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