Quwwat al-Islam

Pre-Mughal Period

Post-and-lintel System

Quwwat al-Islam 

Used Columns from Hindu temples and shrines destroyed in order to build mosque

Qutub Minar

Pre-Mughal Period

at Quwwat al-Islam

Tallest stone tower in the world

Akbar-nama

Mughal Period

Tales of Akbar

Akbar was the first to set up an imperioal painting workshop

Jahangir Enthroned

Mughal Period

17th Century

Complex allegory

Jahangir and Shah Abbas

Mughal Period

17th Century

Taj Mahal

Shah Jahan

Mughal Period

tomb for his wife

width of base = height to top of dome

Travelers Amid Mountains and Streams

Fan Kuan

Northern Song Dynasty

ink on silk

Neo-Confucianism

Rock and Old Tree

Su Dungpo

Northern Song Dynasty

ink on paper

mid-11th century

The Rongxi Studio

Ni Zan

Yuan Dynasty

ink on paper

mid-14th century

Poet on a Mountaintop

Shen Zhou

Ming Dynasty

ink and color on paper

16th century

Hundreds of Birds Admiring the Peacock

Yin Hong

Ming Dynasty

ink and color on silk

Forbidden City

Ming Dynasty

15th Century

24 emperors for about 500 years

Ming and Qing Dynasties

oriented N to S

a little over a square mile

980 buildings

Hall of Supreme Harmony

Ming Dynasty

14th Century

in Forbidden City

Ru Ware

Celadon

Stoneware

Song Dynasty

fired at higher temp than earthenware

celadon was an attempt to imitate jade

Porcelain Vase

Ming Dynasty

14th Century

Blue and White Porcelain

Ming Dynasty

14th Century

cobalt blue

underglaze porcelain = decoration done under glaze

Overglaze Enamel Porcelain

Qing Dynasty

17th Century

covered with clear glaze, fired, then decorated and refired at lower temp.

Landscape

Shitao

Qing Dynasty

ink and color on paper

18th Century

One Hundred Horses in a Landscape

Lang Shining (original name Guiseppe Castiglione)

Qing Dynasty

18th Century

Self Portrait

Ren Xiong

Qing Dynasty

19th Century

Cottage by a Mountain Stream

Mincho

Muromachi Period

ink on paper

15th Century

Catching a Catfish with a Gourd

Josetsu

Muromachi Period

15th Century

koan

Winter Landscape

Sesshu

Muromachi Period

ink on paper

15th Century

Tea Ceremony Hut Interior

tokonoma = display alcove

Raku Tea Bowls

Stoneware

Momoyama Period

early 17th Century

Himeji Castle

Momoyama Period

17th Century

2 parts: Donjon & Tenshu

Himeji Castle Interior

Momoyama Period

Street Scene in Yoshiwara

Moronobu

Edo Period

17th Century

Youth Embracing a Beauty

Moronobu

Edo Period 

17th Century

Great Wave off Kanagawa

Hokusai

Edo Period

19th Century

from a collection called 36 Views of Mt. Fuji

Fuji-view Fields in Owari Province

Hokusai

from collection called 36 Views of Mt. Fuji

19th Century

The Founding of Tenochtitlan

Codex Mendoza

Aztec

16th Century

Schematic View of the World

Aztec

focus on 5 directions: N, S, E, W, Center

15-e.16th Centuries

Skull Rack

Aztec

16th Century

found at the Great Temple

Dismembered Moon Goddess

Aztec

16th Century

Found at Great Temple

Intihuatana

Machu Picchu

15-16th Centuries

Inca

Peru

Temple of Three Windows

Machu Picchu

Inca

Peru

15-16th Centuries

3 Windows align with 3 sacred mountains

Woven Tunic

Inca

Peru

16th Century

Splashed Ink Landscape

Sesshu

Muromachi Period

15th Century

ink on paper

Dry Rock Garden

Ryoanji

Muromachi Period

15th Century

Rock Garden

Daisen-in

e. 16th Century

Tea Ceremony Hut

The Goddess Coatlicue

Aztec

16th Century

Calendar  Stone

Aztec

16th Century

11.5' diameter

Feather Headdress of Moctezuma II

Aztec

Quetzal Bird

before 1519

Machu Picchu

Inca

Peru

15-16th Centuries

only Inca city intact

9000' above sea level

Wampum Belt

William Penn's Treaty With the Deleware Tribe

eastern Woodlands

17th Century

Baby Carrier

Eastern Sioux

19th Century

Eastern Woodlands

buckskin and porcupine quill

Shoulder Bag

Delaware Tribe

Eastern Woodlands

beads

19th Century

Battle Scene, Buffalo Hide

Great Plains

19th Century

collected by Lewis and Clark

Grizzly Bear House Partition Screen

Tlingit People

Northwest Coast

19th Century

totem

Chilkat Blanket

Tlingit People

Northwest Coast

before 1928

Kwakwaka'waku Mask

Northwest Coast

20th Century

Taos Pueblo

New Mexico

Southwest

photo 1947

Blackware Storage Jar

Maria and Julian Martinez

earthenware

Pueblo

Southwest

20th Century

Two Grey Hills Tapestry Weaving

Julia Jumbo

Navajo 

Southwest

21st Century