ARTHI 6F Midterm
Stupa I
India (2nd-1st century BCE) (Mahastupa or Great Stupa) -largest at Sanchi
Shiva Temple, Elephanta
India (6th century)
Mamallapuram, Shore Temple
India (700-728) -built by Narasimhavarman II [Raja Simha]
Kailasnath, Ellora
India (between 750 and 973 CE) -commissioned by Krisha
Stupa II
India (c. 2nd century BCE)
Rathas of Mamallapuram
India (c. 590-730; dating uncertain)
Caitya at Bhaja
India 100-70 BCE
Caitya, Karla
India 50-70 CE
Mohenjo-Daro
Indus Valley (c.2500 BCE)
Ise Jingu (Ise Shrine)
Japan (Every 20 years for the last 1500 years, it is rebuilt, identically) -contains inner and outer shrine)
Qubbat al-Sakhra (Dome of the Rock)
Jerusalem, Israel (687-91)
Khorsabad
Khorsabad Mesopotamia (begun 706 BCE)
Sanchi Complex
Mauryan Empire, India (c. 2nd century BCE) -(founded by Asoka but flourished for 13 centuries)
Kaaba, Mecca
Muhammad conquered Mecca in 630, he officially converted the area around the Kaaba to a mosque
Niuheliang Ritual Center
NE of Beijing (c. 3500 BCE)
Apollo 11 Cave
Namibia, Africa (25,000 BCE)
Temple of Hera II (sometimes called Temple of Poseidon or Temple of Apollo)
Paestum, Italy (c.475-450 BC) -cone of Argos in Greece, Hera's holiest site
Temple of Hera I (sometimes called Basilica)
Paestum, Italy (near Naples): a Greek colony (c.550 BC)
Virupaksha (Shiva) temple
Pattadakal (733-744)
Corinthian Tomb
Petra (probably 1st century CE)
Monastery (ad-Deir)
Petra (probably 1st century CE)
Obelisk Tomb
Petra (probably 1st century CE)
Soldier Tomb
Petra (probably 1st century CE)
Tomb of Sextius Florintinus
Petra (probably 1st century CE) -one of the Greco-Roman tombs at Petra
Treasury (Al Khazneh)
Petra (probably 1st century CE) -probably mausoleum of King Aretas IV
Temple of Amon at Karnak
2000-1235 BCE; with later additions -complex of Karnak and the temple of Luxor, both dedicated to Amon, were connected architecturally and ceremonially. They were most directly linked during the Feast of Opet
the Outer Shrine (Geku)
Honshu, Japan (5th century) -dedicated to Touke Okami (Abundant Food Great Kami)
Unifinished Temple, Segesta
Sicily, Italy (c. 420-30 BCE)
Great Mosque of Cordoba
Spain (784-6)
Great Mosque, Damascus
Syria (709-15)
Great Mosque, Kairawan
Tunesia (820-36)
Great Ziggarat of Ur-Nammu
Ur Mesopotamia (c. 2000 BCE)
Pyramid of Chefren
[Khafre] (middle in size, age and placment; also the best preserved; adjoining Sphinx)
Pyramid of Cheops
[Khufu] (oldest & biggest)
Pyramid of Mykerinos
[Menkare] (smallest & most recent)
Pantheon, Rome
built by the Emperor Hadrian in 117-128 CE, replacing an earlier Pantheon by Marcus Agrippa built around 20 BCE
Temple of Amon at Luxor
by Amenhotep III [1417-1379 BCE] with later additions by Ramses II[1304-1237 BCE]
Inner Shrine (Naiku)
deep in a forest in southern Honshu (5th century) -dedicated to Amaterasu Omikama (Heaven-Illuminating Great Kami)
Siq
entrance to Petra, the Nabataena capital (modern day Jordan)
Terra Amata
near Nice, France (400,000 BCE)
Stonehenge
near Salisbury, England (3100 BCE-1600 BCE)
Banpo
near present-day Xian (mostly 3000 BCE)
Caves of Lascaux
southern France (10,000-20,000 BCE)
Cave 285
China (539 CE)
Yungang Caves
China (5th - 6th centuries)
Mogao Caves
China (created over a 1000 year period starting in the 5th century)
Hagia Sophia
Constantinople (Istanbul), Turkey (532-7) -constructed under Emperor Justinian
Temple of Artemus
Corfu, Greece (c.580)
Tomb of Queen Hatshepsut
Deir el-Bahr (circa 1503-1482 BCE) -architect = Senmu
Tomb of Mentuhotep
Deir el-Bahr (circa 2050 BCE) (the smaller of the two, to the south)
Temple of Artemis
Ephesos, Turkey (560-550 BCE)
Basilica of Constantine, Trier
Germany (4th century)
Giza Pyramids
Giza (c. 2680-2560 BCE)
Temple of Apollo Epikourios at Bassae
Greece (450-25 BCE) -Iktinos was the architect -Mt. Ithome & Mt. Lykaion
Temple of Apollo, Corinth
Greece (500s BCE)
Temple of Hera, Samos
Greece (c. 650 BCE)
Horyu-ji monastery
(7th-8th centuries)
Temple of Athena Nike [Athena-Victory]
Acropolis, Athens, Greece (420s BC)
Erechtheon
Acropolis, Athens, Greece (421-406 BC) -caryatid porch (women of Caryae) -site of Poseidon's and Athena's contest
Propylaia
Acropolis, Athens, Greece (430s BC) -architect: Mnesikles
The Parthenon
Acropolis, Athens, Greece (447-432 BC) -architects: Iktinos and Kallikrates -dedicated to Athena Polias
Buddha Statues, Bamiya
Afghanistan (completed in 6th century CE)
Stone formations at Carnac
Brittany, France (4500 - 2000 BCE)
Mausoleum of Augustus
Rome (28 CE) -stands in relation to the original Pantheon-Egyptian obelisk
Arch of Constantine
Rome (315 CE)
Basilica of Saint John Lateran (San Giovanni Laterano)
Rome (4th century)
Old Saint Peter's Basilica
Rome (4th century)
Basilica of Saint Paul's Outside the Walls (San Paolo fuori le mura)
Rome (5th century)
Colosseum (Flavian Amphitheater)
Rome (72-80 CE)
Ara Pacis Augustae
Rome (9 CE)
Forum of Augustus
Rome, built by Augustus (10 - 2 BCE) -Temple of Mars Ultor
Forum of Trajan
Rome, built by Emperor Trajan (98-117 CE) -Basilica Ulpia (107-113 CE) -Trajan's Column (113 CE) -Markets of Trajan (107-110 CE) -Aula Traiana (vaulted hall)
Forum of Caesar
Rome, built by Julius Caesar (1st century BCE) -Temple of Venus Genitrix
Church of the Acheiropoietos
Salonica, Greece (450-70)
Pyramid Complex of Zoser
Saqqara (circa 2680 BC)