Probably 5th c. AD. the Red Monastery is actually much more significant for art history today. It may include the only standing ensemble of architecture, sculpture, and paint (areas fully covered with paint) left from the late antique period in the entire Mediterranean. Some of the paint is certainly post-fifth century, but a lot of it may well be early."
848-851, interior detroyed in 1278, by the invation of the Hulagu Kahn. Was at one time the largest Mosque in the world
Blue Mosque, 1609-16, lined with more than 20,000 handmade tiles from Iznik, in more than 50 different tulip designs. 200 stained glass windows
Alhambra, Granada Spain, Andalusia. Originally constructed as a fortress in 889, it was converted into a palace in 1333 by Yusuf I, Sultan of Granada. Muslim Emirs of Spain. Portico and Pool of the 14th c. portionUse of arabesque which derive from Arabic scrip. the decorations within the palaces typified the remains of Moorish dominion within Spain and ushered in the last great period of Andalusian art in Granada. With little of the Byzantine influence of contemporary Abassid architecture,[3] artists endlessly reproduced the same forms and trends, creating a new style that developed over the course of the Nasrid Dynasty. The Nasrids used freely all the stylistic elements that had been created and developed during eight centuries of Muslim rule in the Peninsula, including the Calliphal horseshoe arch, the Almohadsebka (a grid of rhombuses), the Almoravid palm, and unique combinations of them, as well as innovations such as stilted arches and muqarnas (stalactite ceiling decorations) MOCARABE. The isolation from the rest of Islam plus the commercial and political relationship with the Christian kingdoms also influenced building styles.
Turner, Kings College Chapel, Cambridge. Perpendicular Gothic English architecture, 1446-1515. it features the worlds largest fan vaults, constructed in 1512-15 by John Wastel
Ambrogio Lorenzetti, Peaceful City, detail from Effects of Good Government in the City and in the Country, Saladella Pace, Palazzo Pubblico, Siena, Italy, 1338-1339. Fresco.
Doges Palace, Venice, Italy, c. 1340-1442
Gothic Settle Nuremburg MuseumObject Type Box chairs or 'joynedcheyres', as they were called, furnished the houses of rich merchants as well as nobles. Their seats were supported by panelling rather than legs.Time The carving of this chair includes a classically influenced scroll in the back rest. This makes it an interesting example of the early use of Classical ornament applied to English furniture. Terms like 'Romayne' or 'Anticke' appear in inventories and building accounts during the 1520s.Linenfold carving had appeared in The Netherlands by about 1450 and in England by about 1500.Materials & Making The seat and the panels immediately below the arms are probably later additions. The joinery is probably early, in that the joints are vertical or horizontal, as opposed to mitred (cut on the diagonal). The pegs that hold the pieces together are thought to be original.Place The scroll carving is similar to woodwork on the screen in the chapel at King's College, Cambridge, of about 1530 to 1535. The chair itself came from a private house, just outside Cambridge.
Hutch type Chest from about the start of the 15th century, westphalen, osnabruck
Tilting Chest, 15th c. Cluny Museum
Gothic Press From Tyrol, about 1500, Nuremburg Museum and Gothic Cupboard (Armoire?) with Linenfold Panels, Nuremburg Museum
Gothic Beds, Half tester, Munich museum, Bedstead, Nuremburg museum
