AP Art History Unit 4

Rebecca and Eliezer at the Well and Jacob Wrestling the Angel, from the Vienna Genesis
Early Byzantine Europe
Early sixth century CE
illuminated manuscript (tempera, gold, and silver on purple vellum)
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Rebecca and Eliezer at the Well and Jacob Wrestling the Angel, from the Vienna Genesis
Early Byzantine Europe
Early sixth century CE
illuminated manuscript (tempera, gold, and silver on purple vellum)
Image: Rebecca and Eliezer at the Well and Jacob Wrestling the Angel, from the Vienna Genesis Early Byzantine Europe Early sixth century CE illuminated manuscript (tempera, gold, and silver on purple vellum)
San Vitale- mosaics
Ravenna, Italy
Early Byzantine Europe
c. 526-547 CE
brick, marble, and stone veneer; mosaic
Image: San Vitale- mosaics Ravenna, Italy Early Byzantine Europe c. 526-547 CE brick, marble, and stone veneer; mosaic
San Vitale
Ravenna, Italy
Early Byzantine Europe
c. 526-547 CE
brick, marble, and stone veneer; mosaic
Image: San Vitale Ravenna, Italy Early Byzantine Europe c. 526-547 CE brick, marble, and stone veneer; mosaic
Hagia Sophia
Constantinople (Istanbul)
Anthemius of Tralles and Isidorus of Miletus
532-537 CE
Brick and ceramic elements with stone and mosaic veneer
Image: Hagia Sophia Constantinople (Istanbul) Anthemius of Tralles and Isidorus of Miletus 532-537 CE Brick and ceramic elements with stone and mosaic veneer
Merovingian Looped Fibulae
early medieval europe
mid-sixth century CE
silver gilt worked in filigree, with inlays of garnets and other stones
Image: Merovingian Looped Fibulae early medieval europe mid-sixth century CE silver gilt worked in filigree, with inlays of garnets and other stones
Virgin (Theotokos) and Child between Saints Theodore and George
Early Byzantine Europe
Sixth or early seventh century CE
Encaustic on wood
Image: Virgin (Theotokos) and Child between Saints Theodore and George Early Byzantine Europe Sixth or early seventh century CE Encaustic on wood
Lindesfarne Gospels: St. Matthew
early medieval (hiberno saxon) europe
c. 700 CE
illuminated manuscript (ink, pigments, and gold on vellum)
Image: Lindesfarne Gospels: St. Matthew early medieval (hiberno saxon) europe c. 700 CE illuminated manuscript (ink, pigments, and gold on vellum)
Lindesfarne Gospels: St. Matthew cross-carpet page
early medieval (hiberno saxon) europe
c. 700 CE
illuminated manuscript (ink, pigments, and gold on vellum)
Image: Lindesfarne Gospels: St. Matthew cross-carpet page early medieval (hiberno saxon) europe c. 700 CE illuminated manuscript (ink, pigments, and gold on vellum)
Lindesfarne Gospels: St. Luke incipit page
early medieval (hiberno saxon) europe
c. 700 CE
illuminated manuscript (ink, pigments, and gold on vellum)
Image: Lindesfarne Gospels: St. Luke incipit page early medieval (hiberno saxon) europe c. 700 CE illuminated manuscript (ink, pigments, and gold on vellum)
Lindesfarne Gospels: St. Luke portrait page
early medieval (hiberno saxon) europe
c. 700 CE
illuminated manuscript (ink, pigments, and gold on vellum)
Image: Lindesfarne Gospels: St. Luke portrait page early medieval (hiberno saxon) europe c. 700 CE illuminated manuscript (ink, pigments, and gold on vellum)
Great Mosque Cordoba, Spain Umayyad c. 785-786 CE stone masonryPyxis of al-Mughira Umayyad c. 968 CE IvoryAlhambra Granada, Spain Nasrid Dynasty 1354- 1391 CE Whitewashed adobe stucco, wood, tile, paint, and gildingMosque of Selim II Edirne, Turkey Sinan 1568-1575 Brick and stoneGreat Mosque of Djenne Mali Founded c. 1200 CE rebuilt 1906-1907 AdobeThe Kaaba Mecca, Saudi Arabia Islamic, pre-Islamic monument rededicated by Muhammad in 631-632 CE multiple renovations Granite masonry, covered with silk curtain and calligraphy in gold and silver-wrapped threadDome of the Rock Jerusalem Islamic, Umayyad 691-692 CE multiple renovations stone masonry and wooden roof decorated with glazed ceramic tile, mosaics, and gilt aluminum and bronze domeGreat Mosque (Masjid-e Jameh) Isfahan, Iran Islamic, Persian: Seljuk, Il-Khanid, Timurid and Safavid Dynasties c. 700 CE additions and restorations in 14th, 18th, and 20th centuries stone, brick, wood, plaster, and glazed ceramic tilesFolio from a Qur'an Arab, North Africa, or Near East Abbasid c. 8th to 9th century Ink, color, and gold on parchmentBasin (Baptistere de St. Louis) Muhammad ibn al-Zain 1320- 1340 CE brass inlaid with gold and silverBahram 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 paperThe Court of Gayumars, folio from Shah Tahmasp's Shahnama Sultan Muhammad 1522-1525 CE ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paperThe Ardabil Carpet Maqsud of Kashan 1539-1540 CE Silk and WoolTaj Mahal Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India Masons, Marble workers, mosaicists, and decorators working under supervision of Ustad Ahmad Lahori, architect of emperor 1632-1653 stone masonry, marble with inlay of precious and semiprecious stones, gardens

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