ARCHITECTS
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DYNASTIES
200
Hemiunu is believed to have been the architect of this structure, and he may have been given the job because he was the nephew of Khufu.
The GREAT PYRAMID of Giza
200
They often have game boards scratched in their bases by guards on duty. There were 14 of them at the entrance to the throne room of Sargon II.
LAMASSU
200
Hecate fights Clytius. Artemis fights Otos. Athena grabs the head of Alcyoneus. They're all part of this building's frieze commemorating victories by the Attalid dynasty over the Galatians.
The PERGAMUM ALTAR
200
In Roman architecture, it is the simplest order of column, corresponding to the Doric in Greek architecture. It is used on the bottom level of the Colosseum and on Portonaccio temple of Minerva.
TUSCAN
200
This substance is made from the skin of fetal calves; over 90 were killed to make the pages for the Book of Kells.
VELLUM
200
Fra Angelico painted this saint mourning over his own act of theft.
Saint AUGUSTINE
200
Two of these snarling creatures are hitched up to Galatea's paddle-wheeled seashell in Raphael's painting.
DOLPHINS
200
This dynasty ruled England after the defeat of Harold Godwinson, an event commemorated on the Bayeux tapestry.
NORMAN dynasty
400
He was Trajan's main architect, responsible for the Pantheon dome, Trajan's Column, and the Basilica Ulpia.
APOLLODORUS of Damascus
400
The Virgin of Paris was first made for Saint-Aignan chapel, but now stands in this other French church.
NOTRE-DAME du Paris
400
In the last spiral, the enemy leader Decebalus commits suicide. In the first spiral, Roman soldiers march over the Danube to invade Dacia.
TRAJAN'S COLUMN
400
It's the term for vertical grooves running along the surface of a column's shaft.
FLUTING
400
The laws of Hammurabi are carved into the shiny surface of his stele, made of this type of black rock.
BASALT
400
Saint FOY (Faith)
400
These creatures are not named in any ancient text, but they occur on a cylinder seal of Uruk. In Egypt, these creatures represent "the chaos that reigned beyond Egypt's borders," and that must be tamed by the Pharoah, such as King Narmer.
SERPOPARDS
400
This is the two-named first dynasty of Roman Emperors, from Augustus to Nero; the second name is from Tiberius' father; the first from Augustus' adopted father.
JULIO-CLAUDIAN
600
Isidore of Miletus and Anthemius of Trallest were two geometers and architects in the service of Justinian when they designed this church.
HAGIA SOPHIA
600
Gudea of Lagash was a ruler from this earliest Mesopotamian civilization that also produced the Standard of Ur.
SUMERIANS
600
His relief of St. George slaying a dragon exhibits both atmospheric and linear perspective, and is located beneath his statue of St. George for the church of Orsanmichele.
DONATELLO
600
This building sports column capitals like this:
The APADANA in Persepolis
600
A burin is used to carve a soft plate of soft copper metal, which is then used to make prints in this process.
ENGRAVING
600
Martin Schongauer did an engraving of this saint being tormented by demons; he's the greatest of the desert fathers.
St. ANTONY of Thebes
600
The dragon Nidhogg gnawing on the world-tree Yggdrasil is possibly depicted on the north portal of this church in Norway.
Stave Church of URNES
600
This dynasty started in 661 with Mu'awiya I and ended in 750 with Marwan II; it extended Muslim rule all the way to Spain.
UMAYYAD caliphate
800
Master Gerhard was the chief mason for this late Gothic Cathedral, but he fell to his death during its construction — not surprising since it was one of the tallest in Europe and was not completed until 1880.
COLOGNE Cathedral
800
It's the term for any large statue of Buddha, but especially for the 49 foot tall bronze statue in Todai-Ji
DAIBUTSU
800
She's the daughter of Proxenos, and is seated on a delicate chair, examining jewelry held by her maidservant in this relief from 400 BC.
HEGESO
800
In 1899, eleven of this temple's columns from its hypostyle hall collapsed because of groundwater, and had to be rebuilt.
Temple of Amun-Re at KARNAK
800
These two men are depicted standing on top of this floor in a painting by Holbein.
The FRENCH AMBASSADORS
800
She is depicted meeting her husband Joachim at the Golden Gate in one of Giotto's Arena Chapel frescoes, and is the mother of the Virgin Mary.
SAINT ANNE
800
A young man "rained down arrows like a hail storm" on this monster until it began to weaken, then he cut off its head and won great praise from king Shangal of India.
The KARG
800
Taking their name from Sanskrit words meaning "king of the mountain," they built Buddhist monuments on the Kedu Plain of central Java, including Borobudur.
SHAILENDRA dynasty
1000
He was a Janissary commander before becoming the chief architect for Suleiman the Magnificent and designing a mosque for his son that was deliberately larger than the Hagia Sophia.
Mimar SINAN
1000
It was attacked by a mentally disturbed geologist who knocked off one arm with his hammer. The marks of crucifixion are limited to very small nail marks and a small wound in Jesus' side, and it is the only work which Michelangelo signed.
The PIETÀ
1000
Inside are sculpted skulls of bulls. Outside, German hostages and members of the Julio-Claudian family are depicted in procession on this altar constructed for Augustus.
ARA PACIS (ALTAR OF PEACE)
1000
Corinthian columns feature the leaves of this plant, similar to the leaves of a poppy or thistle.
ACANTHUS
1000
DAILY DOUBLE
The apostles in Raphael's Disputá are depicted sitting on throne supported by a semicircular surface made of these.
1000
Saint BARTHOLOMEW
1000
DAILY DOUBLE
The grotto of Tiberius in Sperlonga contained a statue group showing Odysseus blinding this cyclops.
1000
It destroyed the powerless Zhou dynasty and conquered the Seven Kingdoms, putting an end to the Warring States Period, but it lasted for only 15 years, and there were only two emperors in this dynasty, Er Shi and Shi Huang Di.
QIN