Art History Test #2

Allegorical Representation of Emperor Jahangir

Mugal
Early 17th Century

Radha and Krishna

Rajput Painting School
17th Century

Surya Deul (The temple of the Sungod/ Black Pagoda)

Chlorite
Konarak
Late Medieval
10-13th Centuries

Descent of the Ganges

Mahamallaprum
Early Medieval
7th Century

Shiva Temple

Granite
Ellora
Early Medieval
8th Century

Buddha Triad

Schist
Gandhara
182 CE

Nave of the Chaitya hall at Karle

Late Andhra
2nd century

Monkey Jataka

Great Stupa at Sanchi
Pre-Kushan (Or early Andhra)
1st Century

The Great Stupa at Sanchi

Pre Kushan Period
3rd Century BCE to 1st CE

Nude male Torso

Harappa
Indus River Civilization
c 2500-1500 BC

Yakshi

The female nature deity of Indian native believe, often appeared in Buddhist and Hindu paintings and sculptures through the ages

Akbar

The great Mughal emperor of the late sixteenth century, under whose patronage Mughal painting flourished

Faxian

The Chinese pilgrim monk who traveled in the Gupta India in the early 5th century (405-11) and the author of the famous Record of the Buddhist Kingdom

Gandhara

The northern region of the Kushan dynasty (in present-day Afghanistan), known for its distinct style of Buddhist art under Greco-Roman Influence

Ajanta Cave

The typical Buddhist cave-monasteries in the northwestern Indian, most famous for its international Gupta style of architecture and mural paintings

Lion Capital

A symbolic sandstone capital of Ashoka column, surmounted by four lions. Maurya period, 274-237 BCE