AP Art History West and Central Asia Identifiers

Petra, Jordan (A) Rock-Cut Tombs, (C) Treasury

Nabataean Ptolemaic and Roman; Pre-Islamic Middle Eastern Art and Architecture; 400 BCE-100 CE; Cut rock; West Asia - Petra, Jordan

Buddha (Bamiyan Buddha)*

Gandharan; Buddhist; 400-800 CE (destroyed 2001); Cut rock, plaster, polychrome paint; Centra Asia - Bamiyan, Afghanistan

The Kaaba (A) Aerial view of Kaaba, (B) Aerial view of Kaaba complex

Islamic; Pre-Islamic monument, rededicated by Muhammad in 631-632 CE, multiple renovations; Granite masonry, covered with silk curtain in gold and silver-wrapped thread; West Asia - Mecca, Saudi Arabia

Jowo Rinpoche

Tibetan (Yarlung Dynasty); Buddhist; Believed to have been brought to Tibet in 641 CE; Gilt metals with semiprecious stones, pearls and paint; various offerings; Central Asia - Jokhang Temple, Lhasa, Tibet

Dome of the Rock*

Islamic (Umayyad); Islamic; 691-692 CE, multiple renovations; Stone masonry and wooden roof decorated with glazed ceramic tile, mosaics, and gilt aluminum and bronze dome; West Asia - Jerusalem, Palestine

Great Mosque (Masjid-e Jameh)*

Islamic and Persian (Seljuk, Il-Khanid, Timurid, and Safavid dynasties); 700 CE, additions/restorations in the 14th, 18th, and 20th centuries CE; Stone, brick, wood, plaster, and glazed ceramic tile; West Asia - Isfahan, Iran

Folio from a Qur’an

Abbasid; Islamic; 8th-9th c. CE; Ink, color, and gold on parchment; West Asia - Arab (North Africa, or Near East)

Basin (Baptistere de St. Louis)

Muhammad ibn al-Zain; Mamluk; Islamic; 1320-1340 CE; Brass inlaid with gold and silver; West Asia

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

Islamic, Persian, Il-Khanid; 1330-1340 CE; Ink and opaque watercolor, gold, and silver on paper; Central Asia

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

Sultan Muhammad; Safavid; Islamic; 1522-1525 CE; Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper; Central Asia

The Ardabil Carpet

Maqsud of Kashan; Safavid; Islamic; 1539-1540; Silk and wool; Central Asia