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By Felipe Xavier Díaz-
Ramírez
Sandro Botticelli’s La
Bella Simonetta
Adoration of
the Magi by
Sandro
Botticelli
Byodoin
Byodoin
Phoenix Hall
Cambodia
Damascus
Markets of Trajan
Equestrian Statue of
Marcus Aurelius
Nebuchadnezzar’s Babylon
was a mud-brick city, but
dazzling blue-glazed bricks
faced the most important
monuments. Some of the
buildings, such as the Ishtar
Gate, with its imposing
arched opening flanked by
towers, featured glazed
bricks with molded reliefs
of animals, real and
imaginary.
Ishtar Gate
Onesimos
Onesimos was a Greek artist
who had focused on the
nude female figure. For
example, the kylix Girl
preparing to bathe. (pg. 124)
Girl preparing to
bathe
Portrait of a
Man Holding a
Medal of
Cosimo de
Medici by
Botticelli
Zhou Jichang
Arhats Giving
Alms to
Beggars
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Steinhardt, Nancy Shatzman. "Early Chinese Buddhist Architecture and Its Indian
Origins." Marg Magazine 50.2 (December 1998): 10-25.