Review

Review the South, East, and Southeast Asia II works in the presentation below.

Can you answer the following questions?

What was the purpose of the Taj Mahal? What is thought to have been its symbolic meaning? What aesthetic effect does it create?
What was the Silk Road and what effect did it have on Chinese culture and art?
Can you describe the function of the pagoda and how it evolved from the stupa?
What was the function of the Forbidden City, Beijing, China?
What are the conventions of Japanese art?
What are the main subjects of ukiyo-e prints?
What impact did Mongol emperors have on the arts of China?
Can you summarize the porcelain traditions in China?
What was the impact of Communism on Chinese art?
How does Hokusai's Great Wave off Kanagawa, from Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji, reflect both Western and Japanese pictorial traditions?

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