Art History, Third Edition

Plate 1 — 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 4 — Mia-2231

Title: Minakshi Sundareshvara Temple Complex

Creator(s):

Date: mainly ca. mid-17th c

View: South gateway (gopura) of outer enclosure, adjacent to Golden Lily Tank (Potramarai Kulam)

Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.

Date: mainly ca. mid-17th c

Plate 5 — 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 6 — Kic-0001

Title: Buddha Calling on Earth to Witness

Creator(s):

Date: ca. 800-899

View: Total from front center

Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.

Date: ca. 800-899

Plate 10 — Mia-2005

Title: Taj Mahal

Creator(s): Ustad Ahmad Ma'mar Lahori

Date: 1631-1648

View: Detail: central portion of mausoleum's front facade, including arched entrance portal & drum of dome (4.40 m h)

Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.

Date: 1631-1648

Plate 11 — Dva-2066

Title: Page from dispersed manuscript of "Akbarnama" ("Story of Akbar"): Akbar's Expedition to the East by Boat

Creator(s):

Date: ca. 1602 - ca. 1604

View:

Vendor: Davis Art Images

Date: ca. 1602 - ca. 1604

Plate 12 — Dva-0787

Title: Folio from the Hamza-nama (Tales of Hamza): Arghan Div Bringing the Weapons Chest to Hamza

Creator(s):

Date: 1562 - 1577

View:

Vendor: Davis Art Images

Date: 1562 - 1577

Plate 13 — XIR-187068

Title: Ms E-14 fol.21a Festivities on Occasion of Coronation of Emperor Djahangir (1569-1627)

Creator(s):

Date: 1605

View:

Vendor: Bridgeman Art Library

Date: 1605

Plate 16 — Pib-0040

Title: India Gate (All India War Memorial Arch)

Creator(s): Sir Edwin Landseer Lutyens

Date: 1921-31

View: Total from W with canopy intended to cover statue of King George V

Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.

Date: 1921-31