Islamic Contributions to Architecture
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Islamic Contributions to Architecture
By Billy Bleifer, Niccolo Debole, Aden Frank, Amit Harel, Nash
Oldach, and Roy Sfadia
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How it Influenced Gothic Arhicecture:
* During the late 11th century, several Islamic factors helped influence Gothic Architecture: - The Crusades, which began in 1096 - The Islamic population located in Spain - The Noman invasion of Islamic Sicily These millitary and cultural overlaps helped spread Islamic ideas such as...
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What did the others pick up?
• The Pointed Archo This style of building arches has been in style with the
Islamic people since the 7th century • The airy, floaty that is a signature to Gothic era cathedrals
has been used by Islamic architecture since 600 AD-
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Patterns
• Patterns were frequently used in Islamic design • They represent the infinity of Allah, with their nonending
repeating Dome of the Rock Patterns found on the inside of the dome. Cool,lush blues and greens represent their idea ofparadise. >>>
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From the carpet we stand upon at home, to the Fritos bag you're eating sneakily under your desk right now, patterns have made themselves into our everyday lives.
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Nowa' Days...
• Even today, Islamic buildings use the same elements that mosques had 1,000 years ago. o Most notably, there is the Burj Khalifa, currently the tallest
building in the world. o Use of arches and repeating designs such as the 3-lobed
style that almost literally spirals into Heaven
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