Art History Key Terms and Image Identification

Pyramid of Khufu (Cheops) Great Pyramids of Egypt. (Largest of the 3 pyramids.)

Hatshepsut in a Devotional Attitude. Often depicted in ideal male figure despite being a woman.

Book of the Dead for the Chantress of Amun Nauny. Instructions for afterlife.

Sumerian Standing Male Worshipper Ashunnak.

Kore from Chios. Votive kore, marble, used to be painted.

Yakshi Bracket figure and relief, East Torana, Great Stupa, Sanchi

Riace Bronze Warrior. Two statues found in shipwreck near Riace, Italy.

Terracotta Warriors or Soldiers from the mausoleum of Shihuangdi, Lintong, China.

Sasanian Wall Panel, Bird in Rondel.

Ctesiphon, Ancient Mesopotamia, Modern Day Iraq

The Great Stupa. In Sanchi, India

Pantheon, Rome, Italy.

Ise Jingu, Inner Shrine (Shinto). Mie Prefecture, Japan. Rebuilt every 20 years, last time 2013.

Ishtar Gate, Nebuchadnezzar II’s Palace, Babylon, Modern Day Iraq.

Arch of Titus, Rome, Italy. Triumphal Monument.

Chichen Itza, ball court. Mesoamerican and Mayan Culture. Yucatan Mexico.

Empress Theodora and Her Attendants, sanctuary wall mosaic. In San Vitale, Ravenna, Italy.

Mihrab (Prayer Niche), Mosque, Madrasa Imami, Isfahan, Iran, glazed ceramic/faience mosaic.

Rose Window and Lancets, North Transcept, Chartres Cathedral, France. Stained/painted glass.

Qu’ran Folio, gold/ink on parchment, Central Islamic Lands. Idealistic illegible piece.

Chi Rho Page, Gospel of Matthew, Book of Kells, Iona, Scotland.

The Hour of Cowdust, Kangra School, Gouche/paper, Punjab Hills, India.

Purse Lid, Sutton Hoo Burial Ship. Early Anglo Saxon, gold, garnet, glass.

Lidded Saltcellar, Ivory, Sierra Leone, Bullom, or Temne, and Portuguese collaboration.

Two Flasks, Ming Dynasty, China. Porcelain, cobalt blue underglaze.