Study Guide #13 Gardner's Art Through the Ages

Chapter 13: The Art of Islam

 

ISLAM  
Map: Islam: Expansion, 622-750 Early Islamic World Map 13.1
Mecca Great Mosque
Q’aba, 1st house of God, built by Abraham & Ishmael Mecca, Saudi Arabia: Hadj to the Great Mosque X2
Jerusalem: Temple Mount, fr. west: Dome of the Rock, left; Herodian wailing wall, center; Al-Aqsa Mosque (c. 700), far right. Wailing Wall
Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem. 680-92. 6 views. 13.1 Site of creation of Adam, sacrifice of Isaac, ascension of Muhammed
Dome of the Rock, cutaways
Dome of the Rock, interior 13.2.  2 views
Great Mosque of Damascus. sahn Great Mosque of Damascus. 13.3 aerial view
sahn sahn
mosaics 7  images sahn
Mshatta, Jordan.  plan of palace frieze. 13.6
frieze details 4  
Kairouan Mosque.  plan 13.8 aerial view. 13.7
sahn sahn
mihrab qibla wall, minbar
Samarra: Great Mosque.  plan 18.9 aerial view
wall minaret. 13.9
distant view sahn, portal X2
Mausoleum of the Samanids, Uzbekistan. 13.10
mosque plan types: l-r: hypostyle, 4-iwan, central plan. Cordoba, Spain: Great Mosque. expansions
Cordoba, Spain: Great Mosque. Plan. portal
hypostyle hall. 13.11 hypostyle hall X3
Maqsura. 13-12
mihrab niche X2 dome over mihrab bay. 13-13, closer view
Ewer.  13.15 Textile.  13-15
Basma Page from Koran. 9th C.  13.16
Kairouan Koran another
kufic border tugra of Suleyman I
Muqarnas X 3 Isfahan muqarnas in Iwan entry
Alhambra Hall of the 2 sisters: muqarnas ceiling. 13.17 and details
Sultan Hasan Complex: Madrasah-mosque-mausoleum. plan. 13.19 general view. 13-18
Istanbul: Great Mosque of Suleyman I. beg. 1550 by Sinan the Great. Istanbul: Great Mosque and imperial complex of Selim II by Sinan the Great. 13-20
Interior X 3. 1322 plan. 13.21
sahn
Iran: Isfahan: Masjid-i-Jami Mosque. Sahn, iwan, muqarnas Iran: Isfahan: Masjid-i-Jami Mosque. aerial view. 13.23
sahn mihrab 13.25
Winter prayer Hall of the Shahi. 13.24 dome, minaret
Carpet from funerary mosque of Shaykh Safi al-Din iran 1540. 13.26 Ottoman royal ceremonial caftan. 13.28
10th C. Shahnama X5 Sultan Muhammad, Court of Gayumars, det. folio 20 verso.  Shahnama of Shah Tahmasp. 13-27
Canteen w. Episodes from the Life of Christ.  Syria. 13-30 Muhammad ibn al-Zayn. Basin.  Egypt. 13-29