1Apollo 11 Stones
Namibia.
c.25,500-25,300 BCE
charcoal on stone
2Great Hall of the Bulls
Lascaux, France. Paleolithic Europe
15,000- 13,000 BCE
rock painting
3Camelid sacrum in the shape of a canine
Tequixquiac, central Mexico
14,000- 7,000 BCE
bone
4Running horned woman
Tassili n'Ajjer, Algeria
6,000-4,000 BCE
pigment on rock
5Bushel with ibex motifs
Susa, Iran
Neolithic
4200-3500 BCE
painted terra cotta
6Anthropomorphic stele
Arabian Peninsula
Fourth millennium BCE
sandstone
7Jade cong
Liangzhu, China
3300-2200 BCE
carved jade
8Stongehenge
Wiltshire, UK
Neolithic Europe
c. 2500-1600 BCE sandstone
9The Ambun Stone
Ambun Valley, Enga Province Papua New Guinea
c. 1500 BCE
greywacke
10Tlatilco female figure
Central Mexico, site of Tlatilco
1200-900 BCE
Ceramic
11Terra cotta fragment
Lapita. Solomon Islands, Reef Islands
1000 BCE
terra cotta
12White Temple and its ziggurat
Uruk(modern Warka, Iraq).
Sumerian
c. 3500-3000 BCE
mud brick
13Palette of King Narmer
Predynastic Egypt
c. 3000 BCE
greywacke
14Statues of votive figures
from the Square Temple of Eshunna (modern Tell Asmar, Iraq)
Sumerian
c.2700 BCE
gypsum inlaid with shell and black limestone
15Seated Scribe
Saqqara, Egypt.
Old Kingdom. Fourth Dynasty
c. 2500 BCE
painted limestone
16Standard of Ur
from the Royal Tombs at Ur (modern Tell el-Muqayyar, Iraq).
Sumerian
c. 2600-2400 BCE
Wood inlaid with shell, lapis lazuli, and red limestone
17Great Pyramids (Menkaure, Khafre, Khufu) and Great Sphinx
Giza, Egypt.
Old Kingdom, Fourth Dynasty
c. 2500 BCE
cut limestone
18Menkaure and queen
Old Kindgom, Fourth Dynasty
c. 2500 BCE
greywacke
19The Code of Hammurabi
Babylon (modern Iran)
Susian
c. 1760-1750 BCE
basalt
20Temple of Amun-Re and Hypostyle Hall
Karak, near Luxor.
New Kingdom. 18th and 19th Dynasties
Temple, c. 1550 BCE
hall c. 1250 BCE
cut sandstone and mud brick
21Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut
Near Luxor, Egypt
New Kingdom.
18th Dynasty
c. 1450 BCE
Sandstone, partially carved into rock cliff
Kneeling statue of Hatshepsut, Red Granite
22Akhenaton, Nefertiti, and three daughters
New Kingdom (Amarna),
18th Dynasty
c. 1350 BCE
Limestone
23Tutankhamen's tomb, innermost coffin
New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty
c. 1325 BCE
Gold with inlay of enamel and semiprecious stones
24Last Judgement of Hu-Nefer, from his tomb (Page from Book of the Dead)
c. 1275 BCE
painted papyrus scroll
25Lamassu from the citadel of Sargon II
Dur Sharrukin (modern Khorsabad, Iraq). Neo-Assyrian.
c. 720-705 BCE
Alabaster
26Athenian Agora
Archaic through Hellenstic Greek
600-150 BCE
plan
27Anavysos Kouros
Archaic Greek.
c. 530 BCE
marble with remnants of paint
28Peplos Kore from the Acropolis
Archaic Greek
c. 530 BCE
Marble, painted details
29Sarcophagus of the Spouses
Etruscan
c. 520 BCE
terra cotta
30Audience Hall (apadana) of Darius and Xerxes
Persepolis, Iran
Persian
c. 520-465 BCE
limestone
31Temple of Minerva (Veii, near Rome, Italy), and sculpture of Apollo
Master sculptor of Vulca
c. 510-500 BCE
Original temple of wood, mud, brick, or tufa (volcanic rock); terra cotta sculpture
32Tomb of the Triclinium
Tarquinia, Italy.
Etruscan
c. 480-470 BCE
tufa and fresco
33Niobides Krater
Anonymous vase painter of Ancient Greece known as the Niobid Painter
c. 450 BCE
Clay, red-figure technique (white highlights
34Doryphorus (Spear Bearer)
Polykleitos.
Original 450 BCE
Roman copy of bronze Greek original
"The Canon"
35Acropolis
Athens, Greece.
Iktinos and Kallikrates
c. 450-410 BCE
marble
36Grave Stele of Hegeso
attributed to Kallimachos
c. 410 BCE
marble and paint
37Winged Victory at Samothrace
Hellenistic Greek
c. 190 BCE
marble
38Great Altar of Zeus and Athena at Pergamon
Asia Minor (present-day Turkey). Hellenistic Greek
c. 175 BCE
marble (architecture and sculpture)
39House of the Vettii
Pompeii, Italy. Imperial Rome
c. 2nd century BCE, rebuilt 62-79 CE, begun during the Roman Republic
cut stone and fresco
40Alexander Mosaic
from the House of Faun, Pompeii.
Roman Republic
c. 100 BCE
mosaic
41Seated Boxer
Hellenistic Greek
c. 100 BCE
bronze
42Head of a Roman Patrician
Roman Republic
c. 75-50 BCE
marble
43Augustus of Prima Porta
Imperial Roman
Early 1st century CE
marble
44Colosseum (Flavian Amphitheater)
Rome, Italy
Imperial Roman
70-80 CE
stone and concrete
45Forum of Trajan
Rome, Italy
Apollodorus of Damascus
Forum and markets: 106-112 CE
Column completed 113 CE
brick and concrete (architecture); marble (column)
46Pantheon
Imperial Rome
118-125 CE
concrete with stone facing
47Ludovisi Battle Sarcophagus
Late Imperial Roman
c. 250 CE
marble
48Catacomb of Priscilla
Rome, Italy.
Late Antique Europe
c. 200-400 CE
excavated tufa and fresco
49Santa Sabina
Rome, Italy. Late Antique Europe.
c. 422-432
brick and stone, wooden roof
50Rebecca and Eliezer at the Well and Jacob Wrestling the Angel
from the Vienna Genesis
Early Byzantine Europe
Early 6th century CE
illuminated manuscript
tempera, gold, and silver on purple vellum
51San Vitale
Ravenna, Italy
Early Byzantine Europe
c. 526-547 CE
brick, marble, and stone veneer; mosaic
52Hagia Sophia
Constantinople (Istanbul)
Anthemius of Tralles and Isodorus of Miletus.
532-537 CE
brick and ceramic elements with stone and mosaic venee
53Merovingian looped fibulae
Mid- 6th century CE
silver gilt worked filigree, with inlays of garnets and other stones
54Virgin (Theotokos) and Child between Saints Theodore and George
sixth or 7th century CE
encaustic on wood
55Lindisfarme Gospels
St Matthew, cross carpet page, St Luke portrait page, St Luke incipit page
Hiberno-Saxon Europe
c. 700 CE
(illuminated manuscript)
ink, pigments, and gold on vellum
56Great Mosque
Cordoba, Spain.
Umayyad
c. 785-786 CE
Stone masonry
57Pyxis of al-Mughira
Umayyad
c. 968 CE
Ivory
58Church of Sainte-Foy
Conques, France.
Romanesque
Pilgrim church
c. 1050-1130 CE
Stone (architecture), stone and paint tympanum; Reliquary of Sainte-Foy, 9th century, with later additions gold silver, gemstones, and enamel over wood
59Bayeux Tapestry
Romanesque (English or Norman)
c. 1066-1080 CE
Embroidery on linen
60Chartes Cathedral
Gothic Europe
Original construction c. 1145-1155 CE; reconstructed c. 1194-1220 CE
Limestone, stained glass
61Dedication Page with Blanche Castile and King Louis IX of France, Scenes of the Apocalypse from Bibles moralisées.
Gothic Europe
c. 1225-1245 CE
Illuminated manuscript (ink, tempera, and gold leaf on vellum)
62Röttgen Pietà
Late Medieval Europe
c. 1300-1325 CE painted wood
63Arena (Scrovengi) Chapel, including Lamentation
Padua, Italy. Unknown architect, Giotto di Bondone (artist). Chapel: c. 1303 CE; Fresco: c. 1305. Brick (architecture) and fresco
64Golden Haggadah (The Plagues of Egypt, Scenes of Liberation, and Preparation for Passover)
Late Medieval Spain.
c. 1320 CE
Illuminate manuscript (pigments and gold leaf on vellum)
65Alahambra
Granada, Spain.
Nasrid Dynasty
1354-1391 CE
whitewashed adobe stucco, wood, tile, paint, and gilding
66Annunciation Triptych (Merode Altarpiece)
Workshop of Robert Campin.
1427-1432 CE
Oil on wood
67Pazzi Chapel
Basilica di Santa Croche
Florence, Italy
Filippo Brunelleschi (architect)
c. 1429-1461 CE
Masonry
68The Arnolfini Portrait
Jan van Eyck
c. 1434 CE
Oil on wood
69David
Donatello
c. 1440-1460 CE
Bronze
70Palazzo Rucellai
Florence, Italy
Leon Battista Alberti (architect)
c. 1450 CE
stone, masonry
71Madonna and Child with Two Angels
Fra Filippo Lippi
c. 1465 CE
tempera on wood
72Birth of Venus
Sandro Botticelli
c. 1484-1486 CE
tempera on canvas
73Last Supper
Leonardo da Vinci
c. 1494-1498 CE
oil and tempera
74Adam and Eve
Albrecht Durer
1504 CE
Engraving
75Sistine Chapel ceiling and altar wall frescoes
Vatican City, Italy. Michelangelo. Ceiling frescoes: c. 1508-1512;
altar frescoes: c. 1536-1541 CE
fresco
76School of Athens
Raphael
1509-1511 CE
fresco
77Isenheim Altarpiece
Matthias Grunewald
c. 1512-1516 CE
oil on wood
78Entombment of Christ
Jacopa da Pontormo
1525-1528 CE
oil on wood
79Allegory of Law and Grace
Lucas Cranach the Elder
c. 1530 CE
woodcut and letterpress
80Venus of Urbino
Titian
c. 1538 CE
oil on canvas
81Frontispiece of the Codex Mendoza
Viceroyalty of New Spain
c. 1541-1542 CE
ink and color on paper
82Hunters in the Snow
Pieter Bruegel the Elder
1565 CE
oil on wood
83Mosque of Selim II
Edirne, Turkey
Sinan (architect)
1568-1575 CE
brick and stone
84Calling of Saint Matthew
Caravaggio
c. 1597-1601
oil on canvas
85Henri IV Receives the Portrait of Marie de Medici
from the Marie de Medici Cycle
Peter Paul Rubens
1621-1625
86Self Portrait with Saskia
Rembrandt van Rinj
1636
etching
87San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane
Rome.
Borromini (architect)
1683-1646
stone and stucco
88Ecstasy of Saint Teresa
Cornaro Chapel, Church of Saint Maria della Vittoria, Rome
Bernini
c. 1647-1652
marble (sculpture); stucco and gilt bronze (chapel)
89Angel with Arquebus
Asiel Timor Dei
Master of Calamarca (La Paz School)
c. 17th century
oil on canvas
90Las Meninas
Diego Velasquez
c. 1656
oil on canvas
91Woman Holding a Balance
Johannes Vermeer
c. 1664
oil on canvas
92Palace of Versailles
Versailles, France
Louis Le Vau and Jules Hardouin-Mansart (architects)
begun 1669. Masonry, stone, wood, iron, and gold leaf (architect)
marble and bronze (sculpture); gardens.
93Screen with the Seige of Belgrade and hunting scene
Circle of the Gonzalez family
c. 1697-1701 CE
tempera and resin on wood, shell inlay
94The Virgin of Guadalupe (Virgen de Guadalupe)
Miguel Gonzalez.
c. 1698 CE
based on original Virgin of Guadalupe
Basilica of Guadalupe, Mexico City
16th century CE
oil on canvas on wood, inlaid with mother of pearl
95Fruits and Insects
Rachel Ruysch
1711
oil on wood
96Spaniard and Indian Produce a Mestizo
Attributed to Juan Rodriguez Juarez.
c. 1715
oil on canvas
97The Tete a Tete
from Marriage a la Mode
William Hogarth
c. 1743
oil on canvas
98Portrait of Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz
Miguel Cabrera
c 1750 CE
oil on canvas
99A Philosopher Giving a Lecture on the Orrery
Joseph Wright of Derby
c. 1763-1765
oil on cavas
100The Swing
Jean-Houdon
Fragonard
1767 CE
oil on canvas
101Monticello
Virginia, US
Thomas Jefferson (architect)
c. 1768-1809
brick, glass, stone, and wood
102The Oath of the Horatii
Jacques-Louis David
1784
oil on canvas
103George Washington
Jean-Antoine Houdon
1788-1792
marble
104Self-Portrait
Elizabeth-Louise Vigee Le Brun
1790
oil on canvas
105And There's Nothing to be Done ( Y no hai remedio)
from the Disasters of War plate 15
Fransisco de Goya
1810-1823 (published 1863)
drypoint, etching, burin and burnishing
106La Grande Odalisque
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
1814 CE
Oil on canvas
107Liberty Leading the People
Eugene Delacroix
1830 CE
Oil on canvas
108The Oxbow (View from Mount Holyoke, Northampton, Massachusetts, after a Thunderstorm)
Thomas Cole
1836 CE
oil on canvas
109Still Life in Studio
Louis-Jacques-Mande Daguerre
1837 CE
daguerreotype
110Slave Ship (Slavers Throwing Overboard the Dead and Dying, Typhoon Coming On)
Joseph Turner
1840 CE
oil on canvas
111Palace of Westminister (Houses of Parliament)
London, England.
Charles Barry and Augustus W.N. Pugin (architects)
1840-1870 CE
limestone masonry and glass
112The Stone Breakers
Gustave Courbet
1849 CE
(destroyed in 1945)
oil on canvas
113Nadar Raising Photography to the Height of Art
Honoré Daumier
1862 CE
lithograph
114Olympia
Edouard Manet
1863 CE
oil on canvas
115The Saint-Lazare Station
Claude Monet
1877 CE
Oil on canvas
116The Horse in Motion
Eadweard Muybridge
1878 CE
albumen print
117The Valley of Mexico from the Hillside of Santa Isabel
Jose Maria Velasco
1882 CE
oil on canvas
118The Burghers of Calais
Auguste Rodin
1884-1895 CE
bronze
119The Starry Night
Vincent van Gogh
1889 CE
oil on canvas
120The Coiffure
Mary Cassatt
1890-1891
drypoint and aquatint
121The Scream
Edvard Munch
1893 CE
tempera and pastels on cardboard
122Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?
Paul Gaugin
1897-1898 CE
oil on canvas
123Mont Sainte-Victoire
Paul Cezanne
1902-1904 CE
oil on canvas
124Les Desmoiselles d'Avignon
Pablo Picasso
1907 CE
Oil on canvas
125The Steerage
Alfred Steiglitz
1907 CE
photogravure
126The Kiss
Gustav Klimt
1907-1908 CE
oil and gold leaf on canvas
127The Kiss
Constantin Brancusi
Original 1907-1908 CE
stone
128The Portuguese
Georges Braque
1911 CE
oil on canvas
129Goldfish
Henri Matisse
1912 CE
oil on canvas
130Improvisation 28 (second version)
Vassily Kandinsky
1912 CE
oil on canvas
131Self Portrait as a Soldier
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
1915 CE
oil on canvas
132Memorial Sheet for Karl Liebknecht
Käthe Kollwitz
1919-1920 CE
Woodcut
133Villa Savoye
Poissy-sur-Seine, France
Le Corbusier
1929
steel and reinforced concrete
134Compostion with Red, Blue, and Yellow
Piet Mondrian
1930 CE
oil on canvas
135Illustration from The Results of the First Five-Year Plan
Varvara Stepanova
1932 CE
photomontage
136Object (Le Déjeuner en fourrure)
Meret Oppenheim
1936 CE
fur-covered cup, saucer, and spoon
137Fallingwater
Pennsylvania
Frank Lloyd Wright
1936-1939
reinforced concrete, sandstone, steel, and glass
138The Two Fridas
Frida Khalo
1939 CE
oil on canvas
139The Migration of the Negro, Panel no. 49
Jacob Lawrence
1940-1941 CE
casein tempera on hardboard
140The Jungle
Wilfredo Lam
1943 CE
gouache on paper mounted on canvas
141Dream of a Sunday Afternoon in the Alameda Park
Diego Rivera
1947-1948 CE
fresco
142Fountain (second version)
Marcel Duchamp
1950 CE (original 1917)
readymade glazed sanitary china with black paint
143Woman I
Willem de Kooning
1950-1952 CE
oil on canvas
144Seagram Building
NYC
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Philip Johnson
1954-1958
steel frame with glass curtain wall and bronze
145Marilyn Diptych
Andy Warhol
1962 CE
oil, acrylic, and silkscreen enamel on canvas
146Narcissus garden
Yayoi Kusama
Original installation and performance 1966
mirror balls
147The Bay
Helen Frankenthaler
1963 CE
Acrylic on canvas
148Lipstick (Ascending) on Caterpillar Tracks
Claes Oldenburg
1969-1974 CE
Cor-Ten steel, steel, aluminum, and cast resin; painted with polyurethane enamel
149Spiral Jetty
Great Salt Lake, Utah, US
Robert Smithson
1970 CE
earthwork: mud, precipitated salt crystals, rocks, and water coil
150House in New Castle County
Delaware
Robert Venturi, John Rauch, and Denise Scott Brown
1978-1983
151Chavin de Huantar
Northern Highlands, Peru
Chavin.
900-200 BCE
stone (architectural complex); granite (lanzon and sculpture); hammered gold alloy (jewelry)
152Mesa Verde cliff dwellings
Montezuma County
Colorado
Anasazi
450-1300 CE
sandstone
153Yaxchilan
Chiapas, Mexico
Maya
725 CE
limestone (architectural complex)
154Great Serpent Mound
Adams County, southern Ohio
Mississippian (Eastern Woodlands)
c. 1070 CE
earthwork/effigy mound
155Templo Mayor (Main Temple).
Tenochtitlan (modern Mexico City, Mexico)
Mexica (Aztec)
1375-1520
stone(temple); volcanic stone (The Coyolxauhqui Stone); jadeite (Olmec-style mask); basalt (Calendar Stone)
156Ruler's feather headdress (probably of Motecuhzoma II)
Mexica (Aztec)
1428-1520 CE
feathers (quetzal and cotinga) and gold
157City of Cusco, including Qorikancha (main temple/church and convent of Santo Domingo) and Walls at Sasqa Waman (Sacsayhuaman)
Central Highlands, Peru
Inka
1440 CE
convent added 1550-1650 CE
andesite
158Maize cobs
Inka
c. 1440-1533 CE
Sheet metal/ repousse
metal alloys
159City of Machu Picchu
Central Highlands, Peru
Inka
c. 1450-1540 CE
granite(architectural complex)
160All-T'oqapu tunic
Inka
1450-1540 CE
camelid fiber and cotton
161Bandolier bag
Lenape (eastern Delaware) tribe
c. 1850 CE
beadwork on leather
162Transformation mask
Kwakiutl, Northwest coast of Canada
Late 19th century CE
wood, paint, and string
163Painted elk hide
Attributed to Cotsiogo (Cadzi Cody)
Eastern Shoshone, Wind River Reservation, Wyoming
c. 1890-1900 CE
painted elk hide
164Black-on-black ceramic vessel
Maria Martinez and Julian Martinez
Tewa, Puebloan, San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico
c. mid-20th century CE
Blackware ceramic
165Conical Tower and circular wall of Great Zimbabwe
SE Zimbabwe, Shona peoples
c. 1000-1400 CE
course granite blocks
166Great Mosque of Djenne
Mali
founded c. 1200 CE, rebuilt 1906-1907
adobe
167Wall Plaque, from Oba's palace
Edo peoples, Benin(Nigeria)
16th century
cast brass
168Sika dwa kofi (golden stool)
Ashanti peoples (Ghana)
c. 1700
gold over wood and cast-gold attachments
169Ndop (portrait figure) of King Mishe miShyaang maMbul
Kuba peoples (DRC)
c. 1760-1780
wood
170Power Figure (Nkisi Nkondi)
Kongo peoples (DRC)
c. late 19th century CE
wood and metal
171Female (pwo) mask
Chokwe peoples, DRC
late 19th or early 20th century
wood, fiber, pigment, and metal
172Potrait mask (Mblo)
Baule peoples (Cote d'Ivoire)
early 20th century
wood and pigment
173Bundu mask
Sande Society. Mende peoples. (Sierra Leon and Liberia)
19th and 20th century
wood, cloth, and fiber
174Ikenga (shrine figure)
Igbo peoples (Nigeria)
c. 19th-20th century
wood
175Lukasa (memory board)
Mbudye Society, Luba peoples. (DRC)
19th and 20th century CE
wood, beads, and metal
176aka elephant mask
Bamileke (Cameroon, western grasslands region) c. 19th-20th century
wood, woven raffia, cloth, and beads
177Reliquary figure (byeri)
Fang peoples (southern Cameroon)
c. 19th to 20th century
wood
178Veranda post of enthroned king and senior wife (Opo Ogaga)
Olowe of Ise (Yoruba peoples)
c. 1910-1914
wood and pigment
179Petra, Jordan: Treasury and the Great Temple.
Nabataean Ptolemaic and Roman. C. 400. b.c.e - 100 c.e. Cut rock.
180Buddha
Bamiyan, Afghanistan
Gandharan.
c. 400-800 CE (destroyed in 2001)
cut rock with plaster and polychrome paint
181The Kabba
Mecca, Saudi Arabia
Islamic, Pre-Islamic Monument
rededicated by Muhammad in 631-632 CE; multiple renovations
granite masonry, covered with silk curtain and calligraphy in gold and silver-wrapped thread
182Jowo Rinpoche
enshrined in the Jokhang Temple
Lhasa, Tibet
Yarlung Dynasty
Believed to have been brought to Tibet in 641 CE
Gilt metals and semiprecious stones, pearls, and paint; various offerings
183Dome of the Rock
Jerusalem
Islamic, Umayyad.
691-692 CE, with multiple renovations.
stone masonry and wooden roof decorated with glazed ceramic tile, mosaics, and gilt aluminum and bronze dome
184Great Mosque
(Masjid-e Jameh)
Ifsahan, Iran
Persian: Seljuk, Il-Khanid, Timurid and Safavid Dynasties.
c. 700CE; additions and restorations done in the 14th, 18th, and 20th centuries CE
stone, brick, wood, plaster, and glazed ceramic tile
185Folio from a Qur'an
Arab, North Africa, or Near East
Abbasid
c. eighth to ninth century CE
ink, color, and gold parchment
186Basin (Baptistère de St. Louis)
Muhammad ibn al-Zain
c. 1320-1340 CE
brass inlaid with gold and silver
187Bahram Gur Fights the Karg, folio from the Great Il-Khanid Shahnama
Islamic; Persian
Il-Khanid
c. 1330-1340 CE
ink and opaque watercolor
188The Court of Gayumars, folio from Shah Tahmasp's Shahnama
Sultan Muhammad
c. 1552-1525 CE
ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
189The Ardabil Carpet
Maqsud of Kashan
1539-1540 CE
silk and wool
190Great Stupa at Sanchi
Madya Pradesh, India
Buddhist; Maurya Period, late Sunga Dynasty
c. 300 BCE- 100 CE
stone masonry, sandstone on dome
191Terra cotta warriors from the mausoleum of the first Qin emperor of China
Qin Dynasty
c. 221-209 BCE
painted terra cotta
192Funeral Banner of Lady Dai
Han Dynasty, China
c. 180 BCE
painted silk
193Longmen caves
Luoyang, China
Tang Dynasty
493-1127 CE
limestone
194gold and jade crown
Three Kingdoms Period, Silla Kingdom, Korea
5th to 6th century CE
metalwork, gold and jade
195Todai-ji
Nara, Japan
various artists, including sculptors Unkei and Keikei, as well as the Kei school
743 CE
rebuilt 1700
bronze and wood (sculpture) wood with ceramic roofing (architecture)
196Borobudur Temple
Central Java, Indonesia
Sailendra Dynasty
c. 750-842 CE
volcanic stone masonry
197Angkor Wat
Cambodia
Hindu, Angkor dynasty
c. 800-1400 CE
Stone masonry, sandstone
198Lakshmana Temple
Khajuraho, India
Hindu, Chandella Dynasty
c. 930-950 CE
sandstone
199Travelers among Mountains and Streams
Fan Kuan
Song Dynasty
c 1000 CE
ink and colors on silk
200Shiva as Lord of Dance (Nataraja)
Hindu, India (Tamil Nadu)
Chola Dynasty
c1000-1100
cast bronze
201Night Attack on the Sanjo Palace
Kamakura Period, Japan
c. 1250-1300 CE
handscroll ( ink and color on paper)
202The David Vases
Yuan Dynasty, China
1351 CE
white porcelain with cobalt-blue underglaze
203Portrait of Sin Sukju (1417-1475)
Imperial Bureau of Painting
15th century CE
Hanging scroll ( ink and color on silk)
204Forbidden city
Beijing, China
Ming Dynasty
15th century CE and later
stone masonry, marble, brick, wood, and ceramic tile
205Ryoan-ji
Kyoto, Japan
Muromachi Period, Japan
c 1480 CE
current design most likely dates to the 18th century
rock garden
206Jahangir Preferring a Sufi Shaikh to Kings
Bichitr
c1620
watercolor, gold, and ink on paper
207Taj Mahal
Uttar Pradesh, India
Building and decorations under the supervision of Utsad Ahmad Lahori, architect of the emperor
1632-1653
stone masonry, marble, with inlay of precious and semiprecious stones, gardens
208White and Red Plum Blossoms
Ogata Kori
c. 1710-1716 CE
ink, watercolor, and gold leaf on paper
209Under the Wave of Kanagawa
from the series of thirty six views of mount fuji
Katsushika Hokusai
1830-1833 CE
polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper
210Il Gesu (including the Triumph of the Name Jesus ceiling fresco)
Rome, Italy.
Giacomo da Vignola, plan (architect); Giacomo della Porta, façade (architect); Giovanni Battista Gaulli, ceiling fresco (artist)
Church: 16th century CE; façade: 1568-1584 CE; fresco and stucco figures: 1676- 1679 CE
brick, marble, fresco, and stucco
211Carson, Pirie, Scott and Company Building
Chicago, Illinois
Louis Sullivan
1899-1903
iron, steel, glass, and terra cotta