Nicola Pisano, Pulpit, Siena Cathedral, 1265-68, Journey and Adoration of the Magi

Nicola Pisano, Journey and Adoration of the Magi, 1265-68

Duccio, Rucellai Madonna, 1285

Persian silk, 1262

Stefano Veneziano, Madonna and Child,

1369

San Marco, Venice, 9th-13th century

Gentile da Fabriano, Adoration of the Magi (Strozzi Altar), 1423

Kufic script

Vittore Carpaccio, Triumph of St. George, ca. 1502-08

Bernhard von Breydenbach, Peregrinationes, 1486, woodcut illustration of Jerusalem

Bernhard von Breydenbach, Peregrinationes, 1486, woodcut illustration of Jerusalem

Andrea Mantegna, Adoration of the Magi, ca. 1464

Giovanni Bellini, Feast of the Gods, 1514

Bridal procession transporting Chinese porcelain, Iran, ca. 1470-80; scroll fragment, gouache on silk

Footed bowl, Ming Dynasty (1368-1644)

Gentile Bellini, Seated Turkish Scribe, 1479-80

Constantinople / Istanbul, Hagia

Sophia

Gentile Bellini,

Sultan Mehmet II, 1479-80