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Jean Nouvel (architect), Quai Branly Museum, Paris, opened 2006

Jacques Doucet’s Apartment, Neuilly-sur-Seine (near Paris), 1929

Great Mosque, Jenne, Mali, founded 13th century, rebuilt 1907, adobe architecture

Façade of an adobe house in Toucouleur style, Jenne, Mali, after 16th century

Togu na (Men’s Meeting House), Dogon, Mali, 19th/20th century

Granary Door with Symbolic Representation of Ancestral Lineage, Dogon, Mali, 20th century (?), wood

Great court of the Asantehene’s palace in Kumase, Akan, Ghana, photo from 1896

“Golden Stool Born on Friday,” Akan, Ghana, early 18th century, wood and gold leaf

Interior Courtyard of the Palace at Foumban, Bamum, Cameroon Grassland, Cameroon, with reception area and carved pillars

Door Frame, Baham, Cameroon Grasslands, Cameroon, 19th century, wood

Royal Throne and Footstool of Nsangu, King of Bamum, Cameroon Grassland, Cameroon, ca. 1870, wood textile, glass beads, cowrie shells

Male Byeri Statuette mounted on ossuary, Fang-Betsi, Gabon, before 1927, wood with dark brown patina, brass, bark

Ngil Mask, Fang, N. Gabon, 19th century, light wood and kaolin


Reliquary Figure, Kota-Mahongwe, Gabon, first half 19th century, wood, brass, copper

Attributed to “Master of Buli,” Luba Caryatid Stool, R.D. Congo, before 1896, wood and pigment

Chief’s Chair, Chokwe, Angola or D. R. Congo, 19th/20th century, wood, leather, tacks

Chibinda Ilunga Figure, Chokwe, Angola, before 1878, wood, cotton textile, hair, plant fiber
Ambrogio Lorenzetti, Peaceful City, from Effects of Good Government in the City and in the Country, Sala della Pace, Palazzo, Pubblicco, Siena, 1338-1339, fresco
Palazzo Davanzati, Florence, late 14th century
Luciano Laurana and Ambrogio Barocci, Ducal Palace of Urbino, ca. 1444-82 (incl. Studiolo of Frederico III da Montefeltro, Ducal Palace, Urbino, 1476, wooden intarsia panels)
Fillippo Brunelleschi, Dome of Florence Cathedral, Florence, 1420-1436
Fillippo Brunelleschi, Pazzi Chapel, Santa Croce, Florence, begun c. 1440
Michelozzo di Bartolommeo, Palazzo Medici-Riccardi, Florence, begun 1445
Leon Battista Alberti, West Façade of Santa Maria Novella, Florence, c. 1458-1470
Bramante, Tempietto, San Pietro in Montorio, Rome, c. 1502
Michelangelo Buonarroti, Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, Vatican, Rome,1508-1512, fresco
Antonio da Sangallo, Farnese Palace, Rome, c. 1530-1546
Michelangelo Buonarroti, Design of Capitoline Hill (Campidoglio), Rome, c. 1537
Michelangelo Buonarroti, Saint Peter’s, Vatican, Rome, 1546-1564
Giulio Romano, Palazzo del Tè, Mantua, 1525-1535
Sgabello Chair, 16th century, Italy
Savonarola Chair, 16th century, Italy
Sedia, 16th century, Italy
Francesco di Giorgio Martini, Cassone with painted decoration depicting “The Triumph of Love,” 1496-97, Siena, Italy, carved and gilded gesso on wood, painted in tempera
Jacopo Sansovino, The Mint (La Zecca) and the State Library, Venice, 1535-1545
Andrea Palladio, Villa Rotunda (formerly Villa Capra), near Vicenza, c. 1566-1570
Andrea Palladio, San Giorgio Maggiore (West façade), Venice, begun 1565
Williard T. Sears (architect) and Isabella Stewart Gardener, Tapestry Room, Isabella Stuart Gardener Museum, Boston, 1898-1903
Henri Parent (architect), Florentine Room, Musée Jacquemart-André, Paris, 1869-1875
Carlo Maderno, St. Peter’s, Vatican City, Rome, 1606-1612
Gianlorenzo Bernini, Piazza of St. Peter’s, Vatican, 1656-1667
Gianlorenzo Bernini, Baldacchino, Vatican, Rome, 1624-1633, gilded bronze
Gianlorenzo Bernini, Scala Regia (Royal Stairway), Vatican, Rome, 1663-1666
Francesco Borromini, San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane, Rome, 1665-1676
Guarino Guarini, Palazzo Carignano, Turin, 1679-1692
Guarino Guarini, Palazzo Carignano, Turin, 1679-1692
Louis Le Vaux, Vaux-le-Vicomte Château, Maincy near Melun (France), 1658-61 (incl. Charles Le Brun’s Dining Room, ca. 1660, and André Le Nôtre’s Garden, ca. 1660)
Charles Le Brun, Louis Le Vau, Jules Hardouin- Mansart Aerial View of the Palace at Versailles, begun 1669
Jules Hardouin-Mansart and Charles Le Brun, Galerie des Glaces (Hall of Mirrors, Palace of Versailles, Versailles, c. 1680
Jules Hardouin-Mansart, Grand Trianon, Versailles, 1687-88
Jules Hardouin-Mansart, Royal Chapel, ceiling decorations by Antoine Coypel, Palace of Versailles, Versailles, 1698-1710