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V&A Voyage Through the Jameel Gallery of Islamic Art
Presentation
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Where will our voyage take us?
We will be visiting the Jameel Gallery of Islamic Art at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
The V&A is a good place to investigate Islamic art and design. It has one of the best collections in the world.
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Where are the objects we will see from?
Here is a map of the Middle East. We’ll be seeing objects from Iran, Turkey and Egypt
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What buildings did the objects come from?
We’ll see objects from both palaces and religious buildings.
Palace of Chihil Sutun, Isfahan The Süleymaniye Mosque, Istanbul
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What will we be looking for?
Figures
Geometric Shapes Plants and flowers Ardabil
Carpet: Detail, white silk warp and weft with knotted woolen pile Iran, 1539-40. Museum no. 272-1893
Calligraphy Chimneypiec
e:Detail from tilework, Turkey, Istanbul, 1731. Museum no. 703-1891
These are the four design elements we will be looking out for.
Minbar:Side panel of carved elements of rosewood, ebony and teak, Egypt, 1296, set in a modern framework. Museum no. 891-1884
Tile: Detail from a panel with a picnic scene, Iran, probably Isfahan, 1600-1700 Museum no. 139-1891
All images ©V&A Images
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What will we be looking at?
Page from manuscript with illustration of Khusraw killing a lion, Iran, about 1632. Museum no. L.1613-1964
Geometry
The Ardabil Carpet
Ottoman Chimneypiece
Tile Panel with Picnic Scene
Minbar of Sultan
Qa’itbay
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Tile Panel with Picnic Scene, Iran, 17th century
Tile Panel with Picnic Scene, Iran, probably Isfahan, 1600-1700 Museum number 139-1891 ©V&A Images
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Find out more
• What is going on?
• What’s on the menu?
• What are they wearing?
• Find all the flowersTile Panel with Picnic Scene, Iran, probably Isfahan, 1600-1700 Museum number 139-1891 ©V&A Images
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The Ottoman Chimney-place
What do you think this is?
What is it made of?
It has some writing on it. This refers
to a famous story. Tilework Chimney-piece, 1731. Museum no. 703-1891 ©V&A Images
Tile inscribed with the name of one of the Companions of the Cave
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What is the message of the story?
The miracle of the Companions of the Cave and their faithful dog, Qitmir, is mentioned in the Qur’an. The story tells you that the Companions were kept safe and protected, because they were good and faithful people.
Why do you think their names are on this chimneypiece?
V&A Voyage © V&A Images
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What can you see on these tiles?
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Can you create an Ottoman style tile?
Think about...
Colours
Patterns
Symmetry
Materials
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The Ardabil Carpet, Iran 1539-40
The Ardabil Carpet, Iran, 1539-40. Museum no. 272-1893 ©V&A Images
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What does the writing say?
This inscription
tells us who
made the carpet
and when it was
made.
Can you see the
date?The Ardabil Carpet, Museum Number 272-1893 ©V&A Images
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Where was the carpet made for?
The carpet was made to be placed inside this beautiful religious building in Iran.
It is a shrine where an important holy person is buried.
The shrine of Shaykh Safi al-Din Ardabili ©V&A Images
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Can you create your own carpet design?
Think about…
•Symmetry
•Plant patterns
•Dividing up a central pattern
and using a quarter in each
corner
•Borders
•Inscriptions
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Minbar, Cairo, Egypt 1468-1496
What do you think this might be?
What sort of building was it made for?
What is it for?
What is it made of?
Minbar, Cairo, Egypt, 1468-1496Museum no. 1050:1-2–1869 ©V&A Images
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Take a closer look at the minbar
The minbar is made of wood and decorated with amazingly complicated patterns of geometric shapes. Some of the shapes have been filled with small panels of carved ivory (elephant tusk).
Detail from Minbar, Cairo, Egypt, 1468-1496Museum no. 1050:1-2–1869
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Rules in the Museum
Look closely but don’t touch. Some of the objects are hundreds of years old and are very fragile
Don’t run around in the gallery.
Discuss the objects in groups and ask lots of questions but don’t shout.
Get lots of ideas for your own designs, which you will make back at school