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Colossal Buddha . Late fifth century. height 45 ft. Santa Costanza . c. 354 CE. San Vitale . 526–47 CE. Theodora and Her Attendants . c. 547. San Vitale, interior. c. 547. Anthemius of Tralles and Isidorus of Miletus. Hagia Sophia . 532–37.
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Colossal Buddha. Late fifth century. height 45 ft.
Anthemius of Tralles and Isidorus of Miletus. Hagia Sophia. 532–37.
Anthemius of Tralles and Isidorus of Miletus. Plan of Hagia Sophia. 532–37.
Anthemius of Tralles and Isidorus of Miletus. Hagia Sophia, interior. 532–37.
Tile mosaic mihrab. c. 1354 (restored). 11 ft. 3 in. x 7 ft. 6 in.
Interior of the sanctuary of the Mosque at Córdoba, Spain. 786–987.
Hinged clasp from the Sutton Hoo burial ship. Seventh century.
St. Matthew from the Lindisfarne Gospels. c. 700. 11 x 9 in.
St. Matthew from the Gospel Book of Charlemagne. c. 800–810. 13 x 10 in.
Gislebertus. Last Judgment, tympanum and lintel, Autun Cathedral. c. 1125–35. approximately 12 ft. 6 in. x 22 ft.
Choir of Cologne Cathedral. Thirteenth and fourteenth centuries.
Florence Cathedral (Santa Maria del Fiore). Begun by Arnolfo de Cambio, 1296; dome by Filippo Brunelleschi. 1420–36.
Central portal of the west facade of Reims Cathedral. c. 1225–90.
Annunciation and Visitation, detail, west portal, Reims Cathedral. c. 1225–45.
Shiva Nataraja (King of Dance). Chola period, Dravidian style. Eleventh century.
Great Wild Goose Pagoda at Ci’én Temple. Tang dynasty, first erected 645 CE.
Guo Xi. Early Spring. 1072 (Northern Song dynasty). length 60 in.
Attributed to Fujiwara Takanobu. Minamoto no Yoritomo. Kamakura period, c. 1150–1200. height 4 ft. 6 1/2 in.
Head of a King (Oni). Ife culture, Nigeria. c. thirteenth century. height 11 7/16 in.
Double perimeter wall and remains of two towers, Great Zimbabwe. c. 1200–1400.