Art History Exam 2

Catacomb of Priscilla

Rome, Late 2nd Century- 4th Century C.E.

Basilica of Santa Sabina

Rome, 422-432 C.E.

Vienna Genesis

Early 6th century, the story of Jacob (folio 12v) and Rebecca and Eliezer at the Well (folio 7), purple vellum with silver and gold writing

Hagia Sophia

Constantinople, 532-537 CE

San Vitale

Begun c. 526-27, consecrated 547, Ravenna, Emperor Justinian Mosaic and Empress Theodora Mosaic

Icon with the Virgin and Child

Saints, Angels, and the Hand of God, 6th Century (Early Byzantine, encaustic method, 68.5X49.5

Great Mosque

Cordoba, Spain, Begun 786 and enlarged during the 9th and 10th centuries

Pyxis of al-Mughira

possibly from Madinat al-Zahra, AH 357/968 C.E., carved ivory, with traces of jade, 16 X 11.8cm

Alhambra

Spain, 1232-1492, Nasrid Dynasty

Hagia Sophia as a Mosque

built in 532-537 C.E. became a mosque 1453, Ottoman Empire

The Kaaba

granite masonry, covered with silk curtain and calligraphy in gold and silver-wrapped thread, pre-Islamic monument, rededicated by Muhammad in 63-32 C.E., Mecca, Saudi Arabia

The Dome of the Rock

Jerusalem, 691-92, stone masonry, wooden roof, decorated with glazed ceramic tiles. mosaics, and gilt aluminum and bronze dome, patron the Caliph Abd al-Malik

The Great Mosque/ Masjid-e Jameh

Isfahan, Iran 11th century

Muhammad ibn al-Zain Basin

c. 1320–40 (Egypt or Syria), brass
inlaid

Qur’an fragment in Arabic

before 911, vellum, MS M.712, folios 19v–20r, 23 x 32 cm,
possibly Iraq, Abbasid Dynasty