Art & Architecture from Across the Globe

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Fenton Vase

Unknown
c. AD 600–800
British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG, UK
Pre-Columbian Central America

Courtyard of Quetzalpapalotl Palace

Unknown
c. AD 250
Teotihuacan, State of Mexico, Mexico
Pre-Columbian Central America

Colossal Head No. 1

Unknown
c. 850–700 BC
Parque Museo La Venta, Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico
Pre-Columbian Central America

Carved stone pillar

Unknown
c. 8500 BC
Göbekli Tepe, Örencik, Şanlıurfa Province, Southeastern Anatolia Region, Turkey
Neolithic

Temple of the Great Jaguar

Unknown
c. 732
Tikal National Park, Petén Department, Guatemala
Pre-Columbian Central America

Ubirr rock painting

Unknown
c. 40,000 BC
Ubirr, Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, Australia
Ancient Rock, Cave and Land Art

Ubirr rock painting

Unknown
c. 40,000 BC
Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, Australia
Ancient Rock, Cave and Land Art

Tholos of the Sanctuary of Athena Pronaia

Theodoros of Phocaea
c. 380–360 BC
Delphi Archaeological Site, Phocis, Central Greece
Ancient Greek

Female figure (Cycladic idol)

Unknown
c. 3200–2800 BC
Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 5th Ave, New York, NY 10028, USA
Aegean Art

Cylinder seal

Unknown
c. 3000 BC
British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG, UK
Early Mesopotamian

Ram in a Thicket

Unknown
c. 2600 BC
British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG, UK
Early Mesopotamian

Victory stele of Naram-Sin, King of Akkad

Unknown
c. 2250 BC
Louvre Museum, Rue de Rivoli, 75001 Paris, France
Aegean Art

Ear ornament

Unknown
c. 200 BC–AD 700
Mochica culture, likely Peru (exact site unknown)
Pre-Columbian Central America

Funerary model of a house

Unknown
c. 1900 BC
Exact location unknown
Ancient Egyptian

Radha and Krishna Walking in a Grove

Artist Unknown
c. 1820–1830
National Museum, Janpath Rd, Rajpath Area, Central Secretariat, New Delhi, India
Rajput Painting

Qing Dynasty Imperial Throne

Artist Unknown
c. 1780
Palace Museum, Hall of Supreme Harmony, 4 Jingshan Front St, Beijing, China
Chinese Art Qing Dynasty

Salt Maidens on the Tago-no-ura Beach with Mount Fuji Behind

Suzuki Harunobu
c. 1767
Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 5th Ave, New York, NY 10028, USA
Japanese: Art Edo Period

Portrait of the Imperial Bodyguard Zhanyinbao

Artist Unknown
c. 1760
Palace Museum, 4 Jingshan Front St, Dongcheng, Beijing, China
Chinese Art Qing Dynasty

Red and White Plum Blossoms

Ogata Korin
c. 1710–1714
MOA Museum of Art, 26-2 Momoyama-cho, Atami, Shizuoka 413-8511, Japan
Japanese Art: The Influence Of Zen

The Actor Fujimura Handayu as a Keisei

Torii Kiyomasu
c. 1700
Tokyo National Museum, 13-9 Uenokoen, Taito City, Tokyo 110-8712, Japan
Japanese: Art Edo Period

Guan Yu

Artist Unknown
c. 1700
Palace Museum, 4 Jingshan Front St, Dongcheng, Beijing, China
Chinese Art Qing Dynasty

Krishna Lifts Mount Govardhan

Ustad Sahibdin
c. 1688–1690
National Museum, Janpath Rd, Rajpath Area, Central Secretariat, New Delhi, India
Rajput Painting

A Young Man Dallying with a Courtesan

Hishikawa Moronobu
c. 1680
Tokyo National Museum, 13-9 Uenokoen, Taito City, Tokyo 110-8712, Japan
Japanese: Art Edo Period

The Boar-faced Goddess, Varahi (Tantric Devi series)

Kripal of Nurpur
c. 1670
National Museum, Janpath Rd, Rajpath Area, Central Secretariat, New Delhi, India
Rajput Painting

Portrait of Shah Jahan as a Prince

Mughal court artist
c. 1610–1620
Victoria and Albert Museum, Cromwell Rd, London SW7 2RL, United Kingdom
Indo-Islamic

Asavari Ragini, folio from the Chawand Ragamala Series

Nasiruddin
c. 1605
National Museum, Janpath Rd, Rajpath Area, Central Secretariat, New Delhi, India
Rajput Painting

Malashri Ragini, folio from the Chawand Ragamala Series

Nasiruddin
c. 1605
National Museum, Janpath Rd, Rajpath Area, Central Secretariat, New Delhi, India
Rajput Painting

Mask of Agamemnon

Unknown
c. 1600–1500 BC
National Archaeological Museum, 28is Oktovriou 44, Athens 106 82, Greece
Aegean Art

Bodhidharma (Daruma)

Artist Unknown
c. 1600
Kyoto National Museum, 527 Chayacho, Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto, 605-0931, Japan
Japanese Art: The Influence Of Zen

Forest of Pines

Hasegawa Tohaku
c. 1595
Tokyo National Museum, 13-9 Uenokoen, Taito City, Tokyo 110-8712, Japan
Japanese Art: The Influence Of Zen

Umar Walks around Fulad Castle…

Keshav Das
c. 1590
Bharat Kala Bhavan Museum, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India
Islamic Art

The Spy Zambur Brings Mahiya to the City of Tawariq

Keshav Das
c. 1590
Bharat Kala Bhavan Museum, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India
Islamic Art

A Rustam Sleeping While Rakhsh Fights the Lion

Iranian artist
c. 1515
British Museum, Great Russell St, London WC1B 3DG, United Kingdom
Indo-Islamic

A Rustam Sleeping While Rakhsh Fights the Lion

Iranian artist
c. 1515
British Museum, Great Russell St, London WC1B 3DG, UK
Indo-Islamic

View of Ama-no-hashidate

Sesshu Toyo
c. 1501–1506
Kyoto National Museum, 527 Chayacho, Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto, 605-0931, Japan
Japanese Art: The Influence Of Zen

Stoa of Attalus

King Attalus II of Pergamon
c. 150 BC
Ancient Agora of Athens, Adrianou 24, Athens 105 55, Greece
Ancient Greek

Altamira cave painting

Unknown
c. 15,000 BC
Santillana del Mar, Cantabria, Spain
Ancient Rock, Cave and Land Art

Lascaux cave painting

Unknown
c. 15,000 BC
Lascaux, Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
Ancient Rock, Cave and Land Art

Marine-style flask with octopus decoration

Unknown
c. 1450 BC
Heraklion Archaeological Museum, Xanthoudidou 1, Heraklion 712 02, Crete, Greece
Aegean Art

Palazzo Massimo alle Colonne

Baldassare Peruzzi
begun 1535
Piazza delle Colonne, 00186 Roma RM, Italy
Mannerism

Qutb Minar

Qutb al-Din Aibak and successors
Started 1192, finished 1220
Qutb Complex, Mehrauli, Delhi 110030, India
Indo-Islamic

Portrait of Shah Jahan as a Prince

Mughal court artist
Early 17th century
Victoria and Albert Museum, Cromwell Rd, London SW7 2RL, UK
Indo-Islamic

Colosseum (Flavian Amphitheatre)

Unknown
AD 70–80
Piazza del Colosseo, 1, 00184 Rome, Italy
Roman Republic & Empire

Golden House of Nero (Domus Aurea)

Severus and Celer
AD 64–68
Via della Domus Aurea, 00184 Rome, Italy
Roman Republic & Empire

Avenue of the Dead

Unknown
AD 1–600
Teotihuacan, State of Mexico, Mexico
Pre-Columbian Central America

Library of Celsus

Unknown
AD 112–120
Ephesus Archaeological Site, Selçuk, İzmir Province, Turkey
Roman Republic & Empire

Guanyin Pavilion

Unknown
984
Dule Temple, 48 Gulou E St, Jizhou District, Tianjin, China

Governor's Palace

Unknown
800–1000
Uxmal Archaeological Zone, Yucatán, Mexico
Pre-Columbian Central America

Nunnery Quadrangle

Unknown
800–1000
Uxmal Archaeological Zone, Yucatán, Mexico
Pre-Columbian Central America

Kondō (Golden Hall), Hōryū-ji

Unknown
7th century (c. 710)
Hōryū-ji Temple, 1-1 Hōryūji Sannai, Ikaruga, Ikoma District, Nara Prefecture 636-0115, Japan
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