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Art History
Undergraduate 3
05/14/2014

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Aerial view of the Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem, Umayyad
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Interior of the Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem, Umayyad
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Detail of a mosaic in the courtyard arcade of the Great Mosque, Damascus, Syria, Umayyad,
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Aerial view of the Great Mosque, Kairouan, Tunisia, Abbasid
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Plan of the Great Mosque, Kairouan, Tunisia

Abbasid

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Aerial View of the Mezquita (Great Mosque), Cordoba, Spain, Spanish Umayyad
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Prayer hall of the Mezquita (Great Mosque), Córdoba, Spain, Spanish Umayyad
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Maqsura and mihrab of the Great Mosque, Córdoba, Spain, Umayyad

 

or

 

Maqsura of the Mezquita, Córdoba, Spain

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Spanish Umayyad

 

 

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Court of the Lions, Palace of the Lions, Alhambra, Granada, Spain, Nasrid
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Muqarnas dome, hall of Abencerrajes , Palace of the Lions, Alhambra, Granada, Spain, Nasrid
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Mihrab from the Madrasa Imami, Isfahan, Iran, Safavid, ca. 1354. Glazed mosaic tilework, Safavid

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MAQSUD OF KASHAN, carpet from a funerary mosque, Ardabil, Iran, Safavid, 1540, wool and silk
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Sultan-Muhammad, Court of Gayumars, from the Shahnama of Shaha Tahmasp, from Tabriz, Iran, Safavid, ca. 1525-1535, Ink, watercolor, and gold on paper.
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SHIRIN NESHAT, Allegiance and Wakefulness, 1994.  Offset print.

Contemporary

 

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Colossal head, Olmec, La Venta, Mexico, 900–400 BCE. Basalt.
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Ceremonial ax in the form of a were-jaguar, Olmec, La Venta, Mexico, 900–400 BCE. Jadeite.
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Aerial view of Teotihuacan, Mexico. Pyramid of the Moon (foreground), Pyramid of the Sun (top left), and the Citadel with the Temple of Quetzalcoatl (background), all connected by the Avenue of the Dead; main structures

 

Teotihuacán

 

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Temple of Quetzalcoatl, Teotihuacán, Mexico
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Goddess, mural painting from the Tetitla apartment complex at Teotihuacán, Mexico, 650-750 CE. Pigments over clay and plaster.
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Ball court, Maya, Copán, Honduras
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Ballplayer, Maya, from Jaina Island, Mexico, 700–900 CE. Painted clay
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Presentation of captives to Lord Chan Muwan, Maya, Bonampak, Mexico, ca. 790 CE., watercolor copy of the mural.
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Shield Jaguar and Lady Xoc, Maya, Yaxchilán, Mexico, ca. 725 CE. Limestone
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Aerial view of Chichén Itzá, Mexico, MAYA
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Aerial view of the Castillo, Chichén Itzá, Mexico, Maya
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Chacmool, from the Platform of the Eagles, Chichen Itza, Mexico, Maya, ca. 800-900 CE. Stone.
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Embroidered funerary mantle, Paracas, Peru, first century CE. Weaving with embroidery, wool.

 

(only paracas one)

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Vessel in the shape of a portrait head, Moche culture, Peru, fifth to sixth century CE. Painted clay.

Moche Culture, Peru

(only one)

 

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Cliff Palace, Ancestral Puebloans, Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado

(only one)

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The Founding of Tenochtitlán, from the Codex Mendoza, Aztec, ca 1540-42. Ink and color on paper.
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Reconstruction drawing of the Great Temple, Tenochtitlán, Mexico, Aztec, ca. 1400-1500 CE.
C= Coyolxauhqui disk
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Coyolxauhqui (She of the Golden Bells), Aztec, from the Great Temple of Tenochtitlán, Mexico City, ca. 1469. Stone
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Coatlicue (She of the Serpent Skirt), Aztec, from Tenochtitlán, Mexico City, Mexico, ca. 1487–1520. Andesite.
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Mictlantecuhtli and Quetzalcoatl, from the Borgia Codex, Mixteca-Puebla Culture, Mexico, ca 1400-1500, Mineral and vegetable pigments on deerskin.

(only one)

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Machu Picchu, Inka, Peru

(only one)

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Chilkat blanket with stylized animal motifs, Tlingit, Canada, early 20th century. Mountain goat wool and cedar bark.

(only one)

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Running woman, rock painting, from Tassili n’Ajjer, Algeria, prehistoric

(only one)

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 Nok head, Nok, from Nigeria, ca. 500 BCE–200 CE. Terracotta

only one

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King (Oni), Ife, Nigeria, 11th to 12th century. Zinc-brass
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Head of an Ife king, Ife, Nigeria, 12th to 13th century. Zinc-brass
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Aerial view of the Great Mosque, Djenne, Mali, Begun 13th century, rebuilt 1906-1907, adobe (sun-dried mud brick).

only one

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Beta Giorghis (Church of Saint George), Lalibela, Ethiopia, ca. 1220, red tufa rock

only one

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Waist pendant of a Queen Mother, from Benin, Nigeria, ca.1520. Ivory and iron
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Head of a Queen Mother, from Benin, Nigeria,
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Altar to the Hand (ikegobo), from Benin, Nigeria, 17th to 18th century. Brass
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MASTER OF THE SYMBOLIC EXECUTION, saltcellar, Sapi-Portuguese, from Sierra Leone, ca. 1490-1540. Ivory

Sapi

only one

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Ancestral screen (Nduen fobara), Kalabari Ijaw, Nigeria, late 19th century. Wood, fiber, and cloth

only one

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Reliquary guardian figure (bieri), Fang, Gabon, late 19th century. Wood

only one

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AKATI AKPELE KENDO, Warrior figure (Gu?), from the palace of King Glele, Abomey, Fon, Republic of Benin, 1858-1859. Iron

only one

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Power figure (nkisi n’kondi) (OR NAIL FIGURE), Kongo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Wood, nails, blades, medicinal materials, and cowrie shell

only one

 

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 OSEI BONSU, Akua’ba (Akua’s child), Asante, Ghana, ca. 1960. Wood and glass beads

only one

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Bwoom masquerader, Kuba, Democratic Republic of Congo
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Ngady Amwaash mask, Kuba, Democratic Republic of Congo, late 19th or early 20th century, mixed media.
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Row of moai on a stone platform (ahu), Rapa Nui (Easter Island), Polynesia, 10th to 12th centuries. Volcanic tuff

only one

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Tattooed warrior with war club, Marquesas Islands, Polynesia, early 19th century, Color engraving

only one

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A’a, from Rurutu, Austral Islands, Polynesia, late 18th or early 19th century. Wood

only one

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Kuka’ilimoku, from Hawaii, Polynesia, late 18th or early 19th century. Wood
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Head of Lono, from Hawaii, Polynesia, ca. 1775–1780. Human hair, dog’s teeth, pearl shells, and feathers over wicker work.
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Feather cloak (‘ahu’ula), from Hawaii, Polynesia, ca. 1824–1843. Feathers and fiber netting.
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