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Islamic Art
Chapter 13
Islamic overview
• Dislike of idol worship resulted in strong use of textiles and calligraphy as art forms
• 2 major architectural forms: mosques and palaces
• Islam spread very fast reaching as far as Spain
• Mosques influences by central and basilica plans
Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem 687-692
Detail of mosaic in courtyard of Great Mosque
Great Mosque, Damascus, Syria, 706-715
Mosaic detail, Great Mosque, Damascus
Great Mosque, Tunisia: aerial view
Plan of Great Mosque Tunisia
Malwiya minaret of the Great Mosque, Samarra, Iraq, 848-852
Prayer Hall, Mosque, Cordoba, Spain 961-965
Great Mosque, Cordoba, SpainMaqsura & Dome
Koran Page on vellum 9th/10th century
Dome from Alhambra, Granada, Spain 1354-1391
Alhambra, Court of Lions
Sultan Hasan Madrasa-Mosque-Mausoleum complex, Cairo 1356
Sultan Hasan Madrasa-Mosque-Mausoleum complex plan, Cairo 1356
Sinan the Great, Mosque of Selim II, Erdine, Turkey 1568-1575
Sinan the Great and the Hagia Sophia
Mihrab from Madrasa Imami, Iran 1357, glazed tilework
Taj Mahal, Agra, India, 1632-1647
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