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| China is varied in topograpghy and climate, and is ethnically diverse. While China's spoken language consists widely varying dialects, the written language has permitted people to share literary, philosophical, and religious traditions. Distinctregional art styles appeared in Chaina, but within a broad cultural unity. |
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| is the only continuting civilization originating in the ancient world. Theri archaelogical record, extraordinarily rich, goes back to Neolithic times, providing evidence of settled village life as far back as the seventh or early sixth millennium BCE. |
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| Bronze ritual vessels were most characteristic of the period. |
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| Among the most common finds in tombs during the Zhou dynasty are . |
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| In addition to his work on the Great Wall, the Qin ruler Shi Huangdi, the first emperor of China, is remembered in art history for . |
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| the army of life sized ceramic and bronze warriors and horses he commissioned for his tomb |
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| Han ancestral shrines documented the emergence of as patrons of religious and mythological art. |
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| private, non-aristocratic families |
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| When did Buddhism and Buddhist images become inmportant in China? |
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| during the Period of Disunity |
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| Which of the following phrases typifies the Tang court and the art it commissioned? |
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| The six canons of Chinese painting include . |
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| Responding to things, depicting their forms, dividing and planning, positioning and arranging, and making objects appear in motion |
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| A colossal relief in the complex of caves from the Tang dynasty features a central figure of the Buddha that is 44 feet tall. |
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| The Chinese interst in landscape was most strongly influenced by . |
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| Daoist nature cults and poetic themes. |
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| A pioneer of Chinese landscape painting during the Period of Disunity was . |
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| Impressive celadon ceramics were developed during the . |
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