C6: Early Europe & Colonial Americas, part 1

Catacomb of Priscilla - Rome, Italy. Late Antique Europe. C. 200-400 CE Excavated tufa and fresco

Catacomb of Priscilla - Rome, Italy. Late Antique Europe. C. 200-400 CE Excavated tufa and fresco

Catacomb of Priscilla - Rome, Italy. Late Antique Europe. C. 200-400 CE Excavated tufa and fresco

Santa Sabina - Rome, Italy. Late Antique Europe. C. 422-432 Brick and stone, wooden roof.

Santa Sabina - Rome, Italy. Late Antique Europe. C. 422-432 Brick and stone, wooden roof.

Santa Sabina - Rome, Italy. Late Antique Europe. C. 422-432 Brick and stone, wooden roof.

Rebecca and Eliezer at the Well and Jacob Wrestling the Angel, from the Vienna Genesis - Early Byzantine Europe. Early sixth century CE Illuminated manuscript (tempera, gold, and silver on purple vellum)

Rebecca and Eliezer at the Well and Jacob Wrestling the Angel, from the Vienna Genesis - Early Byzantine Europe. Early sixth century CE Illuminated manuscript (tempera, gold, and silver on purple vellum)

San Vitale - Ravenna, Italy. Early Byzantine Europe C. 526-547 CE Brick, marble, and stone veneer; mosaic

San Vitale - Ravenna, Italy. Early Byzantine Europe C. 526-547 CE Brick, marble, and stone veneer; mosaic

San Vitale - Ravenna, Italy. Early Byzantine Europe C. 526-547 CE Brick, marble, and stone veneer; mosaic

San Vitale - Ravenna, Italy. Early Byzantine Europe C. 526-547 CE Brick, marble, and stone veneer; mosaic

San Vitale - Ravenna, Italy. Early Byzantine Europe C. 526-547 CE Brick, marble, and stone veneer; mosaic

Hagia Sophia - Constantinople (Istanbul) Anthemius of Tralles and Isidorus of Miletus. 532-537 CE Brick and ceramic elements with stone and mosaic veneer.

Hagia Sophia - Constantinople (Istanbul) Anthemius of Tralles and Isidorus of Miletus. 532-537 CE Brick and ceramic elements with stone and mosaic veneer.

Hagia Sophia - Constantinople (Istanbul) Anthemius of Tralles and Isidorus of Miletus. 532-537 CE Brick and ceramic elements with stone and mosaic veneer.

Virgin (Theotokos) and Child between Saints Theodore and George - Early Byzantine Europe. Sixth or early seventh century CE Encaustic on wood.

Merovingian looped fibulae - Early medieval Europe Mid-sixth century CE Silver gilt worked in filigree, with inlays of garnets and other stones.

Great Mosque - Córdoba, Spain. Umayyad (culture) c. 785-786 CE Stone masonry

Great Mosque - Córdoba, Spain. Umayyad (culture) c. 785-786 CE Stone masonry

Pyxis of Al-Mughira - Umayyad (culture) 968 CE Ivory

Lindisfarne Gospels: St. Matthew, cross-carpet page; St. Luke portrait page; St. Luke incipit page - Early medieval (Hiberno Saxon) Europe C. 700 CE Illuminated manuscript (ink, pigments, and gold on vellum).

Lindisfarne Gospels: St. Matthew, cross-carpet page; St. Luke portrait page; St. Luke incipit page - Early medieval (Hiberno Saxon) Europe C. 700 CE Illuminated manuscript (ink, pigments, and gold on vellum).

Lindisfarne Gospels: St. Matthew, cross-carpet page; St. Luke portrait page; St. Luke incipit page - Early medieval (Hiberno Saxon) Europe C. 700 CE Illuminated manuscript (ink, pigments, and gold on vellum)

Church of Sainte-Foy - Congues, France. Romanesque Europe. Church: c. 1050-1130 CE | Reliquary of Saint Foy: 9th century CE, with later additions. Stone (architecture); stone and paint (tympanum); gold, silver, gemstones, and enamel over wood

Church of Sainte-Foy - Congues, France. Romanesque Europe. Church: c. 1050-1130 CE | Reliquary of Saint Foy: 9th century CE, with later additions. Stone (architecture); stone and paint (tympanum); gold, silver, gemstones, and enamel over wood

Church of Sainte-Foy - Congues, France. Romanesque Europe. Church: c. 1050-1130 CE | Reliquary of Saint Foy: 9th century CE, with later additions. Stone (architecture); stone and paint (tympanum); gold, silver, gemstones, and enamel over wood

Church of Sainte-Foy - Congues, France. Romanesque Europe. Church: c. 1050-1130 CE | Reliquary of Saint Foy: 9th century CE, with later additions. Stone (architecture); stone and paint (tympanum); gold, silver, gemstones, and enamel over woo

Bayeux Tapestry - Romanesque Europe (English or Norman) C. 1066-1080 CE Embroidery on linen

Bayeux Tapestry - Romanesque Europe (English or Norman) C. 1066-1080 CE Embroidery on linen

Chartres Cathedral - Chartres, France. Gothic Europe. Original construction c.1145-1155 CE Reconstructed c. 1194-1220 CE Limestone, stained glass.

Chartres Cathedral - Chartres, France. Gothic Europe. Original construction c.1145-1155 CE Reconstructed c. 1194-1220 CE Limestone, stained glass.

Chartres Cathedral - Chartres, France. Gothic Europe. Original construction c.1145-1155 CE Reconstructed c. 1194-1220 CE Limestone, stained glass.

Chartres Cathedral - Chartres, France. Gothic Europe. Original construction c.1145-1155 CE Reconstructed c. 1194-1220 CE Limestone, stained glass.

Chartres Cathedral - Chartres, France. Gothic Europe. Original construction c.1145-1155 CE Reconstructed c. 1194-1220 CE Limestone, stained glass.

Chartres Cathedral - Chartres, France. Gothic Europe. Original construction c.1145-1155 CE Reconstructed c. 1194-1220 CE Limestone, stained glass.

Dedication Page with Blanche of Castile and King Louis IX of France, Scenes from the Apocalypse from Bibles moralisées - Gothic Europe C. 1225-1245 CE Illuminated manuscript (ink, tempera and gold leaf)

Dedication Page with Blanche of Castile and King Louis IX of France, Scenes from the Apocalypse from Bibles moralisées - Gothic Europe C. 1225-1245 CE Illuminated manuscript (ink, tempera and gold leaf)

Röttgen Pieta - Late medieval Europe C. 1300-1325 CE Painted wood

Arena (Scrovegni) Chapel, including Lamentation - Padua, Italy. Unknown architect Giotto di Bondone (artist). Chapel: c. 1303 CE; Fresco: c.1305 Brick (architecture) and fresco

Arena (Scrovegni) Chapel, including Lamentation - Padua, Italy. Unknown architect Giotto di Bondone (artist). Chapel: c. 1303 CE; Fresco: c.1305 Brick (architecture) and fresco

Arena (Scrovegni) Chapel, including Lamentation - Padua, Italy. Unknown architect Giotto di Bondone (artist). Chapel: c. 1303 CE; Fresco: c.1305 Brick (architecture) and fresco

Golden Haggadah (The Plagues of Egypt, Scenes of Liberation, and Preparation for Passover) - Late medieval Spain C. 1320 CE Illuminated manuscript (pigments and gold leaf on vellum)

Golden Haggadah (The Plagues of Egypt, Scenes of Liberation, and Preparation for Passover) - Late medieval Spain C. 1320 CE Illuminated manuscript (pigments and gold leaf on vellum)

Golden Haggadah (The Plagues of Egypt, Scenes of Liberation, and Preparation for Passover) - Late medieval Spain C. 1320 CE Illuminated manuscript (pigments and gold leaf on vellum)

Alhambra - Granada, Spain Nasrid Dynasty 1354-1391 CE Whitewashed adobe stucco, wood, tile, paint, and gilding

Alhambra - Granada, Spain Nasrid Dynasty 1354-1391 CE Whitewashed adobe stucco, wood, tile, paint, and gilding

Alhambra - Granada, Spain Nasrid Dynasty 1354-1391 CE Whitewashed adobe stucco, wood, tile, paint, and gilding

Alhambra - Granada, Spain Nasrid Dynasty 1354-1391 CE Whitewashed adobe stucco, wood, tile, paint, and gilding

Annunciation Triptych (Merode Altarpiece) - Workshop of Robert Campin 1427-1432 CE Oil on wood

Pazzi Chapel - Basilica di Santa Croce, Florence, Italy Filippo Brunelleschi (architect) C. 1429-1461 CE Masonry

Pazzi Chapel - Basilica di Santa Croce, Florence, Italy Filippo Brunelleschi (architect) C. 1429-1461 CE Masonry

The Arnolfini Portrait - Jan van Eyck C. 1434 CE Oil on wood

David - Donatello C. 1440-1460 CE Bronze

Palazzo Rucellai - Florence, Italy. Leon Battista Alberti (architect) C. 1450 CE Stone, masonry

Madonna and Child with Two Angels - Fra Filippo Lippi C. 1465 CE Tempera on wood

Birth of Venus - Sandro Botticelli C. 1484-1486 CE Tempera on canvas

Last Supper - Leonardo da Vinci C. 1494-1498 CE Oil and tempera