Gardner's Art Through the Ages, 12th ed.

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Chapter 25 : Sultans, Kings, Emperors, and Colonists: the Art of South and Southeast Asia after 1200

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Plate 1 — Kia-0551
Title: Qutb Complex
Creator(s):
Date: Mosque: begun c. 1191; Minaret: begun c. 1198-1215
View: Minaret (Qutb Minar), total, angled view upward
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Date: Mosque: begun c. 1191; Minaret: begun c. 1198-1215
Plate 2 — Lia-2096
Title: Lotus Palace (Mahal)
Creator(s):
Date: early 16th c.
View: Total view NE
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Date: early 16th c.
Plate 4 — Mif-4000
Title: Jahangir Preferring a Sufi Shaikh to Kings. Mughal painting
Creator(s): Bichitr
Date: ca. 1615-1618
View:
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Date: ca. 1615-1618
Plate 5 — Mia-2001
Title: Taj Mahal
Creator(s): Ustad Ahmad Ma'mar Lahori
Date: 1631-1648
View: Total axial view: mausoleum, including four minarets, plinth and visitors (for scale)
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Date: 1631-1648
Plate 7 — Mia-2250
Title: Minakshi Sundareshvara Temple Complex
Creator(s):
Date: mainly ca. mid-17th c
View: East gateway (gopura) of outer enclosure, total from NW
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Date: mainly ca. mid-17th c
Plate 8 — Nib-0041
Title: Victoria Terminus Railway Station
Creator(s): Frederick Stevens
Date: 1878-87
View: General view NE
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Date: 1878-87
Plate 12 — Kba-0001
Title: Shwe-dagon (Golden Dagon) stupa
Creator(s):
Date: begun ca. 1353; rebuilt several times
View: View of Stupa, gold, silver and jewel encrusted.
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Date: begun ca. 1353; rebuilt several times
Plate 14 — Pid-0015
Title: Ashoka at Kalinga
Creator(s): Meera Mukherjee
Date: 1972
View: Close total from front left
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Date: 1972

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