2011 survey islam_ii
Transcript of 2011 survey islam_ii
Islamic art and architecture,Part II
Great Mosque, Cordoba, Spain. 8th – 10th centuriesBuilt by the Umayyad caliph Abd al-Rahman I
Cordoba, Spain, Great Mosque. Prayer hall begun 784.
Cordoba, Spain. Maqsura of the Great Mosque, 961-965
Cordoba, Spain. Dome in front of mihrab of the Great Mosque, 961-965.
Koran page, beginning of surah (verse) 18, “Al-Kahf”, (The Cave), 9th cent.Now in the Chester Beatty Library and Oriental Art Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
Alhambra, Grenada, Spain. 14th cent.
Court of the Lions at the Alhambra, Grenada, Spain. 14th cent.
Court of the Lions at the Alhambra, Grenada, Spain. 14th cent.
Muqarnas dome, Hall of the Abencerrajes, Palace of the Lions.Alhambra, Grenada, Spain, 14th cent.
15th century: Spain is Christianized andByzantium falls to the Turks under the Ottoman Dynasty
Sinan (architect), Selimiye Mosque (Mosque of Selim II). Edirne, Turkey, 1568-1575
Sinan (architect), Selimiye Mosque (Mosque of Selim II). Edirne, Turkey, 1568-1575
Church of Hagia Sophia, Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey), 6th century
Hagia Sophia, Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey), 6th century
Sinan (architect), Selimiye Mosque (Mosque of Selim II). Edirne, Turkey, 1568-1575
Great Mosque, Isfahan, Iran, 11th-17th cent.Detail of qibla wall iwan.
Great Mosque, Isfahan, Iran, 11th-17th cent. Detail of tiling in iwan
Damascus, Syria.Great Mosque, 706-715
Detail of mosaic
Great Mosque, Isfahan, Iran, 11th-17th cent. Detail of tiling in iwan
Great Mosque, Isfahan, Iran, Detail of mihrab, 15th cent.
Winter prayer hall of Shahi Mosque, Isfahan, Iran, 1611-1638
Bihzad (artist), Seduction of Yusuf by Potiphar’s wife Zulaykha. Timurid manuscript from Herat Afghanistan, 1488
Maqsud of Kashan (designer), carpet for a funerary mosque at Ardabil, Iran, 1540.
Canteen with episodes from the life of Christ. Syria, ca. 1240Detail shows the scene of Christ’s entry into Jerusalem