Unit 3: Early Europe & Colonial Americas, 200–1750 C.E.

Chavin de huantar

Chavin, 500 bce, stone

Chavin de huantar relief sculpture

Chavin, 500 bce, granite

Chavin de huantar nose ornament

Chavin, 500 bce, hammered gold alloy

Chavin de huantar lanzón stela

Chavin, 500 bce, stone

Templo mayor

Aztec, 1500, stone

olmec style mask

Aztec, 1500, stone

She of the golden bells

Aztec, 1500, stone

Great serpent mound

Ohio, 1070, earthwork

Yaxchilan structures

Maya, 725, limestone

Silver and gold maize cob

Inka, 1500, sheet metal, silver alloys

Mesa verde Cliff dwellings

Inka, 1500, sheet metal, solver alloys

Mesa verde Cliff dwellings

Colorado, 1000, sandstone

Ruler's feather headress

Aztec, 1500, feathers, gold

All t'oquapu tunic (inka royal tunic)

Inka, 1500, camelid feather, cotton

Bandalier bag

Lenape tribe, 1850, beadwork on leather

Black on black ceramic vessel

New Mexico, 1950, blackware ceramic

Hide paintings of sun dance

Wyoming, 1900, painted elk hide

Great Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe, 1000, coarsed granite blocks

Lukasa

Congo, 1800, wood, beads, metal

Great mosque of djenne

Mali, 1200, adobe

Wall plaque

Nigeria, 1600, cast brass

Ndop

Congo, 1770, wood

City of cusco

Inka, 1440, sandstone

Alhambra palace

Spain, 1360, whitewashed adobe stucco, wood, tile, paint, gilding, nasrid dynasty

Ardabil carpet

Maqsud of Kashan, 1540, silk, wool

Petra, Jordan Treasury and Great Temple

Nabataen Ptolemaic and Roman, 100, cut rock

Catacombs of Priscilla

Italy, 200, tufa, fresco, late antique europe

Santa Sabina

Italy, 430, brick, stone, wood, late antique europe

San Vitale

Italy, 540, brick, marble, stone veneer, mosaic, early byzantine europe

Haiga Sophia

Constantinople, 535, brick, ceramic, stone veneer, mosaic

Rebecca and eliezer at the well and Jacob wrestling the angel

Vienna Genesis, 501, illuminated manuscript

Virgin and child between saints Theodore and George

600, encaustic on wood, early byzantine europe

Merovingian looped fibula

550, early medieval europe, silver gilt in filigree, garnets, other stones

Lindisfarne gospels, st. Matthew, cross carpet page, st. Luke portrait page

700, early medieval europe, illuminated manuscript

The Kaaba

Mecca, 632, granite, silk, gold calligraphy, solver thread

Dome of the rock

Palestine, 692, stone, wood, ceramic tile, gilt aluminum, bronze dome

Great mosque of Cordoba

Spain, 785, stone

Great mosque of isfahan

Iran, 700, stone, brick, wood, plaster, ceramic tile

Folio from a Quran

Arab, north Africa, near east, 850, ink, color, gold on parchment

Pyxis of al mughira

Umayyad, 968, ivory

Bahram gur fights the karg

Persian, 1340, ink, watercolor, gold, silver on paper

Bayeux tapestry

Romanesque europe, 1080, embroidery on linen

Church of Sainte foy

France, 1100, stone, paint

Reliquary of saint foy

France, 900, gold, silver, gemstones, enamel over wood

Chartes cathedral

France, 1150, reconstructed 1200, limestone, stained glass, gothic europe

Rotten pieta

Late medieval europe, 1325, wood, paint

Arena chapel, lamentation

Italy, giotto di bonding, 1303 chapel, 1305 fresco, brick, fresco