A-Level: Identity – the Divine

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Monolith of Tlaltecuhtli (Earth Lord)

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Stone kneeling figure of Chalchiuhtlicue

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Tlaloc vessel

Miguel Cabrera, The Virgin of the Apocalypse, 1760, oil on canvas, 352.7 x 340 cm (Museo Nacional de Arte, INBA) — […]

Miguel Cabrera, Virgin of the Apocalypse

North Wind Mask, Alaska, Yupik, early 20th century, wood and feathers (Metropolitan Museum of Art) — […]

North Wind Mask

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Capitoline Venus (copy of the Aphrodite of ...

Rembrandt van Rijn, Christ Crucified between the Two Thieves: The Three Crosses, 1653, drypoint printed on vellum, sheet: 15 1/8 x 17 7/16 in. (38.4 x 44.3 cm) (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York) — […]

Rembrandt, Christ Crucified between the Two Thieves: ...

Bernard van Orley and Pieter de Pannemaker, The Last Supper, ca. 1524–46 (design), ca. 1525–28 (woven), wool, silk, silver-gilt thread, 131 7/8 x 137 13/16" / 335 x 350 cm (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York) — […]

Bernard van Orley and Pieter de Pannemaker, ...

Bronze statue of Eros sleeping (detail) — […]

Bronze statue of Eros sleeping

Theotokos mosaic, 867, apse, Hagia Sophia, Istanbul (detail) — […]

Theotokos mosaic, Hagia Sophia, Istanbul

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Artemision Zeus or Poseidon

Jacopo Tintoretto, Last Supper (detail) — […]

Jacopo Tintoretto, Last Supper

Pietro Cavallini, The Last Judgment (detail) — […]

Pietro Cavallini, The Last Judgment

The Harrowing of Hell (detail) — […]

The Harrowing of Hell

Andrea Mantegna, Dead Christ (detail) — […]

Andrea Mantegna, Dead Christ

Titian, Christ Crowned with Thorns (detail) — […]

Titian, Christ Crowned with Thorns

Jacopo Pontormo, Entombment (or Deposition from the Cross) (detail) — […]

Jacopo Pontormo, Entombment (or Deposition from the ...

Hieronymus Bosch, Last Judgment Triptych (detail) — […]

Hieronymus Bosch, Last Judgment Triptych

Last Judgment Tympanum — […]

Last Judgment, Tympanum, Cathedral of St. Lazare, ...

Rogier van der Weyden, Crucifixion Triptych (detail) — […]

Rogier van der Weyden, Crucifixion Triptych

Bodhisattva, probably Avalokiteshvara (Guanyin) (detail) — […]

Bodhisattva, probably Avalokiteshvara (Guanyin)

Rosso Fiorentino, The Dead Christ with Angels (detail) — […]

Rosso Fiorentino, The Dead Christ with Angels

The Pergamon Altar (detail) — […]

The Pergamon Altar

Buddha of Medicine Bhaishajyaguru (Yaoshi fo) (detail) — […]

Buddha of Medicine Bhaishajyaguru (Yaoshi fo)

Annibale Carracci, Christ Appearing to Saint Peter on the Appian Way (also known as Domine quo vadis), 1601-02, oil on wood, 77.4 x 56.3 cm (The National Gallery) — […]

Annibale Carracci, Christ Appearing to Saint Peter ...

Rogier van der Weyden, The Crucifixion, with the Virgin and Saint John the Evangelist Mourning (detail) — […]

Rogier van der Weyden, The Crucifixion, with ...

Ambrogio Lorenzetti, Presentation of Jesus in the Temple (detail) — […]

Ambrogio Lorenzetti, Presentation of Jesus in the ...

Michelangelo, Last Judgment, Sistine Chapel, altar wall, fresco, 1534-1541 (Vatican City, Rome) — […]

Michelangelo, Last Judgment, Sistine Chapel

West Buddha surrounded by caves, c. 6th-7th c C.E., stone, stucco, paint, 175 feet high, Bamiyan, Afghanistan, destroyed 2001 (photo: © Afghanistan Embassy) — […]

Bamiyan Buddhas

Peter Paul Rubens, Elevation of the Cross, from Saint Walburga, 1610, oil on wood, center panel: 15 feet 1-7/8 inches x 11 feet 1-1/2 inches (now in Antwerp Cathedral) — […]

Peter Paul Rubens, Elevation of the Cross

Leonardo da Vinci, The Virgin and Child with St. Anne and St. John the Baptist (Burlington House Cartoon), 1499-1500, charcoal and chalk on paper, 55.7 × 41.2 inches c. 1499-1500 (National Gallery, London) Speakers: Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker — […]

Leonardo, The Virgin and Child with St. ...

Rogier van der Weyden, The Last Judgment Polyptych (detail) — […]

Rogier van der Weyden, The Last Judgment

Rogier van der Weyden, Deposition, c. 1435 (Prado, Madrid) Speakers: Dr. David Drogin and Dr. Beth Harris — […]

Rogier van der Weyden, Deposition

Coyolxauhqui Monolith — […]

Coyolxauhqui Monolith

Shiva as Lord of the Dance (Nataraja) (detail) — […]

Shiva as Lord of the Dance (Nataraja)

Kwakwaka’wakw artist, Eagle Mask open, late 19th c., from Alert Bay, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, cedar wood, feathers, sinew, cord, bird skin, hide, plant fibers, cotton, iron, pigments, 37 x 57 x 49 cm (American Museum of Natural History) — […]

Transformation masks

Coyolxauhqui stone reconstruction with possible original colors (photo: miguelão, CC BY-SA 2.0) — […]

Templo Mayor at Tenochtitlan, the Coyolxauhqui Stone, ...

Coatlicue, c. 1500, Mexica (Aztec), found on the SE edge of the Plaza mayor/Zocalo in Mexico City, basalt, 257 cm high (National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico City), photo: Steven Zucker (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) — […]

Coatlicue

Matthias Grünewald, Isenheim Altarpiece (closed), 1510-15 — […]

Grünewald, Isenheim Altarpiece

Leonardo da Vinci, Last Supper (detail) — […]

Leonardo, Last Supper

Piero della Francesca, The Resurrection, c. 1463-5, fresco, 225 x 200 cm (Museo Civico, Sansepolcro, Italy) Piero della Francesca, The Resurrection, c. 1463-5, fresco, 225 x 200 cm (Museo Civico, Sansepolcro, Italy) — […]

Piero della Francesca, Resurrection

Fra Filippo Lippi, Madonna and Child with two Angels (detail) — […]

Fra Filippo Lippi, Madonna and Child with ...

Masaccio, Holy Trinity (detail) — […]

Masaccio, Holy Trinity

Jan van Eyck, Ghent Altarpiece (open), completed 1432, oil on wood, 11 feet 5 inches x 15 feet 1 inch (open), Saint Bavo Cathedral, Ghent, Belgium. Note: Just Judges panel on the lower left is a modern copy (photo: Closer to Van Eyck) — […]

Jan Van Eyck, The Ghent Altarpiece

Sir John Everett Millais, Christ in the House of His Parents (detail) — […]

Sir John Everett Millais, Christ in the House ...

Mars of Todi, late 5th or early 4th century B.C.E., hollow-cast bronze, 141 cm high (Gregorian Etruscan Museum, Vatican Museums) — […]

Mars of Todi

Aplu (Apollo of Veii) detail, from the roof of the Portonaccio Temple, Veii, Italy, c. 510-500 B.C.E., painted terra-cotta, 5 feet 11inches high (Museo Nazionale di Villa Giulia, Rome) — […]

Temple of Minerva and the sculpture of ...

Detail, Palette of King Narmer, from Hierakonpolis, Egypt, Predynastic, c. 3000-2920 B.C.E., slate, 2' 1" high (Egyptian Museum, Cairo) — […]

Palette of King Narmer

Law Code Stele of King Hammurabi (detail) — […]

Law Code Stele of King Hammurabi

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, Deposition (or Entombment), c. 1600-04, oil on canvas, 300 x 203 cm (Pinacoteca Vaticana, Vatican City) — […]

Caravaggio, Deposition (or Entombment)