APAH - Islamic, South Asian, Korean, Chinese, and Japanese Art Identifiers

Title

Great Mosque;

Artist/Culture

Umayyad;

Date

Begun 785-786 CE;

Medium

Stone masonry;

Location

Córdoba, Spain

Title

Pyxis of al-Mughira;

Artist/Culture

Umayyad;

Date

968 CE;

Medium

Ivory

Title

Alhambra, Court of the Lions, Hall of the Sisters;

Artist/Culture

Nasrid Dynasty;

Date

1354-1391 CE;

Medium

Whitewashed adobe stucco, wood, tile, paint, and gilding;

Granada, Spain

Title

Mosque of Selim II;

Artist/Culture

Sinan / Ottoman;

Date

1568-1575 CE;

Medium

Brick and stone;

Location

Edirne, Turkey

Title

The Kaaba;

Artist/Culture

Islamic;

Date

Pre-Islamic monument; rededicated by Muhammad in 631-632 CE; multiple renovations;

Medium

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

Location

Mecca, Saudi Arabia

Title

Dome of the Rock;

Artist/Culture

Islamic, Umayyad;

Date

691-692 CE, multiple renovations;

Medium

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

Location

Jerusalem, Palestine

Title

Great Mosque (Masjid-e Jameh);

Artist/Culture

Islamic, Persian: Seljuk, Il-Khanid, Timurid, and Safavid Dynasties;

Date

700 CE; additions and restorations in the 14th, 18th, and 20th c. CE;

Medium

Stone, brick, wood, plaster, and glazed ceramic tile;

Location

Isfahan, Iran

Title

Folio from a Qur’an;

Artist/Culture

Abbasid;

Date

8th-9th c. CE;

Medium

Ink, color, and gold on parchment

Title

Basin (Baptistère de St. Louis);

Artist/Culture

Muhammad ibn al-Zain / Mamluk;

Date

1320-1340 CE;

Medium

Brass inlaid with gold and silver

Title

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

Artist/Culture

Islamic; Persian, Il-Khanid;

Date

1330-1340 CE;

Medium

Ink and opaque watercolor, gold, and silver on paper

Title

The Court of Gayumars, folio from Shah Tahmasp’s Shahnama;

Artist/Culture

Sultan Muhammad / Safavid;

Date

1522-1525 CE;

Medium

Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

Title

The Ardabil Carpet;

Artist/Culture

Maqsud of Kashan / Safavid;

Date

1539-1540 CE;

Medium

Silk and wool

Title

Taj Mahal;

Artist/Culture

Masons, marble workers, mosaicists and decorators working under the supervision of Ustad Ahmad Lahori, architect of the emperor / Mughal;

Date

1632 – 1653 CE;

Medium

Stone masonry and marble with inlay of previous and semiprecious stones; gardens;

Location

Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India

Title

Jahangir Preferring a Sufi Shaikh to Kings;

Artist/Culture

Bichitr / Mughal;

Date

1620 CE;

Medium

Watercolor, gold, and ink on paper

Title

Buddha;

Artist/Culture

Gandharan; Buddhism;

Date

400-800 CE (destroyed in 2001);

Medium

Cut rock with plaster and polychrome paint;

Location

Bamiyan, Afghanistan.

Title

Jowo Rinpoche, enshrined in Jokhang Temple;

Artist/Culture

Yarlung Dynasty;

Religion

Buddhism;

Date

Believed to have been brought to Tibet in 641 CE;

Medium

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

Location

Jokhang Temple, Lhasa, Tibet.

Title

Great Stupa at Sanchi;

Artist/Culture

Maurya, late Sunga Dynasty;

Religion

Buddhism;

Date

300 BCE – 100 CE;

Medium

Stone masonry, sandstone on dome;

Location

Madhya Pradesh, India.

Title

Borobudur Temple;

Artist/Culture

Sailendra Dynasty;

Religion

Buddhism;

Date

750-842 CE;

Medium

Volcanic-stone masonry;

Location

Central Java, Indonesia.

Title

Angkor, the temple of Angkor Wat, and the city of Angkor Thom;

• South Gate

• Churning of the Ocean of Milk

• Jayavarman VII as Buddha

Artist/Culture

Angkor Dynasty;

Religion

Hinduism & Buddhism;

Date

800-1400 CE;

Medium

Stone masonry, sandstone;

Location

Angkor Thom, Cambodia.

Title

Lakshmana Temple;

Artist/Culture

Chandella Dynasty;

Religion

Hinduism;

Date

930-950 CE;

Medium

Sandstone;

Location

Khajuraho, India.

Title

Shiva as Lord of Dance (Nataraja);

Artist/Culture

Chola Dynasty;