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• Traditional Chinese Art

Which Chinese painting subject is traditionally called the “Four Gentlemen”?

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Plum, orchid, bamboo, and chrysanthemum

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• Traditional Chinese Art

Which Chinese painting theory, written by Xie He in the sixth century, lists six principles of painting?

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Six Principles of Painting

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• Traditional Chinese Art

Which traditional Chinese craft decorates objects with many layers of hardened tree resin?

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Chinese lacquerware

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• Traditional Chinese Art

Which Chinese artistic craft is traditionally used to make official name stamps and calligraphic seals?

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Seal carving

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• Traditional Chinese Art

Which traditional Chinese performance art uses illuminated leather or paper figures behind a translucent screen?

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Chinese shadow puppetry

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• Traditional Chinese Art

Which traditional Chinese art form uses carved wooden blocks to print images and text on paper?

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Chinese woodblock printing

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• Traditional Chinese Art

Which traditional Chinese painting style emphasizes monochrome ink tones and spontaneous brushwork?

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Ink wash painting

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• Traditional Chinese Art

What is the Chinese art of cutting decorative designs from paper, often for festivals and window decoration?

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Chinese paper-cutting

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• Traditional Chinese Art

Which Chinese decorative art technique involves fusing colored glass powder into metal compartments?

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Cloisonné

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• Traditional Chinese Art

In traditional Chinese painting, what term describes paintings created with ink and color on a horizontal scroll?

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Handscroll painting

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• Sculpture Through History

Which bronze sculpture by Arturo Di Modica, installed near Wall Street in 1989, depicts a charging bull?

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Charging Bull

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• Sculpture Through History

Which sculpture by Alberto Giacometti set a record as the most expensive sculpture sold at auction in 2015?

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Pointing Man

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