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ISLAMIC ART AND ARCHITECTURE
Page from Koran – Kufic Script
• Word of God recorded in Koran (recitation)• Arabic adopted as uniform script to transcribe revelations• Act of transcribing the Koran became sacred• Words of God are divine, act of writing the words and the writing itself
should be divine as well• Calligraphy widely used - beautiful
Prophet Muhammad & His Companions Going to the Fair – 14th Century
• Accompanied by Abu Bakr & Ali
• Islam discouraged use of figurative images
• Prophets face blank
• Traveling to seek support of his powerful uncle for conversion
DOME OF THE ROCK - JERUSALEM
• 687-691• OLDEST SURVIVING ISLAMIC
SANCTUARY• HOLIEST SITE IN ISLAM AFTER
MECCA & MEDINA• 24 CARAT GOLD DOME
ARABESQUE
• SYSTEM OF ISLAMIC DESIGN• NON-DESCRIPTIVE• NON-FIGURAL ART• PURE ABSTRACTION &
ORGANIC DESIGN• GEOMETRIC DESIGNS,
SCROLLING VINES• CALLIGRAPHY – HIGHEST
ART FORM
MIHRAB – NICHE IN WALL THAT INDICATES THE “QIBLA” THAT IS THE DIRECTION OF THE KAABA IN MECCA
(BOTH OF THESE IN CAIRO)
GREAT MOSQUE AT CORDOBA- BEGUN 785
PORTABLE ARTS• BRONZE STATUE 42 INCHES• MAY HAVE ORIGINALLY BEEN A
FOUNTAIN SPOUT• SAT ON TOP OF PISA CATHEDRAL
FROM ABOUT 1100-1828• MOST LIKELY TAKEN AS BOOTY BY
CRUSADERS DURING 1ST CRUSADE 1096
• PORTABLE ARTS POPULAR BECAUSE EASY TO CARRY WHILE TRAVELING
TAJ MAHAL – MOST FAMOUS OF ALL ISLAMIC MAUSOLEUMS – 1632-54