AP art history, final exam notes
Mesa Verde Cliff Dwellings: Montezuma County, Colorado. Ancestral Puebloan (Anasazi). 450-1300 C.E. Sandstone
Transformation Mask: Kwakwaka’wakw, Northwest coast of Canada. Late 19th century C.E. Wood, paint, and string
Black-on-black ceramic vessel: Maria Matinez and Julian Martinez, Tewa, Puebloan, San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico. c. mid-20th century C.E. Blackware ceramic
Templo Mayor: Yenochtitlan (modern Mexico City) Mexica )Aztec). 1375-1520 Stone (temple); volcanic stone (the Coyolxauhqui Stone); jadeite (Olmec-style mask); basalt (calendar stone).
Chavin de Hauntar. Northern highlands, Peru. Chavin. 900-200 B.C.E. stone (architectural complex); granite (Lanzon and sculpture); hammered gold jewelry (jewelry).
Yaxchilan: Mayan, Chapas, Mexico, 725 C.E. Limestone
Mosque of Djenne: Mali, built 1200 C.E., rebuilt 1906-1907, Adobe
Veranda Post: made by Olowe of Ise, built between 1910 and 1914 C.E., made of wood and pigment.
Wall Plaque: Edo people from Benin (Nigeria), 16th century C.E., brass
Bundu Mask: Sande Society, Mendes people (West Africa/Sierra Leone/Liberia) 19th and 20th century, made of wood, cloth, and fiber.
mblo: Baule people (Ivory Coast), early 1900s, made of wood and pigment
Great Zimbabwe: In southwestern Zimbabwe, Shone people, made of granite blocks, 1000-1400 C.E., coursed granite blocks
Basin, Muhammad IBN al-Zain. c. 1320-1340 C.E. brass w/ gold and silver
Ardabil Carpet: Maqsud of Kashan. 1539-1540 C.E. made of silk and wool
Bahram Gur fights the Karg: Islamic epic, Persion (Iranian) 1330-1340, Ink and watercolor on paper
Jowo Ripoche: Buddah in Tibet, Yarlung Dynasty. brought to Tibet in 641 C.E. made of semiprecious stones, pearls, gold, and paint
Court of Gayumars: 1533-1525 C.E. made of ink, watercolor and gold on paper, made for Sultan Muhammad
Great Mosque: Islamic architecture, Iran, built by the Safavid Caliphate in 700 C.E. made of stone, brick, wood, plaster, and glazed ceramics. restorations in 14th, 18th and 20th centuries
Treasury at Petra: In Jordan, with architectural influence from Nabataean Ptolemaic and Rome. built between 400 B.C.E and 100 C.E., out of rock
Taj Mahal: India, Islamic architecture under the Mongols (Shah Janha), made with masonry, marble and precious stones, built between 1632 and 1653 C.E.
Jahangir Preferring a Sufi Shaikh: 1620 C.E. watercolor, gold, and ink on paper, in Bichtir
Longmen Caves: Luoyang, China. Tang Dynasty, 493-1127 C.E., limestone
Gold and Jade crown: Korea, Silla Kingdom (three Kingdoms period), fifth and sixth century, C,E, metalwork
Great Wave (36 views of Mount Fiji): 1930-1833 C.E., polychrome woodblock print, ink and color on paper. Katsushika Hokusai
Great Stupa: Madhya Pradesh, India, Buddist sculpture, late Sunga dynasty, 300 B.C.E. 100 C.E. stone masonry and sandstone
Borobudur Temple: Java, Indonesia, Sailendra Dynasty, 550-842 C.E. volcanic stone
Ryoan-ji. Kyoto, Japan. Muromachi Period. 1480 C.E., rock garden, current design of the garden in from the 18th centory
Forbidden City: Beijing, China, Ming Dynasty, building began in 15th century C.E.. stone, masonry, marble, brick, wood, and ceramic tile.
Angkor Wat (temple): Cambodia, Hindu Angkor Dynasty, 800-1400 C.E. stone masonry, standstone
Angkor Thom (city): Cambodia, Hindu Angkor Dynasty, 800-1400 C.E. stone masonry, standstone