APAH Vocabulary 201-300

V#348 Indian dynasty of The Great Stupa at Sanchi & King Ashoka is to Buddhism as Constantine is to Christianity.

V#477 A native group of Cameroon and the Aka Elephant Mask

V#45 Egypt period that is exemplified by monumental building projects such as the Pyramids at Giza

V#266 Dynasty of germanic peoples in Germany and The Netherlands during 6th century C.E.

V#24 Great ancient civilization started about 4,000 BCE that invented the “City-State” & writing.

V#76 Greek period after the death of Alexander the Great characterized by an explosion of movement & emotion.

V#172 A prehistoric ancestors of that Aztec culture

V#256 An art style that flourished in the monasteries of the British Isles in the early Middle Ages. AKA: Insular.

V#18 Peaceful and resourceful trading culture from the Arabian Peninsula. (Petra) About 300 BCE

V#464 Style characterized by iconography derived from classical antiquity. A "new" style based on Greece & Rome.

V#170 Mound-building Native American civilization archeologists date from approximately 800 CE to 1600 CE

V#567 Movement That looked to reveal truth through personal expression and the complex inner workings of the mind

V#136 Roman state governed by an elected Senate.

V#288 Islamic caliphates that overthrown over the Umayyad.

V#311 Turkish slaves who served as soldiers. In 1517 they were overtaken and absorbed into the growing Ottomans.

V#190 Stone statues on Easter Island.

V#660 Art created moving or processing parts of the earth's surface such as soil & rock

V#666 An artwork that creates an artistic environment in a room or gallery.

V#486 Ethnic group primarily found in the Benin Empire. (Wall Plaque from Oba's Palace)

V#510 Ethnic group of southwestern and north-central Nigeria. (Veranda post of enthroned king and senior wife)

V#187 The indigenous Polynesian people of New Zealand.

V#466 French style c1720. Known for pastel colors and light hearted content.

V#372 The rebirth of classical philosophy, beauty, mathematics, proportion, harmony & ratio. (Late Medieval)

V#317 Indian empire ruled by a Muslim dynasty. Best known for Miniature painting and the Taj Mahal.

V#130 Empire that succeeded the Roman Republic during the time of Augustus.

V#487 Nomadic Central African ethnic group and makers of the nlo bieri Reliquary Figure.

V#27 Period of Egyptian art inspired by pharaoh Akhenaton with a curvilinear style and exaggerated forms.

V#576 Period in Japan that was characterized by White and Red Plum Blossoms & Under the Wave off Kanazawa

V#166 Delaware peoples who are indigenous of the Northeastern Woodlands, who live in Canada and the United States.

V#497 Group within the Luba Peoples that were granted the specific knowledge to use the Lukasa Memory Board.

V#62 Greece period between 480- 323 BC known for the intense use of mathematical principles and harmonious ratios.

V#376 Powerful trading hub of northern Europe. Currently it is the Dutch speaking part of northern Belgium

V#145 Ancient American Indian people of the southwestern US. Ancestors to the present day Puebloan culture.

V#483 Ethnic group split across many central African nations known the Pwo Female Mask

V#491 Well organized peoples now a part of 3 countries. (Nkisi n’kondi Power Figure)

V#277 Romanlike. A term used to describe the history, culture, and art of medieval western Europe from 1050-1200.

V#146 Cultures or states defined by sharing the common geography of the Andes mountain range

V#405 European art from 1600 to 1750 with dramatic theatricality and elaborate ornamentation.

V#162 Largest empire in pre-Columbian America centered in Cusco of modern-day Peru.

V#476 A major ethnic group in Ghana and the Golden Stool

V#3 Another in a long line of concurring Mesopotamian city-states. (Lamassu from the Citadel of Sargon II)

V#641 Art created from objects or products that are not normally considered materials from which art is made.

V#339 Indian empire know for a golden age of exploration, trade and art such as Shiva as Lord of Dance.

V#681 Printing technique using a blocking stencil to transfer ink onto a substrate.

V#168 Mesoamerican culture inhabiting Mexico noted for their architecture and hieroglyphic writing system.

V#323 One of the oldest continuous culture in the world. The traditional inheritors of Darius & Xerxes.

V#507 Ancient peoples that migrated from the desert and founded the Great Zimbabwe

V#216 Three terms used interchangeably to refer to the time from the late 3rd - 7th century A.D.

V#19 Last and largest in a long line of pre-islamic Mesopotamian empires. (Apadana of Darius & Xerxes) 350 BCE

V#322 Caliphate that captured Constantinople in 1453. They appropriated Hagia Sophia use pencil minarets.

V#257 Style that flourished in the monasteries of the British Isles in the early Middle Ages. AKA: Hiberno-Saxon.

V#564 Term for the stylistically varied work of painters including van Gogh, Gauguin, Seurat, and Cézanne.

V#346 Powerful Hindu-Buddhist empire in Cambodia. Associated with the Angkor Wat temple complex.

V#4 Overthrew the Sumerian and ruled Mesopotamia for several hundred years. (The Code of Hammurabi) - 1750 BCE

V#663 A method of painting using opaque watercolor pigments thickened with a glue like substance. (The Jungle)

V#246 Art historical period from about 550 - 700 CE where the concepts of IMPERMANENCE & MOBILITY dominated.

V#174 Native American peoples of the Southwestern United States.

V#540 A Western cultural phenomenon that gave precedence to feeling and imagination over reason and thought.

V#498 Ethnic group in Sierra Leone and Liberia. Known for the rituals and rites of passage that use Bundu Masks.

V#334 The first Muslim dynasty that ruled the Islamic world Moorish Spain.

V#425 Style characterized by figures with queerly elongated limbs, small heads, and stylized facial features.

V#233 Member of a non-christian community or tribe not belonging to one of the classical civilizations.

V#302 The Mongol dynasty in Persia and the surrounding countries, known for book illustration.

V#412 Period in Dutch history generally spanning the 17th century.

V#164 Pacific Northwest Coast Indigenous people. (AKA Kwakwaka’wakw)

V#110 The "old" Stone Age when humankind produced the first sculptures and paintings. 30,000 - 10,000 BCE

V#489 Large ethnic group in present-day Nigeria.They are famous for the Ikenga Shrine Figure

V#541 American art movement embodied by a group of landscape painters inspired by the "sublime" of romanticism.

V#570 The period of Chinese history before the Qin Dynasty established a centralized government.

V#49 Period of Egyptian culture that begin with the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt by King Narmar (3000 BCE)

V#493 Member of the Bamileke community that wear the Aka mask

V#392 The term used to describe the history, culture, and art of 14th- through 16th-century western Europe.

V#494 Society in the DRC where members of the Mbudye Society use the Lukasa Memory Board.

V#254 Originally a derogatory term used to describe the history, culture, and art of western Europe 1150-1400 CE

V#343 Kingdom of Afghanistan and Pakistan. Associated with Bamiyan Buddha.

V#106 Pacific people who from ≈ 1600 BCE. The ancestors of cultures in Polynesia, Micronesia, and Melanesia.

V#338 A royal dynasty in Central India. Associated with the construction of the Lakshmana Temple.

V#193 Dynasty Of Pohnpei island in Micronesia, the location of Nan Madol.

V#321 The last Muslim dynasty in Spain. Best known for the Alhambra palace complex built under their rule.

V#354 Notable Indonesian dynasty that emerged in 8th century in Java and is associated with Borobudur Temple.

V#109 The "new" Stone Age. Dated ≈ 9,000 - 1,000 BCE

V#150 The Mexica people of Tenochtitlan, now the location of Mexico City.

V#57 Greece period, known for using composite view, archaic smiles and Egyptian stances for statues.

V#44 Period of Egyptian art known for richness of architecture and rulers such Ramses II and Queen Hatshepsut.

V#154 Extinct, prehistoric civilization that developed in the northern Andean highlands of Peru.

V#554 Art movement that sought to capture impressions of fleeting moments conveying elusiveness & impermanence.

V#492 Large ethnic group in DRC responsible for the Ndop Portrait figure of King Mishe miShyaang maMbul

V#387 Known for developing the use of OIL PAINTS & the concept of the "Sanctification of Sight".

V#506 Secret society within the Mende Peoples that creates the Bundu Mask.

V#126 An Ancient culture of Italy they were supplanted by Rome.

V#479 West African power known for trade with Portugal, the slave trade & the Wall Plaque from Oba's Palace

V#478 Ethnic groups in Côte d'Ivoire and the Mblo Portrait Mask

V#199 Eastern Roman Empire of the 5th & 6th cent. Stylistically, they used mosaics on backgrounds of gold.

V#177 Tribe of Native Americans living in parts of California, Wyoming, Nevada, Utah, Arizona and Montana.

V#688 A technique of wax-resist dyeing. Most commonly used on fabric.

V#75 The greek name for Greece.

V#328 Persian dynasty that installed Shia over Sunni Islam. Known for textile and manuscript production.

V#535 Revival that began England as a response to the neo-classical styles in France and the USA

V#363 Tibetan Empire of the 7th - 9th century CE credited with Jowo Rinpoche, enshrined in the Jokhang Temple

V#539 Movement that represented the subject matter of everyday life in a relatively naturalistic mode.