Chapter Four TestArt of the Non-Western World

Art timeline images for study and discussion.

The Descent of the River Ganges from Heaven10th century, India

Jizo Bosatsu12th century, Japanwood

Two Men Converse in a Landscape16th century, Indiawatercolor

The Great Wave, from Thirty-six views of Mt. Fujic. 1831, Hokusai, Japanwoodcut

Stupa I at Sanchi2nd century BCE – 1st century, India masonry

Taj Mahal 1632, India

Glazed Horse618 – 906, Chinaceramic with three-color glaze

Great Dibutsu (Buddha)8th century, Japanbronze

Angkor Wat12th – 13th centuries, Cambodia

Royal Palace19th century, Bangkok, Thailand

Hawaiian Helmetbefore 1841feathers on wickerwork

Ancestral Figure

n.d., Sepik River, Papua, New Guineawood with colored pigments

Alexander Fights the Monster of Habashbefore 1335, Iranian watercolor, gold, and ink on paper

Akua ‘ba Doll 19th – 20th century, Ghanawood

Aztec Calendar Stone discovered in 1790, Mexicostone

Stirrup Vessel (frog)100 – 300, Moche, Peruearthenware with colored slips

Machu Picchu1460 – 1470, Incan, Andes Mountains, Peru

Pueblo1500s to present, Native AmericanTaos, New Mexico

Totemn.d., Native American (Haida, Tlingit, Tsimshian)Southeast Alaska, British Columbiawood and applied pigments