*Haram al-Sharif and of the Dome of the Rock, 691.

- They made it in gold because they wanted to detract from the other religious monuments.

- The site is significant because it stems from religious traditions regarding the rock at its heart, "foundation stone."

*Umayyad Mosque of Damascus, 706-15

Great significance to Shi'ah Muslims and Sunni muslims as this was the destination of the ladies and children of the family of Muhammad. 

The family of Muhammad was also imprisoned here for 60 days. 

Was built on the site of a Christian basilica.

* Cordoba, Great Mosque. Built in 784-86

Originally a pagan temple, then a christian church, then a mosque, then a catholic cathedral.

856 columns made of pieces from destroyed Roman buildings.

Isfahan. Friday mosque (masjid jum‘a). (8-10th century)

Burnt down and rebuilt again in the 11th century

This is one of the oldest mosques still standing in Iran, and it was built in the four-iwan architectural style, placing four gates face to face 

Istanbul, Suleymaniye Complex, by Mimar Sinawhan, 1550-57. Plan, aerial view and dome from the inside. 

The design of the Süleymaniye also plays on Suleyman's self-conscious representation of himself as a 'second Solomon.'

It references the Dome of the Rock, which was built on the site of the Temple of Solomon. As with other imperial mosques in Istanbul, the Süleymaniye Mosque was designed as a külliye, or complex with adjacent structures to service both religious and cultural needs. 

Alhambra, Granada. Founded in 1238.

It is both a palace and a fortress, located in Granada, Spain, in the heart of a mountain range.

last palace of the muslim emirs, the kings used it then, then fell in disrepair and was rediscovered in 19th century by European scholars.

* Fatehpur Sikri, 1571-9.  

built in the honor of a Sufi saint

then occupied by Emperors

Mughal:

Amalgamation of Persian, Hindu and Islamic Architecture

* Complex of Sultan Hasan, Cairo 1356-62, the construction lasted three years "without a single day of idleness". Commissioned by a sultan of a short and relatively unimpressive profile, al-Maqrizi noted that within the mosque were several "wonders of construction".

* Delhi. Tomb of Humayun, 1562-72

Commissioned by Humayun's wife.

The mihrab is not engraved with a surat but simply an outline and faces West and Mecca.

* Bihzad. Yusuf escaping Zuleykha’s embrace. From Sa‘di’s Bustan. Herat, 1488.

*34-50 Michael Graves, The Portland Building, 1980

It is a public building: the municipal office building for the city of Portland, OR.

It is an icon of postmodern architecture, trying to stand out from the usual "glass and steel" modernist buildings.

Jeff Koons, Pink Panther, 1988

- Koons: represents the pink panther as "a female masturbation aid"

- The woman featured on the sculpture is Jayne Mansfield.

Cindy Sherman, Untitled Film Still #35, 1979

 According to Sherman, we are all actors in our lives, we learn to act by watching actors at the movies or on tv.

that's how sherman achieved international recognition

Judy Chicago, The Dinner Party, 1979

-Very important feminist artwork. A symbolic "history of women in the Western Civilization."

- Reference the Cena 

 Hans Haacke, MetroMobilitan, 1985

Haacke blends political, environmental, industrial, and humanitarian concerns all into this one piece of art. Aimed to look like the front banners of the Metropolitan Museum, Haacke uses this display to speak about the involvement that the Mobil Corporation has had in Africa.

Maya Lin, Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial, 1981-83

Richard Serra, Tilted Arc, 1981

David Hammons, Public Enemy, 1991

Chris Ofili, Holy Virgin Mary, 1996

Pablo Picasso, Les Demoiselles D’Avignon, 1907 

Seurat, A Sunday A La Grande Jatte, 1884-86

*Pilgrimage to Cythera, 1717 (WATTEAU)

Jean-Honore Fragonard

The Swing, 1766 

JACQUES LOUIS DAVID

*Oath of the Horattii, 1784 

*The Third of May, 1808, GOYA

*Raft of the Medusa, 1818-19

Théodore GERICAULT

Joseph Mallord William Turner

*The Slave Ship, 1840 

Vairocana Buddha, disciples, and bodhisattvas, Fengxian Temple, Longmen 

Caves, Luoyang, China.  Tang dynasty, completed 676.  Limestone, Buddha 44’ 

high.

Taizokai (Womb World) mandara, Kyoogokokuji (Toji), Kyoto, Japan.  Heian 

period, second half of ninth century.