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Aztec. Coatlicue. Fifteenth century.Height: 8’ 3”.


Aztec. The Moon Goddess Coyolxauhqui, from the Sacred Precinct, Templo Mayor, Tenochtitlán. ca. 1469.

Diameter: 10’ 10”.


Diego de Durán. History of the Indies of New Spain: Aztecs confront the Spaniards. 1581.


Diego de Durán. History of the Indies of New Spain: The Spanish massacre Aztec nobles in the temple courtyard. 1581.


Map: World Exploration, 1486-1611.


Plan of Tenochtitlán, from Cortés’s first letter to the King of Spain. 1521.


Cuczo, Peru. Portrait of Atahuallpa. Mid-eighteenth century.


Mexico. Closer Look: Folding Screen (biombo) with Indian Wedding and Flying Pole. ca. 1690.

66" × 120”.


Aztec. Context, The "Other" in Western Consciousness: Quetzal feather headdress, Aztec. ca.1520.


Map: Sub-Saharan West Africa, 1200-1700.


Map: Transatlantic Slave Trade, 1450-1870.


Benin (Nigeria). Mask of an iyoba (queen mother), probably Idia. ca. 1550.Height: 9-3/8”.


Benin (Nigeria). Symbol of a coiled mudfish (drawing). Found throughout the art of Benin and in the tiara worn by the iyoba in Fig. 18.7.


Benin (Nigeria). Portuguese Warrior Surrounded by Manillas. Sixteenth century.


Kingdom of the Kongo. Mpungi, an ivory horn. Collected before 1553.


Vili, Kingdom of the Kongo. Crucifixion Plaque, from Loango area of Pointe Noire (Democratic Republic of the Congo), Vili culture. Collected in 1874.

3-1/4" × 2-1/4”.


José de Alcíbar, attributed to. From Spaniard and Black, Mulatto (De español y negra, mulatto). ca. 1760.

31" × 38-1/4”.


Manohar, attributed to. Jahangir in Darbar. India, Mughal period. Northern India. ca. 1620.13-3/4" × 7-7/8”.


Bichitr. Jahangir Seated on an Allegorical Throne, from the Leningrad Album of Bichitr. ca. 1625.

10" × 7-1/8”.


Mogul India. Taj Mahal, Agra, India, built by Shah Jahan. ca. 1632-48.


Mogul India. Taj Mahal, Agra, India, built by Shah Jahan: Plan. ca. 1632-48.


Mogul India. The Peacock Throne Room, Red Fort (Shahjahanabad), Delhi. After 1638.


Ming dynasty, China. The Forbidden City, Beijing, now the Palace Museum. 1368-1644; rebuilt 18th century.


Ming dynasty, China. The Forbidden City, Beijing: The Hall of Supreme Harmony. 1368-1644; rebuilt 18th century.

Height: 115’.


Map: Ming China, 1368-1644, and routes of the Chinese Treasure Fleet.


Xuande period, Ming dynasty, China. Materials & Techniques: Porcelain: Pair of porcelain vases with cobalt blue underglaze. 1426-35.


Yin Hong. Hundreds of Birds Admiring the Peacocks. Hanging scroll. Ming dynasty, China. ca. late fifteenth-early sixteenth century.

7’ 10-1/2" × 8’ 5”.


Shen Zhou. Poet on a Mountaintop. Leaf from an album of landscapes mounted as part of a handscroll. Ming dynasty, China. ca. 1500.

15-1/4" × 23-3/4”.


Muromachi Japan. Kinkakuji (Temple of the Golden Pavilion), Rokuonji, Kyoto, Japan. Begun 1399; rebuilt 1964.


Sesshu Toyo. Haboku Landscape for Soen. Detail, hanging scroll. Muromachi Japan. 1495.

Height: 58-1/4”.


Soami, attributed to. Garden of the Daisen-in of Daitokuji, Kyoto. Muromachi Japan. ca. 1510-25.


Momoyama Japan. Himeji Castle, Hyogo prefecture, near Osaka, Japan. 1581; enlarged 1601-9.


School of Kano. Namban six-panel screen. 1593-1600.


Kano Eitoku, attributed to. Cypress Trees. Eight-fold screen for a sliding door. Momoyama period. Sixteenth century.

Height: 67”.


Nam June Paik. Continuity & Change: TV Buddha. 1974.

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