artworks east and west

Mother & child under Ashoka tree, Mathura, 1-3rd cent., red sandstone

figure found in via S. Gregorio, Rome, late 2nd cent. B.C., terra-cotta

-Phidias, Roman copy:  Athena Lemnia

-Buddha, Sarnath, ~5th cent.

dragon, Sung dynasty

-Shiva Nataraja, Ujjain, 8-10th cent.

Shiva, Nemad, black sandstone, 10th cent.

-Qutb Minar, Delhi, ~1210

-Donatello:  Jeremiah at Florence Campanile, marble 1424

                            -Della Robbia:  Orpheus at Florence Campanile, 1438

                  -Rembrandt:  Christ and Woman of Samaria, 1655

                  -F. Guardi:  Riodei Mendianti, Venice, ~1780

-F. Goya:  Sabasa Garcia, 1810

                                         -Vajrasattva, Sarnath, 8-9th cent., sandstone

 -Parsvanatha temple at Khajaraho, 11th cent.

                                                                                                 -Minakshi temple at Madura, 17th cent.