islamic art. the kaaba, mecca, saudi arabia surrounded by the mosque of al-masjid al-haram
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The Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem, 691-2
DomeDrumArcade of piers and columnsAisles/ambulatories
Exterior tiles
minbar
Sultan Hasan Madrasa-Mausoleum-Mosque ComplexMain iwan (vaulted chamber) in the mosque, Cairo, Egypt
14th cent.
Great Mosque Cordoba, Spain
786 – 987
Area covered: 620 x 460’1/3 of it is the courtyard
MihrabMosaics with inscriptions, geometric motifs and stylized vegetation
Dome in front of the mihrab
Great Mosque, Cordoba, SpainBegun 785–86
Complexity of design reflects Islamic interest in mathematics and geometryas sources of artistic inspiration
White stone and red brick voussoirs
Page from the Qur'an in kufic script
9th century
Black ink pigments, and gold on vellum, 8⅜ X 11⅛"
calligraphy
Bowl with kufic borderE with slip, pigment, and lead glaze
“Knowledge: the beginning of it is bitter to taste, but the end is sweeter than honey”
9th–10th century
Textile with elephants and camels (known today as the Shroud of Saint Josse)Before 961Dyed silk, largest fragment 20½ X 37" From Khurasan or Central Asia
Mamluk glass oil lampc. 1355Syria or Egypt
Glass, polychrome enamel, and goldheight 12" (30.5 cm)
“God is the light of the heavens and the earth. His light is as a niche wherein is a lamp,a lamp in a glass, the glass as a glittering star.
The Qu’ran
The Great Mosque of Isfahan
(The Masjid-I Jami Mosque), Isfahan, Iran
11th–18th century
14th-century iwan vault,
17th-century minarets
Blue glazed tile
Mosque of Sultan Selim II, EdirneTurkey 1568–75 Ottoman architect Sinan (Sinan the Great)
Climax of Ottoman architecture
Illuminated Tugra of Sultan SuleymanInk, paint, and gold on paperremoved from a firman and trimmed to 20½ X 25⅜"
c. 1555–60Istanbul, Turkey
From a copy of the 12th-century Khamsa (Five Poems) of Nizami Kamal al-Din Bihzad
The Caliph Harun Al-Rashid Visits the Turkish Bathc. 1494Herat, Afghanistan
Ink and pigments on paper
c. 7 X 6"
Brass with inlaid silver and copperheight 2", length 12⅝", width 2½"
Pen Box1210–11From Iran or Afghanistan
The Macy Jug
Composite body glazed, painted fritware and incised (glaze partially stained with cobalt), with pierced outer shell
6 ⅝ X 7 ¾"
1215–16
Iran
Banner of Las Navas de Tolosasouthern Spain 1212–50
Silk tapestry-weave with gilt parchment
10'9 ⅞" X 7'2 ⅝"Detail of center panel
Qur’an frontispiece
(right half of two-page spread)c. 1368Cairo, Egypt
Ink, pigments, and gold on paper
24 X 18"
16th century
Medallion Rug, variant Star Ushak style
WoolAnatolia (present-day Turkey)
10'3" X 7'6 ¼"
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