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Book of Kells, c. 800, 340 vellum folios, 33.0 x 25.5 cm each (edges trimmed and gilded in the 19th century), MS 58 (Trinity College Library, Dublin)

Permanence, Portability, and Power in the Northern ...


The Kaaba, granite masonry, covered with silk curtain and calligraphy in gold and silver-wrapped thread, pre-Islamic monument, rededicated by Muhammad in 631-32 C.E.

Framing Islamic art


Textile with floral medallions and lozenges, mid-Tang dynasty, first half of the 8th century, brocade (jin): woven silk (weft-faced compound twill), China, 150.1 high x 59.3 cm (Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian, Washington, DC: Gift of Charles Lang Freer, F1911.597a-b)

The Silk Roads


Detail, Structure 23, Lintel 24, Yaxchilán

Mesoamerica 200–900 C.E.



Buddha, Cave 20 at Yungang, Datong, China (photo: xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0)

Buddhism in Chinese Art (2nd century through ...


Isidore of Miletus & Anthemius of Tralles for Emperor Justinian, Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, 532–37 (photo: Steven Zucker, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)

Building new Romes: The Eastern Romans, Umayyads, ...


The Dome of the Rock (Qubbat al-Sakhra), Umayyad, stone masonry, wooden roof, decorated with glazed ceramic tile, mosaics, and gilt aluminum and bronze dome, 691-2, with multiple renovations, patron the Caliph Abd al-Malik, Jerusalem (photo: Gary Lee Todd, CC0 1.0

Continuity and Innovation: Early Islamic art and ...


Pair of Moche ear flares

Middle South America, c. 2nd century–c. 900 ...




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