AP Art History: Unit 7: Media

Petra, Jordan: Treasury and Great Temple

cut rock

Buddha

Cut rock with plaster and polychrome paint

The Kaaba

Granite masonry, covered with silk curtain and calligraphy in gold and silver-wrapped thread

Jowo Rinpoche, enshrined in the Jokhang Temple

Gilt metals with semiprecious stones, pearls, paint; various offerings

Dome of the Rock

Stone masonry and wooden roof decorated with glazed ceramic tile, mosaics, and gilt aluminum and bronze dome

Great Mosque *Masjid-e Jameh)

Stone, Brick, wood, plaster, and glazed ceramic tile

Folio froma Qur’an

Ink, color, and gold on parchment

Basin (Baptistere de St Louis)

Brass inlaid with gold and silver

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

Ink and opaque watercolor, gold, and silver on paper

The Court of Gayumars, folio from Shah Tahmasps Shahnama

THe Ardabil Carpet

Silk and Wool