Slide Quiz 5

The Kaaba

• Pre-Islamic Monument

• Mecca, Saudi Arabia

• Granite Masonry, Covered with Silk Curtain, and Calligraphy in Gold and Silver-Wrapped Thread

• 631-632 C.E.

Dome of the Rock

• Umayyad

• Jerusalem, Israel

• Stone Masonry and Wooden Roof Decoreated with Glazed Ceramic Tile, Mosaics, and Gild Aluminum and Bronze Dome

• 691-692 C.E. with Multiple Renovations

Great Mosque of Cordoba

• Umayyad

• Spain

• Stone Masonry

• 785-786 C.E.

Great Mosque (Masjid-e Jameh)

• Islamic

• Isfahan, Iran

• Stone, Brick, Wood, Plaster, and Glazed Ceramic Tile

• c. 700 C.E. Restorations in the 14th, 18th, and 20th centuries C.E.

Mosque of Selim II

• Sinan

• Turkey

• Brick and Stone

• 1568-1575 

Alhambra

• Nasrid Dynasty

• Spain

• Whitewashed Adobe Stucco, Wood, Tile, Paint, Gilding

• 1354-1391 C.E.

Folio from a Qur’an

• Arab

• North Africa, Near East

• Ink, Color, and Gold on Parchment

• c. 8th to 9th century C.E.

Pyxis of al-Mughira

• Umayyad 

• Spain

• Ivory

• 968 C.E.

Basin (Baptistere de St. Louis)

• Muhammad Ibn al-Zain

• Egypt/Syria

• Brass Inlaid with Gold and Silver

• c. 1320-1340 C.E.

Ardabil Carpet

• Maqsud of Kashan 

• Iran

• Silk and Wool

• 1539-1540 C.E.

Bahram Gur Fights the Karg

• Islamic

• Persia (present-day Iran)

• Ink and Opaque Watercolor, gold, and silver on paper

The Court of Gayumars

• Islamic 

• Tabriz, Iran

• Ink, Opaque Watercolor, and Gold on Paper

• c. 1522-1525 C.E.

Great Stupa at Sanchi

• Buddhist

• India

• Stone Masonry, Sandstone

• c. 300 B.C.E.-100 C.E.

Lakshmana Temple

• Hindu 

• India

• Sandstone

• c. 930-950 C.E.

Shiva as Lord of Dance

• Hindu 

• India

• Cast Bronze

• c. 11th Century C.E.

Jahangir Preferring a Sufi Shaikh to Kings

• Bichitr

• India

• Watercolor, Gold and Ink on Paper

• c. 1620 C.E.

Taj Mahal

• Ustad Ahmad Lahori 

• India

• Stone Masonry and Marble with Inly of Previous and Semiprevious Stones

• 1632-1653 C.E.

Jowo Rinpoche, Enshrined in the Jokhang Temple

• Yarlung Dynasty 

• Tibet

• Gilt Metals with Semiprevious Stone, Pearls, and Paint. 

• Believed to have been brought to Tibet in 641 C.E.

Borobudur Temple

• Sailendra Dynasty 

• Java, Indonesia

• Volcanic-Stone Masonry.

• c. 750-842 C.E.

Angkor, the Temple of Angkor Wat

• Hindu 

• Cambodia

• Stone Masonry, Sandstone

• c. 800-1400 C.E.

South Gate Angkor Thom and Javayarman VII

• Hindu 

• Cambodia

• Stone Masonry, Sandstone

• c. 800-1400 C.E.

Angkor Wat, Churning of the Ocean Milk

• Hindu 

• Cambodia

• Stone Masonry, Sandstone

• c. 800-1400 C.E.

Bamiyan Buddhas

• Gandharan 

• Afghanistan

• Cut Rock with Plaster and Polychrome Paint

• 400-800 C.E. (destroyed in 2001)