Royal Portal, West Facade Chartres Cathedral Chartres, France Proclaim majesty and power of Christ Left to right: Ascension, second coming, and Jesus in the lap of Virgin Mary Gothic Europe Old Testament Kings and Queen right side of the central doorway of the royal portal Chartres Cathedral Chartres, France (Gothic) signs of new nationalism Gothic Europe Interior of Chartres Cathedral High Gothic Model nave arcade, triforlum, and clerestory with stained glass windows Stonemasons and Sculptors stain glass window in northernmost radiating chapel in the ambulatory Chartres Cathedral Chartres, France Gothic Europe Virgin and Child and Angels (Notre dame da la Belle Verriere) window in the choir of Chartres Cathedral  Chartres, France survived the fire Gothic Europe Rose Window & Lancets North transept Chartres Cathedral Chartres, France Stained glass filled almost entire wall of high Gothic north transept of the Cathedral Saint Theodore Jamb statue porch of the martyrs south transept Chartres Cathedral High Gothic Contrapposto Stance, Classical Statuary Interior of Amiens Cathedral Robert Do Luzarches Amiens, France Self-sustaining skeletal architecture 4 part vaults 144 ft above nave floor Gothic Europe Interior of Upper Chapel Saint Chapelle, Paris, France Gothic Europe Cologne Cathedral Cologne, Germany Largest Church in Northern Europe > 600 years to build Gothic/Gothic Revival Structure Aerial View of Maya City Chicen Itza, Mexico centered on the Castillo Colossal head La Venta, Mexico Basalt 9'4" high Identities of the Olmec = uncertain Individualized features and distinctive headgear suggests these heads portray rulers rather than deities Ceremonial Ax (Jaguar) From la Venta, Mexico Olmec Olmec celts often represent composite human-animal figures Jadeite Aerial view of Teotihuacan, Mexico Pyramid of Moon (foreground) pyramid of Sun (top left) Citadel (background) All connected by ave of the dead Chacmool From the platform of the eagles Chicen Itza, Mexico Maya Reps fallen warriors Stone Pendant, Bat-faced man Northeastern Colombia, Tairona Served as an amulet gold Raimondi Stele from the main temple Chavin de Huantar, Peru ability of gods to transform themselves is a core aspect of Andean religion Green diorite Embroidered funerary mantle southern coast of Peru 1st century CE Plain weave caelid fiber with stem-stitch embroidery of camelid wool wrap around bodies of the dead Hummingbird Nasca Plain, Peru Dark layers of pebbled scraped aside to reveal lighter clay and calcite beneath may have marked pilgrimage routes Vessel in the shape of a portrait head northern coast of peru 5th-6th century painted clay Serpent mound ohio mississipian May represent the path of Halley's Comet in 1066 Altar to the hand from benin, nigeria brass Running woman rock painting from tassel n'Ajjer, Algeria Woman in a ritual context Nok head from Rafin Kura, Nigeria Terracotta Head From Lyndenburg, South Africa  Terracotta Resembles inverted Terracotta but applied thin clay fillets Scarification marks are signs of beauty Equestrian Figure on Fly Whisk Igbo Ukwu, Nigeria 9th-10th century copper-alloy bronze oldest preserved African lost-wax cast bronze King From Ita Yemoo (Ife), Nigeria 11th-12th century Zinc Brass Seated Man From Tada, Nigeria 13th-14th century copper related to naturalistic style of Ife Ife Archer From Djenne, Mali 13th-15th century Terracotta striking contrast to Ife Ife Aerial view of great mosque Djenne, Mali begun in 13th century, rebuilt made of adobe and wood Beta Giorghis (Church of St. George) Lalibela, Ethiopia Christian King Lalibela Rock cut church Completely cut out of volcanic rock Walls and Tower (Great Enclosure) Zimbabwe 14th century 30ft tall Not held together by mortar or anything