristocrats
• The rock-cut Longmen cave sculptures are significant within the tradition of Chinese art because they?

  Convey the support of the Chinese imperial court for the spread of Buddhism
• Borobudur was designed in the form of a giant mandala in order to?

  Mirror the sacred cosmic order
• Which of the following statements most accurately describes a visual choice that Fan Kuan used to shape his work Travelers among Mountains and Streams?

  Light ink washes and empty space convey a sense of distance between the closer objects and the towering mountains
• The dry garden at Ryoan-ji through its hundreds of years of existence demonstrates continuity with the Zen Buddhist practice of?

  Mediating to reach enlightenment
• In his installation A Book from the Sky, Xu Bing referenced which of the following traditional Chinese art forms in order to comment on the political and cultural context of twentieth-century Chinese society?

  Hand-bound books and scrolls printed with woodblock