12 / Conflict and Resistance

Hagia Sophia (exterior)

» Anthemius of Tralles (Greek, active 6th c.) and Isidorus of Miletus (Greek, active 6th c.) (architects)

Artist / Origin	Anthemius of Tralles (Greek, active 6th c.) and Isidorus of Miletus (Greek, active 6th c.) (architects) Region: West Asia
Date	Begun 532–537 Period: 500 CE - 1000 CE
Material	Brick, stone, stucco, and other materials Medium: Architecture and Planning
Dimensions	(Dome) H: approx. 182 ½ ft. (55.6 m.); (Minarets) H: approx. 197 ft. (60 m.) (each)
Location	Istanbul, Turkey
Credit	Courtesy of Vanni/Art Resource, NY

CZECHOSLOVAKIA. Prague. August 1968. Warsaw Pact Troops invade Prague. In front of the Radio Headquarters.Josef Koudelka (Czech/French, b. 1938)	Guernica Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881–1973)	Y no hai Remedio (And There’s Nothing to Be Done)Francisco de Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746–1828)	The Execution of Emperor MaximilianÉdouard Manet (French, 1832–1883)	Afghan soldiers from the ruling Taliban movement and visiting journalists stand in front of one of the destroyed Buddha statues in the central province of Bamiyan, March 26, 2001.Sayed Salahuddin (Afghan, b. 1970)	The Legislative BellyHonoré Daumier (French, 1808–1879)
Books!Aleksandr (Alexander) Mikhailovich Rodchenko, (Russian, 1891–1956)	Chairman Mao en Route to AnyuanChinese School	Converging Territories #30Lalla Essaydi (Moroccan, b. 1956)	Hagia Sophia (exterior)Anthemius of Tralles (Greek, active 6th c.) and Isidorus of Miletus (Greek, active 6th c.) (architects)	The Earth Spider Creating Monsters in the Mansion of Minamoto no YorimitsuUtagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)	Battle of Til-Tuba (Battle of the River Ulai) (detail)Unknown artist(s), Nineveh, Iraq
Fish and RocksBada Shanren (Zhu Da) (Chinese, 1626–1705)	Calvinist IconoclasmFranz Hogenberg (German, ca. 1540– ca. 1590)	La quema de los Judas (The Burning of the Judases)Diego Rivera (Mexican, 1886–1957)	Alabama Loyalists Greeting the Federal Gun-Boats from Harper’s Pictorial History of the Civil War (Annotated)Kara Walker (American, b. 1969)	The Third of May, 1808Francisco de Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746–1828)