Colossal Buddha. Late fifth century.height 45 ft.

Santa Costanza. c. 354 CE.

San Vitale. 526–47 CE.

Theodora and Her Attendants. c. 547.

San Vitale, interior. c. 547.

Anthemius of Tralles and Isidorus of Miletus. Hagia Sophia. 532–37.

Anthemius of Tralles and Isidorus of Miletus. Plan of Hagia Sophia. 532–37.

Anthemius of Tralles and Isidorus of Miletus. Hagia Sophia, interior. 532–37.

Christ, from Deësis mosaic. Thirteenth century.

Courtyard of the Great Mosque of Damascus. 705–16.

Tile mosaic mihrab. c. 1354 (restored).11 ft. 3 in. x 7 ft. 6 in.

The Expansion of Islam to 850 CE.

Djingareyber Mosque. Eleventh century.

Interior of the sanctuary of the Mosque at Córdoba, Spain. 786–987.

Hinged clasp from the Sutton Hoo burial ship. Seventh century.

St. Matthew from the Lindisfarne Gospels. c. 700.11 x 9 in.

St. Matthew from the Gospel Book of Charlemagne. c. 800–810.13 x 10 in.

Gislebertus. Last Judgment, tympanum and lintel, Autun Cathedral.c. 1125–35.

approximately 12 ft. 6 in. x 22 ft.

Chartres Cathedral. 1145–1220.

Choir of Cologne Cathedral. Thirteenth and fourteenth centuries.

Florence Cathedral (Santa Maria del Fiore). Begun by Arnolfo de Cambio, 1296; dome by Filippo Brunelleschi. 1420–36.

Central portal of the west facade of Reims Cathedral. c. 1225–90.

Annunciation and Visitation, detail, west portal, Reims Cathedral.c. 1225–45.

Shiva Nataraja (King of Dance). Chola period, Dravidian style. Eleventh century.

Kandariya Mahadeva Temple. Tenth–eleventh century.

Great Wild Goose Pagoda at Ci’én Temple. Tang dynasty, first erected 645 CE.

Guo Xi. Early Spring. 1072 (Northern Song dynasty).length 60 in.

Byodo-in, Uji, Heian period, c. 1053 CE.

Attributed to Fujiwara Takanobu. Minamoto no Yoritomo. Kamakura period, c. 1150–1200.

height 4 ft. 6 1/2 in.

Head of a King (Oni). Ife culture, Nigeria. c. thirteenth century.height 11 7/16 in.

Beta Ghiorghis (House of Saint George). thirteenth century.

Double perimeter wall and remains of two towers, Great Zimbabwe.c. 1200–1400.