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)