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APAH - West-Central Asia Artworks - Statistics
General Stats
- This quiz has been taken 2 times
- The average score is 50 of 50
Answer Stats
| Hint | Artwork | % Correct |
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| Woven by ten people (likely men, though women did weave in this period and region) | Ardabil Carpet | 100%
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| Central medallion with pendants is represented of the inside of a dome (with a halo, similar to that of structures like the Hagia Sofia) as well as corner squinches | Ardabil Carpet | 100%
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| Features two mosque lamps hanging from two of the pendants; one of which being smaller than the other may symbolize the imperfection of all but God | Ardabil Carpet | 100%
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| Features an inscription which reads (paraphrasing): "There is no refuge for me other than here. The work of the slave of the portal, Maqsud Kashani" (slave is not literal) | Ardabil Carpet | 100%
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| Is dominated by large layers of calligraphy on the top and bottom, accompanied by the central imagery | Bahram Gur Fights the Karg | 100%
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| Has large areas of flat color, spatial recession (depth via developing foreground-background relationship), and atmospheric perspective; much of which is derived from Chinese landscape conventions, as along Silk Road | Bahram Gur Fights the Karg | 100%
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| Connects Mongol horseman with Persian rulers | Bahram Gur Fights the Karg | 100%
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| Shows the story of a Persian king who noblely defeated a wild beast (horned wolf or boar, possibly a game-of-telephone being applied to a rhino) and is later celebrated as heroic; didactic tale as model of what a good king (or man) does | Bahram Gur Fights the Karg | 100%
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| Displays a ruler wearing European fabrics with a Byzantine-like halo (and crown) around his head for emphasis | Bahram Gur Fights the Karg | 100%
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| Assumed to have been comissioned by a high-ranking member of the Ilkhanid court, given its lavishness | Bahram Gur Fights the Karg | 100%
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| Originally used for ceremonial Islamic hand washing; this is inferred due to aquatic animals depicted at the work's bottom | Basin (Baptistère de St. Louis) | 100%
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| Theories of its patron differ, though the exquisite craftsmanship highlights their importances: it may be for amir Salar (whose image is prominently depicted), the Mamluk court, or possibly even the French royal court | Basin (Baptistère de St. Louis) | 100%
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| First colossal Buddha statues; one of which standing at 175 feet and the other at 115 feet | Buddha Bamiyan | 100%
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| Was located in Bamyan, modern-day Afghanistan | Buddha Bamiyan | 100%
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| Focuses on a Vairocana Buddha (the universal Buddha) | Buddha Bamiyan | 100%
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| A large niche acts like a mandorla (halo-like oval surrounding) | Buddha Bamiyan | 100%
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| Originally covered in pigments and gold or bronze finish | Buddha Bamiyan | 100%
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| Cave galleries weaving nearby allow access to different parts and views of the work; some galleries contain wall images and painted images, even up to the level of the shoulders | Buddha Bamiyan | 100%
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| Placed at the western-end of the Silk Road as both a pilgrimage site and a trade and religious center | Buddha Bamiyan | 100%
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| Was located in the Umayyad caliphate, now in modern-day Jerusalem, Israel | Dome of the Rock | 100%
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| A domed wooden octagon with stone-masonry walls | Dome of the Rock | 100%
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| Pilgrammage site made to boost the power of the Umayyad calpihate while diminishing its rivals power through creating a rivaling site | Dome of the Rock | 100%
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| Erected by Abd al-Malik, a caliph of the Umayyad Dynasty | Dome of the Rock | 100%
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| Designed to rival a nearby Christian church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem; though it was inspired by its domed rotunda (like Pantheon) | Dome of the Rock | 100%
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| Illustrates sura 29 ("The Spider") in gold, in which the Qu'ran coorelates those who believe in protectors other than Allah to spiders who build flimsy homes | Folio from a Qu'ran | 100%
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| Has bold, rigidly-aligned text with great clarity since multiple people were supposed to read this from a distance | Folio from a Qu'ran | 100%
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| Diacritical markings and red dots indicate vocalizations | Folio from a Qu'ran | 100%
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| Though constructed in the 8th century, restorations were done in the 14th, 19th, and as recent as the 20th century | Great Mosque (Masjid-e Jameh) of Isfahan | 100%
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| New development of a large central rectangular courtyard | Great Mosque (Masjid-e Jameh) of Isfahan | 100%
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| Nestled in an urban center with nearby markets; has four exits and entrances though only one is open now | Great Mosque (Masjid-e Jameh) of Isfahan | 100%
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| Translates to "Our lord, the precious one" in its native language | Jowo Rinpoche | 100%
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| Focuses on a Sakyamuni Buddha (the historical Buddha) | Jowo Rinpoche | 100%
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| Brought to Tibet in 641; six years later the temple its housed in was constructed | Jowo Rinpoche | 100%
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| Disappeared in the 1960s as part of the Chinese Cultural Revolution and discovered in two parts: one in a rubbish heap and the other in Beijing (restored in 2003) | Jowo Rinpoche | 100%
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| Right hand is performing a bhumisparsha mudra: "calling earth to witness," in which the hand is tilted towards the ground as in calling the Earth goddess to witness his enlightenment; representing stability and grounding oneself | Jowo Rinpoche | 100%
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| A central city, located on a caravan route of the Silk Roads, of the Nabataeans | Petra | 100%
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| Is located in modern-day Jordan | Petra | 100%
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| Includes tombs carved out of sandstone cliffs | Petra | 100%
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| Is geographically-protected by a narrow canyon entrance | Petra | 100%
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| While referred to as a treasury, was, in actuality, a tomb | Petra | 100%
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| Is dominated by pictoral imagery with thin layers of calligraphy or lined above and below | The Court of Gayumars | 100%
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| Shows the first king of Iran enthroned before his court (in a semicircle below) with his son and grandson beside him | The Court of Gayumars | 100%
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| Displays animals as meek and obedient (one man holding a lion cub next to its parent) showcasing the cosmic order and natural harmony brought by the king's rule | The Court of Gayumars | 100%
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| Minute scale suggest that fine brushes were used in its illustration (perhaps squirrel hairs) | The Court of Gayumars | 100%
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| An area of negative space of periwinkle and, surrounding that, a ring of golden stars give a halo to the central figure | The Court of Gayumars | 100%
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| Swirling trees and clouds shows East Asian influence | The Court of Gayumars | 100%
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| Destination for those fulfilling the 5th pillar of Islam, the hajj, or spiritual pilgrammage | The Kaaba | 100%
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| Made of granite on marble and limestone floor | The Kaaba | 100%
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| Covered in the Kiswa (sacred black cloth) which is replaced annually | The Kaaba | 100%
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| Said to have been built by Ibrahim (Abraham, in Western tradition) and Ishamel for God, though only a small part survives that he is said to have constructed and the entire structure has been repaired and reconstructed multiple times | The Kaaba | 100%
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| An abnormaly-large prayer carpet | Ardabil Carpet | 0%
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| Has 330 knots / in^2 count (extremely great detail) featuring many floral designs | Ardabil Carpet | 0%
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| Made of wool (which is weaker than silk structurally) to allow for high thread count, though silk structurally outline the work | Ardabil Carpet | 0%
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| Features imagery from the Great Il-Khanid Shahnama (Book of Kings) | Bahram Gur Fights the Karg | 0%
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| Displays an idealized ancient Iranian king on horseback | Bahram Gur Fights the Karg | 0%
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| Uses hierachy of scale, as the king is larger than he should be compared to the horse, to glorify the king | Bahram Gur Fights the Karg | 0%
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| Crafted by Muhammad ibn al-Zain, which is known since he signed the work six times (crazy confidence) | Basin (Baptistère de St. Louis) | 0%
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| Later used for baptisms for the French royal family | Basin (Baptistère de St. Louis) | 0%
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| Like the Screen with Siege of Belgrade and Hunting Scene, depicts both hunting and battle scenes along its side | Basin (Baptistère de St. Louis) | 0%
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| Its interior designs were reworked to include the French fleur-de-lys | Basin (Baptistère de St. Louis) | 0%
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| Area is carved around the legs to allow for circumambulation of the structure | Buddha Bamiyan | 0%
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| Part of a vast complex of Buddhist monasteries, chapels, and sanctuaries | Buddha Bamiyan | 0%
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| Due to iconoclasm and anti-Western sentiment, was destroyed by the Taliban in March 2001 | Buddha Bamiyan | 0%
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| Spoila (repurposing) of columns from Roman monuments | Dome of the Rock | 0%
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| Point of contentions as it contains religious sites for the three Abrahamic religions (Christianity, Judiasm, and Islam) | Dome of the Rock | 0%
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| Sacred site said to be the birthplace of Adam | Dome of the Rock | 0%
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| Sacred site said to be where Abraham nearly sacrificed Issac | Dome of the Rock | 0%
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| Sacred site said to be where Muhammad ascended to heaven | Dome of the Rock | 0%
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| Contains Arabic calligraphy on mosaic decorations urging Muslims to embrace Allah and cheekily discrediting Christianity as polytheistic and Jesus (Isa) as being a prophet, not God | Dome of the Rock | 0%
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| Uses the Kufic script (read right to left) with strong uprights and long horizontal letters | Folio from a Qu'ran | 0%
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| Features six gold discs in a period shape to mark the ayat's (verse) end | Folio from a Qu'ran | 0%
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| Is located in Isfahan, Iran | Great Mosque (Masjid-e Jameh) of Isfahan | 0%
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| One of its names translates to "Friday Mosque," as Friday is the Muslim holy day | Great Mosque (Masjid-e Jameh) of Isfahan | 0%
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| Flanked by four iwans (rectangular vaulted space with an arch) facing in each of the cardinal directions | Great Mosque (Masjid-e Jameh) of Isfahan | 0%
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| It's qibla (direction of Mecca) iwan is the largest and most decorative of the complex's iwans containing the main mihrab | Great Mosque (Masjid-e Jameh) of Isfahan | 0%
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| Has muqarnes (ornamental, intricate vaulting on the underside of the arches) | Great Mosque (Masjid-e Jameh) of Isfahan | 0%
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| Believed to have been modeled after a twelve-year-old Buddha and blessed by him himself | Jowo Rinpoche | 0%
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| Currently enshrined in Jokhang Temple | Jowo Rinpoche | 0%
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| Acts as a proxy for Buddha and is often presented, lathered, and clothed with offerings | Jowo Rinpoche | 0%
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| Left hand is performing a dhyana mudra: "meditation gesture," in which the hand is open towards the lower chest representing deep, enlightened concentration and focus | Jowo Rinpoche | 0%
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| Is a great temple includes a grand staircase leading to a colonnade terrace | Petra | 0%
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| Influenced by Hellenistic and Roman architecture via Corinthian columns, though the lower story is unevenly-spaced | Petra | 0%
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| Has a broken pediment that only covers the central four columns as well as a central tholos | Petra | 0%
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| Its façade has Greek, Egyptian, and Assyrian deities | Petra | 0%
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| According to some theories, the many complex was an apadana (audience hall) over a religious site | Petra | 0%
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| Features imagery from the Shah Tahmasp's Shahnama (Book of Kings) | The Court of Gayumars | 0%
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| Shows a court wearing leopard pelts to praise the king's extravagance | The Court of Gayumars | 0%
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| Richly painted with vibrant colors and minute details without overwhelming the scenes harmony | The Court of Gayumars | 0%
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| Is located in Mecca, Saudi Arabia: the spiritual center of Islam | The Kaaba | 0%
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| Pilgrims circumambulate this structure counterclockwise seven times | The Kaaba | 0%
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| Translates to "cube" in Arabic | The Kaaba | 0%
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