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Islamic Art, Music and ArchitectureAround The World

“God is beautiful and loves beauty.”

[A hadith of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon Him)]

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Hat - CalligraphyEbru – Marbling on paper

Tezhip – Illumination

Hat (Calligraphy)

• Art of Arabic writing

• Special ink and paper (aged 1 year)

Styles

The Kufic Styles The Cursive Styles

Hilye-i Saadet (Arabic)

The description of the Prophet Muhammad

Muhammad(Arabic)

Peace and Blessings Upon

Bu Da Gecer Ya Hu (Ottoman)“This too shall pass.”

“There is no harming or returning harm for harm [in Islam].”

Figures with Calligraphy

Calligraphy in Latin Alphabet

Marble stone from Egypt in Calligraphic style.

Calligraphy on Ebru

(marbling)

• by whom, when or how EBRU was discovered is unknown.

• originated in the city of Bukhara in Turkistan and spread via the Silk Road to Persia, India and Anatolia.

• In EBRU, pigments are floated on a bath of thickened water. When a piece of paper is laid on the bath and then removed, it takes the pigments with it.

• An infinite number of patterns are possible — no two quite alike.

Ebru (Marbling)

Floral Marblings

Figurative Marblings

Landscape with Ebru

• Tezhip is literally fine ornamentation with gold.

• We shall deal here mainly with illumination and ornamentation on paper.

Tezhip (Illumination)

Tezhib with EBRU

Architecture

Material Design

Islamic-style celestial sphere

Brass with silver

Horizontal Sundial

Collection of the Qatar National

Museum

Early 17th century, Persian

Safavid Dynasty; apple wood, painted, lacquered, and gilded

Mina'i Bowls

Ceramic

Late 12th-early 13th centuryPersian, Seljuk Dynasty

Figure of a Court Official

Early 13th century, Persian, Seljuk Dynasty

Stucco, polychrome, and gilded

Openwork Lamp

Bronze

12th century Persian, Seljuk

Dynasty

Double-Walled Ewer in the Form of a Rooster

Late 12th-early 13th centuryPersian, Seljuk Dynasty; Ceramic

Glass Bottle1300, Syrian, Mamluk

Dynasty

Oriental Rugs

Persian

Turkish

Architecture

Mosques

Kaba, Mecca, Saudi Arabia

Prophet's Mosque, which contains the tombs of Muhammad, his daughter Fatima, and the caliphs Umar and Abu Bakr.Medina, Saudi Arabia

Blue Mosque, Istanbul, TURKEY

Dome of Rock in Jerusalem

Taj Mahal, India

Rumi’s tomb & decorative surroudings

Saifuddien Mosque, Brunei

Mosques from Iran

Architecture

Others

Topkapi Palace, Istanbul, TURKEY

The Alhambra Palace (Granada, Spain)

• Qur'anic Recitation is the most central form of music in the Muslim world.

• Adhan (call to prayer) heard at prayer times, it is the second major genre of Islamic music.

• Instrumental (Ney)

• Cat Stevens (aka Yusuf Islam)

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