Cave Painting Lascaux, France –
Paleolithic Art
African tribal masks from Ghana
Benin Bronze Art
The left is the front of Oba’ Palace, the right are
statues from 15th century
Chinese Silver Buddha
Chinese Standing Buddha – Gold!
Cambodian Wood Buddha
Angelor, Cambodia
Hindu Architecture in Indonesia
Hindu Temple in Indonesia
The Great Mosque of Xi'an, China
Chinese Buddhist temples
Buddha Carvings at the Yungang Caves in Datong,
China
Sculptures of Buddha's cut into the cliff wall at
the Buddhist rock-cut temples in the Yungang
Caves in Datong, China.
Bronze standing figure, Late Shang Period
(c. 1300-1100 B.C.)
Sanxingdui Museum, Guanghan
Figure of a Lokapala, gilt bronze,
Tang Dynasty, only 4 5/8 inches high inches high
The Badshahi Masjid, literally the 'Royal Mosque', was built in
1674 by Aurangzeb. It is one of Lahore's best known landmarks,
and epitomizes the beauty and grandeur of the Mughal era.
Mughal Art
Selimiye Mosque, built by Sinan in 1575.
Edirne, Turkey.
Minarets at Dawn,
Medina Saudi Arabia
The Great Mosque of Djenné in Mali is a great
example of Sudano-Sahelian architectural style.
Islamic Architecture, such as the Gran Mezquita (interior
walls) in Cordoba Spain(785–786) and the Alhambra (Red
Palace) in Granada, Spain (1380), attest to the presence of
Islamic Moors on the Iberian Peninsula from the 8th through
the 15th centuries.
The Taj Mahal
The picture on the right is of Arab calligraphy on the walls
Indian male god Shiva in bronze
Aztec Masks of Death and Rebirth and an
Aztec Solar Calendar
Ancient Greek pottery and flask
Painting from Ramses III
(Egyptian and Kush figures)
The Egyptian sun god Ra traveled across the sky during the day
and through the underworld at night. This tomb painting of
the 1200s B.C. shows Ra with a sun disk on his head.
Location of the city of
Great Zimbabwe
Great Zimbabwe – Wall and The Great Enclosure
Neo-Gothic cathedral, Belgium
11th century Gothic cathedral
(Exeter in Southern England)
Golden Pavilion, Kyoto, Japan
Japanese Art
Husband and Wife and Tea Ceremony
Easter Island statues
Russian Orthodox Church
Exterior and Interior
The Hagia Sophia
The Mosaic of Empress Theodora