Key Work of Art or Architecture
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Related Content for Contextual Understanding
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| 181. Petra, Jordan (c 400 BCE to 100 CE) |
Nabataean Ptolemaic & Roman. Petra, Jordan: Treasury and Great Temple (24) |
Comparison: Mesa Verde, Colorado & Petra, Jordan (20) |
| 182. Buddha, Bamiyan, Afghanistan (400 to 800 CE) |
Gandharan. Buddha. Bamiyan, Afghanistan (23) |
Art & Architecture: Buddhist (33)
Buddhism: Representations of Buddha (11)
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| 183. The Kaaba, Mecca (631 to 632 CE) |
Islamic. The Kaaba. Mecca, Saudi Arabia (21) |
Architecture, Sacred Spaces: Sites of Religious Pilgrimage (24) |
| 184. Jowo Rinpoche, Tibet (before 641 CE) |
Tibet. Yarlung Dynasty. Yarlung Dynasty. Jowo Rinpoche, Jokhang Temple, Lhasa (16) |
Architecture, Sacred Spaces: Sites of Religious Pilgrimage (24)
Art & Architecture: Buddhist (33)
Buddhism: Representations of Buddha (11)
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| 185. Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem (691 CE) |
Umayyad. Dome of the Rock. Jerusalem, Palestine (17) |
Umayyad Dynasty & the Arts (23)
Architecture, Sacred Spaces: Sites of Religious Pilgrimage (24)
Architecture, Sacred Spaces: Centrally-Planned Religious Structures (48)
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| 186. Great Mosque, Isfahan, Iraq (begun c 700 CE) |
Persian. Great Mosque (Masjid-e Jameh). Isfahan, Iran (29) |
Mosques at Isfahan (41)
Influences: The Arch at Ctesiphon (5)
In Comparison: Umayyad Mosque of Damascus (11)
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| 187. Folio from a Qur’an (c 8th to 9th c. CE) |
Arab. Folio from a Qur’an. North Africa, or Near East. Abbasid (22) |
Manuscripts Across Cultures (24) |
| 188. Basin, Muhammad ibn al-Zain |
Muhammad ibn al-Zain. Basin (Baptistère de St. Louis) (30) |
Comparison: Pyxis of al-Mughira & Basin (Baptistère de St. Louis) (19) |
| 189. Bahram Gur Fighting Karg, Persian (c 1335 CE) |
Persian. Bahram Gur Fights the Karg, folio from the Great Il-Khanid Shahnama (17) |
Manuscripts Across Cultures (24)
Narrative Art (28)
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| 190. Court of Gayumars, from Shahnama (c1522 CE) |
Sultan Muhammad. The Court of Gayumars, folio from Shah Tahmasp’s Shahnama (12) |
Manuscripts Across Cultures (24)
Narrative Art (28)
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| 191. The Ardabil Carpet (c 1540 CE) |
Maqsud of Kashan. The Ardabil Carpet (17) |
Comparison: All-T'oqapu Tunic, Inka & The Ardabil Carpet (5) |
See Also
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West and Central Asia: An Overview (30)
Umayyad Dynasty & the Arts (23)
Art & Architecture: Islamic (30)
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