AP Art History Asia

Petra, Jordan (A) Rock-Cut Tombs, (C) Treasury

Nabataean Ptolemaic and Roman; Pre-Islamic Middle Eastern Art and Architecture; 400 BCE-100 CE; Cut rock; West Asia - Petra, Jordan

Buddha (Bamiyan Buddha)*

Gandharan; Buddhist; 400-800 CE (destroyed 2001); Cut rock, plaster, polychrome paint; Centra Asia - Bamiyan, Afghanistan

The Kaaba (A) Aerial view of Kaaba, (B) Aerial view of Kaaba complex

Islamic; Pre-Islamic monument, rededicated by Muhammad in 631-632 CE, multiple renovations; Granite masonry, covered with silk curtain in gold and silver-wrapped thread; West Asia - Mecca, Saudi Arabia

Jowo Rinpoche

Tibetan (Yarlung Dynasty); Buddhist; Believed to have been brought to Tibet in 641 CE; Gilt metals with semiprecious stones, pearls and paint; various offerings; Central Asia - Jokhang Temple, Lhasa, Tibet

Dome of the Rock*

Islamic (Umayyad); Islamic; 691-692 CE, multiple renovations; Stone masonry and wooden roof decorated with glazed ceramic tile, mosaics, and gilt aluminum and bronze dome; West Asia - Jerusalem, Palestine

Great Mosque (Masjid-e Jameh)*

Islamic and Persian (Seljuk, Il-Khanid, Timurid, and Safavid dynasties); 700 CE, additions/restorations in the 14th, 18th, and 20th centuries CE; Stone, brick, wood, plaster, and glazed ceramic tile; West Asia - Isfahan, Iran

Folio from a Qur’an

Abbasid; Islamic; 8th-9th c. CE; Ink, color, and gold on parchment; West Asia - Arab (North Africa, or Near East)

Basin (Baptistere de St. Louis)

Muhammad ibn al-Zain; Mamluk; Islamic; 1320-1340 CE; Brass inlaid with gold and silver; West Asia

Bahram Gur Fights the Karg, folio from the Great Il-Khanid Shahnama

Islamic, Persian, Il-Khanid; 1330-1340 CE; Ink and opaque watercolor, gold, and silver on paper; Central Asia

The Court of Gayumars, folio from Shah Tahmasp’s Shahnama

Sultan Muhammad; Safavid; Islamic; 1522-1525 CE; Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper; Central Asia

The Ardabil Carpet

Maqsud of Kashan; Safavid; Islamic; 1539-1540; Silk and wool; Central Asia

Great Stupa at Sanchi

Indian (Mauryan Dynasty; late Sunga Dynasty); Buddhist; 300 BCE-100 CE; Stone masonry, sandstone dome; South Asia - Madhya Pradesh, India

Lakshmana Temple

Indian (Chandella Dynasty); Hindu; 930-950 CE; Sandstone; South Asia - Khajuraho, India

Shiva as Lord of Dance (Nataraja)

Indian (Chola Dynasty); Hindu; 11th c. CE; Cast bronze; South Asia - Tamil Nadu

Jahangir Preferring a Sufi Shaikh to Kings

Bichitr; Mughal; Islamic; 1620 CE; Watercolor, gold, and ink on paper; South Asia

Taj Mahal

Masons, marble workers, mosaicists, and decorators working under supervision of Ustad Ahmad Lahori, architect of the emperor; Mughal; Islamic(Indian); 1632-1653 CE; Stone masonry and marble with inlay of precious and semiprecious stones; gardens; South Asia - Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India

Angkor, the Temple of Angkor Wat, and the city of Angkor Thom

Cambodian (Angkor Dynasty); Hindu, then Buddhist; 800-1400 CE; Stone masonry, sandstone; Southeast Asia - Angkor Thom, Cambodia

Borobudur Temple

Indonesian (Sailendra Dynasty); Buddhist; 750-842 CE; Volcanic stone masonry; Southeast Asia - Central Java, Indonesia