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Art across Time, 2/e

Laurie Schneider Adams

The Early Middle Ages

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The expansion of Islam, 622 - c. 750.
(http://eawc.evansville.edu/chronology/extract.cgi?year=632&place=is&dir=up#anchor)

9.1 Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem, late 7th century.
(http://www.greatbuildings.com/cgi-bin/gbc-cid2.cgi/Dome_of_the_Rock.html/cid_2241505.gbi)

9.1 Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem, late 7th century.
(http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Dome_of_the_Rock.html)

9.2 Page from the Kairouan manuscript of the Koran, written in Kufic, Tunisia, 9th - 10th...
(http://unr.edu/homepage/mgrowdon/IslamStudyImages/Koran-GoldOnBlue.jpg)

9.4 Great Mosque, Samarra, 847 - 852.
(http://islamicity.com/Culture/MOSQUES/Asia/TMp81a.htm)

9.5 Plan of the Great Mosque, Samarra, 847 - 852.
(http://www.mhhe.com/socscience/art2/contact/index.htm)

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9.6 Plan of the Great Mosque, Cordoba, Spain, originally built 786 - 787.
(http://archnet.org/library/images/one-image.tcl?image_id=12661&collection_id=)

9.7 Arches of the Great Mosque, Cordoba, c. 961 - 966.
(http://islamicity.com/Culture/MOSQUES/Europe/TMp105b.htm)

9.8 Mihrab bay, the Great Mosque, Cordoba, c. 961 - 966.
(http://www.thais.it/architettura/islamica/schede/sc_00058_uk.htm)

9.9 Dome above the mihrab, the Great Mosque, Cordoba, c. 961 - 966.
(http://islamicity.com/Culture/MOSQUES/Europe/cordoba.htm)

9.10 Sinan the Great, Mosque of Suleyman I, Istanbul, Turkey, begun 1550.
(http://www.greatbuildings.com/cgi-bin/gbc-cid2.cgi/Suyleman_Mosque.html/cid_1723343.gbi)

9.11 Plan of the Mosque of Suleyman I and the imperial complex.
(http://www.mhhe.com/socscience/art2/contact/index.htm)

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9.12 Courtyard (sahn) of the Mosque of Suleyman I.
(http://www.greatbuildings.com/cgi-bin/gbi.cgi/Suyleman_Mosque.html/cid_1871129.gbi)

9.13 Interior of the Mosque of Suleyman I.
(http://www.thais.it/architettura/islamica/schede/sc_00228_uk.htm)

9.14 The Luftullah Mosque, Isfahan, Iran, 1602 - 16.
(http://isfahan.anglia.ac.uk:8200/lotfall/cseca_256.gif)

Map of Northern Europe in the Middle Ages.
(http://killeenroos.com/2/saxmap.gif)

Map of Northern Europe in the Middle Ages.
(http://www.northvegr.org/lore/maps/001.html)

9.15 Sutton Hoo purse cover, East Anglia, England, c. 630.
(http://www.nyu.edu/classes/garcia/hum2/ASArt/sld006.htm)

9.17 Lion-head finial, Kul Oba, Russia.
(http://www.mhhe.com/socscience/art2/contact/index.htm)

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9.18 Axe from Mammen, Jutland, Denmark, Late Viking, c. 950 - 975.
(http://www.vikingart.com/VArt/Mammen.htm)

9.19 The Rök stone, Östergötland, Sweden, early 9th century.
(http://www.raa.se/sites/rokstone.asp)

9.20 Harald Bluetooth's rune stone, Jelling, Denmark, c. 965.
(http://archaeology.org/0011/newsbriefs/jpegs/gorm1.jpeg)

9.21 Warrior Entering Valhalla, Tjangvide, Gotland, Sweden, 8th - 9th century.
(http://www.historiska.se/collections/treasures/viking/sten-e.html)

A different Viking picture stone from Gotland

9.22 Celtic cross, Ahenny, Tipperary, Ireland, late 8th century.
(http://www.unc.edu/courses/art111/celtic/images/216526.html)

9.23 Lion Symbol of Saint John, from the Book of Durrow, c. 650 - 700.
(http://www.unc.edu/courses/art111/celtic/catalogue/manuscripts/durrow.html)

Map of the Holy Roman Empire under the Charlemagne, 814.
(http://www.culturalresources.com/MP_Century17.html)

9.25 Odo of Metz, Charlemagne's Palace Chapel, Aachen, 792 - 805.
(http://webcampus3.stthomas.edu/jmjoncas/LiturgicalStudiesInternetLinks/ChristianWorship/A... )

9.25 Odo of Metz, Charlemagne's Palace Chapel, Aachen, 792 - 805.
(http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~rgrosser/germany/dka/deko.htm)

9.26 Plan (restored) of Charlemagne's Palace Chapel.
(http://www.usc.edu/dept/LAS/Art_History/AHIS220g/module/carol/16.html)

9.28 Court School of Charlemagne, Christ Blessing, from the Godescalc Gospels, 781 - 783.
(http://www.courses.psu.edu/art_h/art_h302_cxz3/images/part2/godesclc.jpg)

9.29 Saint John, from the Coronation Gospels, late 8th century.
(http://www.usc.edu/dept/LAS/Art_History/AHIS220g/module/carol/16.html)

9.30 Four Evangelists, from a Carolingian Gospel book, Palace Chapel school, Aachen, earl...
(http://www.mhhe.com/socscience/art2/contact/index.htm)

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9.31 Christ in Majesty, Vivian Bible frontispiece fol. 329v, c. 845-846.
(http://ishi.lib.berkeley.edu/history155/slides/kingship/Other/Christ/christ-vivian.html)

9.32 Rheims school, illustration to Psalm 88, from the Utrecht Psalter, c. 820.
(http://www.lancs.ac.uk/users/english/palwork/week10/utrecht.htm)

(This is a different image from the Psalter.)

9.33 Plan of the monastery of Saint Gall, Switzerland, c. 820.
(http://teaching.arts.usyd.edu.au/history/1025/sect5/stgallplan.html)

9.34 Reconstructed model of the monastery of Saint Gall, Switzerland, c. 820.
(http://www.mhhe.com/socscience/art2/contact/index.htm)

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9.35 Restored abbey church of Saint Michael's, Hildesheim, c. 1001 - 1031.
(http://www.centralia.ctc.edu/~vfreund/GermanResources/Germanslides/Germany/Niedersachsen/... )

9.35 Restored abbey church of Saint Michael's, Hildesheim, c. 1001 - 1031.
(http://www.caspercollege.edu/rbarris/art2010f02/medievalweb1.html)

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9.35 Restored abbey church of Saint Michael's, Hildesheim, c. 1001 - 1031.
(http://www.brynmawr.edu/Acads/Cities/wld/01080/01080a.jpg)

9.36 Section and plan of Saint Michael's.
(http://www.pitt.edu/~tokerism/0040/syl/mandr.html)

9.37 Restored interior of Saint Michael's, looking west.
(http://www.centralia.ctc.edu/~vfreund/GermanResources/Germanslides/Germany/Niedersachsen/... )

9.37 Restored interior of Saint Michael's, looking west.
(http://arts-sciences.cua.edu/gl/images/safran_slides/Medieval_Art/10thCentury/HildesheimS... )

9.38 Bronze doors, Saint Michael's, completed 1015.
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9.39 Adam and Eve Reproached by God, from the bronze doors of Saint Michael's
(http://www.mhhe.com/socscience/art2/contact/index.htm)

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9.41 Saint Luke, from the Gospel book of Otto III, c. 1000.
(http://www.mtmercy.edu/classes/ar212/Early%20Medieval/webpages/StLuke_Otto.html)

9.42 Christ Enthroned with Saints and Emperor Otto I, Ottonian, Milan or Richenau, 962 - ...
(http://www.metmuseum.org/collections/view1zoom.asp?dep=17&full=0&mark=1&item=41%2E100%2E1... )

Window on the World: Mesoamerica (1500 B.C. - A.D. 1500)
(http://www.mhhe.com/socscience/art2/contact/index.htm)

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Map of Mesoamerica in relation to North and South America.
(http://www.mhhe.com/socscience/art2/contact/index.htm)

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Map of Mesoamerica.
(http://www.famsi.org/maps/map.htm)

W5.1 Jaguar Deity, San Lorenzo, Veracruz, Mexico, Olmec, Early Preclassic, 1200 - 900 B.C.
(http://members.aol.com/emdelcamp/olmocelb.htm)

W5.2 Colossal head, San Lorenzo, Veracruz, Mexico, Olmec, before 400 B.C.
(http://www.humanities-interactive.org/splendors/ex048_02c.html)

W5.3 View of Teotihuacan.
(http://www.le.ac.uk/archaeology/rug/image_collection/cd01/054.jpg)

W5.4 Plan of Teotihuacan.
(http://www.crystalinks.com/pyrsun_moon.html)

W5.5 Diagrams of a talud-tablero platform.
(http://www.stuftdzine.com/mexico/origpages/tyt.html)

W5.6 Detail of heads from the façade of the Temple of Quetzalcoatl, Teotihuacan, before 3...
(http://www.planetware.ca/photos/MEX/MXTEO13.HTM)

W5.7 Detail of warrior in Teotihuacan costume, from side of stele 31, Tikal, Guatemala, M...
(http://www.greatbuildings.com/cgi-bin/gbc-cid2.cgi/Teotihuacan.html/cid_2209474.gbi)

W5.8 The Leiden Plate.
(http://www.mayavase.com/time/timeline300.html)

W5.9 Maya Lord, Tabasco, Mexico, 6th century.
(http://www.metmuseum.org/collections/view1.asp?dep=5&mark=1&full=0&item=1979%2E206%2E1063... )

W5.10 Tatiana Proskouriakoff, reconstruction drawing of the site of Copin, Honduras, Maya...
(http://www.rose-hulman.edu/~delacova/ancient-copan.htm)

Other reconstruction drawings

W5.11 Ballcourt, Copan, Honduras, Maya, Late Classic, c. 800.
(http://www.thresholds.net/copan/copan2.html)

W5.12 Monkey-man scribal god, Copan, Honduras, Maya, Late Classic.
(http://www.rose-hulman.edu/~delacova/maya/mayan9.gif)

W5.13 Temple I, Tikal, Guatemala, Maya, before A.D. 800.
(http://www.csms.ca/Temple%20I%20Tikal.htm)

W5.14 Reconstruction of mural painting, Bonampak, Chiapas, Mexico, Maya, Classic, c. 790.
(http://www.anthroarcheart.org/bonampak.htm)

W5.15 Plan of the site of Chichen Itza, Mexico.
(http://www.athenapub.com/chichpl1.htm)

W5.16 View of Chichen Itza showing the Caracol with the Temple of the Warriors and the Ca...
(http://playadelcarmeninfo.com/chichen.html)

W5.17 Chacmool, Chichen Itza.
(http://www.cultures.com/meso_resources/meso_encyclopedia/meso_captions.html/chacmool_c.ht... )

W5.18 Coyolxauhqui, Goddess of the Moon, from the Templo Mayor, Tenochtitlan, Mexico, 15t...
(http://www.inaoep.mx/~sole/turismo/DF/Templo_Mayor.html)

W5.19 Eagle Warrior, from the Templo Mayor, Tenochtitlan, Mexico, 15th century.
(http://www.inaoep.mx/~sole/turismo/DF/Templo_Mayor.html)

Map of Central Andes
(http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/americas/peru.gif)

W5.20 Chavin de Huantar: (top) cross section, showing the location of the Lanzon at the e...
(http://www.stanford.edu/~johnrick/chavin_wrap/chavin/old1.html)

W5.21 Lanzon, from the Old Temple at Chavín de Huantar, Late Initial Period, c. 900 - 500...
(http://www.anthroarcheart.org/chavin3.htm)

Photos of Lanzon

W5.22 Textile, Paracas, Peru, Early Intermediate, c. 100 - 200
(http://textiles.perucultural.org.pe/fotografias.asp?cod_numreg=101&num_detalles=1&tipo_fo... )

Scroll to bottom for link to detail.

W5.23 Vessel depicting composite fish, feline, and human figure, Nazca, Peru, 50 - 200.
(http://www.artic.edu/artaccess/AA_Amerindian/pages/Amerind_10.shtml)

W5.24 Moche portrait vessel of ruler, Peru, 400 - 500.
(http://museolarco.perucultural.org.pe/espanol/figura2.htm)

W5.25 Earspool, from the Tomb of the Warrior Priest, Sipan, c. 300.
(http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/course/79-104/Readings/Gallery/Gallery1/HWC396.jpg)

W5.26 The Sun Gate, Tiwanaku, Bolivia, 500 - 700.
(http://virolo3.m.chiba-u.ac.jp/users/sasiyama/tiwanaku.jpg)

W5.27 Detail of a Wari tunic, from Peru, 600 - 1000.
(http://www.metmuseum.org/collections/view1.asp?dep=5&item=1987%2E394%2E706)

A different Wari tunic from the Metropolitan Museum

W5.28 Machu Picchu, Inka culture, near Cuzco, Peru, 15th - 16th centuries.
(http://acro.harvard.edu/GEI/images/PERU/machu_picchu_1_578x395.gif)

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