Part 3

Palace of Alhambra

Alhambra (Granada, Spain)

Water and gardens symbolizing heaven

Open courtyardsColumnsFountains and gardens

Very intricateMuqarnas

(plaster ceilings)

Lavish color

Inlaid ceilings

Use of arabesque (floral decoration) and geometric patterns.

Calligraphy

NO human or animal figuresCourt of the Lions (Alhambra): one of the few depictions of

animals in Islamic art.

Alcazar, Segovia.Palace of Queen Isabella of Castille (15th cent)

Jordan or Spain?

TRUE/ FALSE The study of the Islamic civilization in a

course about the Western World is very relevant.

The Islamic empire inherited the knowledge of the Greco Roman world.

The Islamic empire has a lot in common with the civilizations of Persia, India and pre-Islamic Arabia.

In the Renaissance the Christian kingdoms of Western Europe rediscovered the Greco Roman scientific ideas that had been preserved and translated by the scholars in the Islamic empire.