Quwwat al-Islam mosque 

pre-Mughal (1198)

Delhi

showing iron column from Hindu temple and columns taken from 27 destroyed Hindu shrines

Qutub Minar

at Quwwat al-Islam Mosque

pre-Mughal period (1198)

Delhi

238 feet tall, the largest stone tower in the world and impractical as a means of calling the faithful to prayer

Surface is decorated with passages from the Koran and abstract and floral motifs

Jahangir Enthroned

Mughal Period (1618)

a complex allegory, with Jahangir enthroned on an hourglass and framed with a halo created by the sun and the moon

Jahangir and Shah Abbas

Mughal Period (1618)

Taj Mahal

Mughal Period (1631-1647)

bulit by Shah Jahan as a tomb for his wife, Mumtaz Mahal (width of base is equal to the height to the top of the dome, which is 250 feet)

Main building is placed at the back of the garden

Hour of Cowdust

Rajput painting

Mughal Period (1790)

Travelers Amind Mountains and Streams

Fan Kuan

Northern Song Dynasty (1000)

ink on silk

Neo-Confucianism

hemp-fiber texture stroke

Rock and Old Tree

Su Dungpo

Northern Song Dynasty (mid 11th c.)

ink on paper

The Rongxi Studio

Ni Zan

Yuan Dynasty (mid 14th c.)

ink on paper

Autumn Colors on the Qiao and Hua Mountains

Zhao Mengfu

Yuan Dynasty (1296)

hemp-fiber texture stroke

Poet on a Mountaintop

Shen Zhou 

Ming Dynasty (1500)

ink and color on paper

Hundreds of Birds Admiring the Peacock

Yin Hong

Ming Dynasty (1600)

ink and color on silk

Forbidden City

Ming Dynasty (15th c)

Home of 24 emperors for about 500 years during Ming and Qing dynasty

Forbidden City

Hall of Supreme Harmony 

Ming Dynasty (14th c.)

post and lintel architecture

Ru Ware, Celadon, Stoneware

Song Dynasty (12th c.)

Porcelain Vase

Ming Dynasty (14th c.)

Underglaze

Overglaze enamel porcelains

Qing Dynasty (17th c.)

Landscape

Shitao

Qing Dynasty (1700)

ink and color on paper

One Hundred Horses in a Landscape 

Lang Shining [Guiseppe Castiglione]

Qing Dynasty (1735)

Castiglione was a Jesuit who wished to learn and convert to Chinese

Self-Portrait

Ren Xiong

Qing Dynasty (1850s)

Sought to revive Chinese painting by adopting elements of Western styles, while also maintaining the Chinese emphasis on the calligraphic line

Six Persimmons

Mu Qi 

Song Dynasty (13th c.)

Only survive because collected by Japanese patrons

Zen

Cottage by a Mountain Stream

Mincho

Muromachi Period 1413

Achieves Enlightenment while Chopping Bamboo

Hui-neng

collected by Japanese patrons

Zen

Catching a Catfish with a Gourd

Josetsu 

Muromachi Period (1413)

Winter Landscape

Sesshu

Muromachi Period (1470s)

went to China to study painting

most famous Japanese painter

Splashed Ink

Sesshu

Muromachi Period 1495

Dry Rock Garden 

Ryoanji

Muromachi Period (15th c.)

Anonymous

Muromachi Period (16th c.)

Yamato-e

Summe, from Flowers and Birds of the Four Seasons

Kano Motonobu

Muromachi Period (1510)

Pine and Cranes

Kano Eitoku

Muromachi Period (1567)

Himeji Castle

Momoyama Period (1601-9)

Cypress

Kano Eitoku

Momoyama Period (1590)

Tea Ceremony

Cha-no-yu

Raku Tea Bowls

Momoyama Period

Qing Dynasty

Irises

Ogata Korin

Edo Period (17th c.)

Lacquer Writing Box

Ogata Korin

Edo Period (18th c.)

Korin was the founder of the Rinpa school, which arose in the ancient capital of Kyoto during the Edo period

Street Scene in Yoshiwara

Moronobu

Edo Period (17th c.)

Yoshiwara- red light district of Edo

Actor Print

Torii Kiyomasu 

Edo Period (1700)

prints in black and white- brown, yellow and orange

Flowers of Beauty in the Floating World

Suzuki Harunobu

Edo Period (1769)

first multicolor woodblock print or nishiki-e

Highest Ranking Courtesan and Geiki (Geisha)

Utamaro

from series Five Shades of Ink from Northern Quarter

Edo Period (1794-95)

Actor Print

Sharaku

Edo Period (1794)

Only active for about 10 months

Great Wave off Kanagawa

Hokusai

from 36 Views of Mt. Fuji

Edo Period (1830s)

Night Snow at Kambara

Hiroshige

From 53 Stations of the Tokaido

Edo Period (1833-34)

The Goddess Coatlicue

(1500)

Aztec

She of the Serpent Skirt gave birth to the sun god...her head is cut off and two serpents rise up from her body

Calendar Stone

(1500)

Aztec

told them when to perform sacrifices

Feather Headdess of Moctezuma II

before 1519

Aztec 

Quetzal bird

1400-1519

Aztec

ordered into 5 directions N,S,E,W and C

Machu Picchu

1450-1530

Inca, Peru

undiscovered by the Spanish, it is the only Inca city that survives intact

Intihuatana

Machu Picchu (1450-1530)

Inca, Peru

telld the time of day and also Spring and Winter equnox

Temple of Three Windows

Machu Picchu (1450-1530)

Inca, Peru

The three windows align with 3 sacred mountains, are thought to represent the 3 caves from which the children of the sun emerged

Woven Tunic

1500

Inca, Peru

Clothes- Serape

Two Grey Hills Tapestry Weaving

Navajo, Southwest (2003)

though universe was created by weavin of the Spider Woman

Wampum Belt

William Penn's Treaty with the Deleware Tribe

1680s

Eastern Woodlands

Baby Carrier

Eastern Sioux, Eastern Woodlands

19th c.

buckskin and porupine quill

Battle Scene, Buffalo Hide

(1800)

Great Plains - collected on Lewis and Clark expedition

Grizzly Bear House Partition Screen

Tlingit People

Northwest Coast (1840)

Kwakwaka'wakw Mask

1950

Northwest Coast

Chilkat Blanket

before 1928

Tlingit people, Northwesy Coast

Taos Pueblo

Laura Gilpin 1947

New Mexico-Southwest

Blackware Storage Jar

Maria and Julian Martinez

Earthenware 1942

Pueblo - Southwest

Islam arose as Muhammed was sleeping in Mecca and recieved God's message - the angel Gabriel appeared and said "recite" and is known as the Koran - is a revelation - respects other religions but Muhammad is ultimate. No priests or churches. Cannot draw humans - seen as competing with God

Pray 5 times a day facing Mecca

Mosque

Tomb

and also the arch and the dome

Akbar

Jahangir

Shah Jahan

No founder of Hinduism

Purpose of worship is to attempt to unite with God

Many dieties all represent the same God

Vishnu, Shiva, The Goddess

Each diety can manifest (reveal itself) in various ways in serene, actiive, or destructive forms

devotion; the worshipper has a personal, almost romantic, relationship with the deity

knowledge; the worshipper hopes to understand the deity through knowledge of the deity through knowledge and contemplation

Travelers Amin Mountains and Streams

Fan Kuan

Northern Song Dynasty (1000)

raindrop texture stroke

China under the Mongols

(1279-1368)

first emperor=Kubilai Khan who Marco Polo visited

1333-1573

Ashikaga Shoguns are in power in Kyoto

Ming dynasty in China

kanga-chinese painting

Develops from Buddhism, draws on many aspects of native Chinese religions

Based on a direct mind-to-mind transmission outside of scriptures

Based on solving Chan "riddles"

Literati

introduced to Japan around 12th century (Song dynasty)

meditation and tea drinking

Japanese (style) painting

Yamato is and ancient name for Japan

Asymmetry-irregularity

Simplicity

Austerity or dryness

Naturalness

Suggestiveness

Feudal domains

Tokugawa

initiated policy of alternate attendance, spend every other year in Edo and leave families as hostages when then went home

Huge processions

Oviod

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