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| What: Fig 9-2 pg. 259 Archangel Michael, right leaf of a diptych When: Early sixth centuryWho: Byzantine Art How: Ivory Where: Byzantine Which: The Archangel Michael was a winged Victory |
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| What: Fig 9-34 pg. 281 Christ as savior of souls. 3' 1/4"x 2 1/2". How: The major issue in Byzantine history that accounts for the loss of art is Iconoclasm. Tempera, linen, and silver on wood Where: Saint Clement, Ohrid, Macedonia, When: Early 14th century. Which: In place of images, the iconoclasts used only symbolic forms, such as the cross. Why: These forms where already familiar in early Christian art. |
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| What: Fig 9-13A pg. 266 Throne of Maximianus ca. 546-556 How: Ivory and wood. 4'11" x 1' 11 1/2" |
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| What: Fig 9-24 pg 274 Christ as Pantokrater. How: Dome mosaic Where: In the church of the Dormition Daphni, Greece. When: ca. 1090-1100 Why: The image of Christ as Pantokrater refers to his role as the last Judge of humankind. |
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| What: Fig 10-20A Folio from the Blue Koran with 15 lines of surah 2, from Kairouan, Tunisia. When: 19th to mid -10th century. How: Ink, gold, and silver on blue- dyed vellum, 11 5/16" x 1' 2 13/16". Where: Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge. |
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| What: Dome of the Rock. Where: Jerusalem, looking east. When: 687-692. Who; Abd al-Malik. Why: Erected to mark the triumph of Islam in Jerusalem, on a site sacred to Muslims, Christians, and Jews. The shrine takes the form of an octagon with a towering dome. It was here that Muhammad began his miraculous journey to heaven. |
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| What: fig 10-22 pg. 298 Muqarnas dome, Hall of the Abencerrajes, Palace of the Lions, Alhambra Where: Granada, Spain When: 1354-1391 How: The structure of this dome is on an octagonal drum that is difficult to discern because of the intricately carved stucco muqarnas. |
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| What: fig 10-6A pg. 290, plan, Umayyad palace Where: Mashatta When: ca.740-750 |
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| What: fig 10-25A pg. 301 Tughra of Suleyman the Magnificent When: ca. 1555-1560 |
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| what: fig 10-28 pg. 303 Mihrab, from the Madrasa Imami Where: Isfahan, Iran When: ca. 1354 How: Iranian ceramic glazed tile work. Each piece cut to fit its specific place In the design. Exemplifies the perfect Union of Islamic calligraphy and ornamentation. |
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| What: fig 10-10 pg. 292 Mausoleum of the Samanids ( looking west) Where: Bukhara, Uzbekistan When: early 10th century one of the oldest funerary architecture. How: Dome - on - cube, baked bricks, slightly sloped sides. Skilled builders shaped the bricks to create vivid and varied surface patterns, some form engaged columns (half- round, attached columns). Blind arcade (arches in relief with blocked openings). Inside dome rests on arcuated brick squinches framed by engaged colonettes ( thin columns). |
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| What: fig 11-7 pg. 317cross- inscribed carpet page, folio 26verso of the Lindisfarne Gospels Where: Northumbria,England |
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| What: Anthemius of Tralles and Isidorus of Miletus, aerial view of Hagia Sophia, Constantinople (Istanbul), Turkey, 532-537 |
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