{Persia Part 2

Tombak: a hand drum

Surna: an oboe

Ud: a lute

Rebab : a stringed instrument, like a viol

 qanun: a psaltry

Bellwork: Define Terms

Scholars Will:

Grammar: Learn basic facts about Persian Music

Logic: Begin creating Persian rug

Outcomes

Tombak

Played on the side

Surna

Ud

Rebab

Quanun

Dastgah

Gusheh

Islamic Architecture

Aerial view of the Great Mosque (looking southwest), Isfahan, Iran, eleventh to

seventeenth centuries.

Winter prayer hall of the Shahi (Imam) Mosque, Isfahan, Iran,

1611-1638.

Islamic Artistry:In your own words

“Everything, whether made for common or ceremonial use, is lavishly enlivened with ornament.. Such enrichment is no mere space-saving artifice for masking bare forms, but an essential part of fine craftsmanship, without which a work is incomplete.”

Interior wall

elevation showing elaborate polychrom

e tile.

Mihrab from the Madrasa Imami, Isfahan, Iran, ca.

1354. Glazed mosaic tilework, 11' 3" X 7' 6".

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Golden Age of Islamic Tilework: 16th and 17th

Centuries

‘Cuerda seca' (Dry Cord) introduced in Umayyad Spain during the 10th

century which uses colored glazes separated by outlines made of a greasy substance

which burns away after firing

Ottomans introduces polychrome tiles,

polychrome panels made of square or rectangular

tiles

Islamic Tilework

In India the music was very influenced by Islam, except, instead of dastgahs, Indians used ragas.

Like the Indian raga, certain Persian dastgah are associated with the seasons, time of day, towns and musicians.

Instead of eight notes, the Persian scale is divided into 22 microtones

Guided Goats

What instrument begins this piece?

What Indian drum does this drum sound similar too?

Active Listening #4Mahur

The notes of the Persian dastgah Mahur correspond to the Western major scale.

  In this example the drum is called a zarb.

Just the factsListening #4Mahur

Mystic poetry provides the inspiration for most art music.

The theoretical concepts of music were based primarily on the writings of the Greeks.

 The Mongol historic period cultivated many great works of art and music.

An –ology is the study of a science.

Guided Goats

Luxury Arts

MAQSUD OF KASHAN, carpet from the funerary mosque of Shaykh

Safi al-Din, Ardabil, Iran, 1540. Knotted pile of wool and silk,

34' 6" X 17' 7". Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

Learn about how to knot and trim properly

Finish attaching your design

Choose your colors

Pick up a pair of scissors

Begin!

CFU: Persian Rug: How to knot and beginning your rug.