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BookofIslamicArts
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Session1ThefollowingfourslidesareforusewiththeVisualThinkingStrategyexplorationofIslamicarts.Thebasicinformationandlinksforfurther
informationcanbefoundunderthenotestaboneachslide.
Whatdoyousee?Whatdoyounotice?Whatisgoingon?
Session2-3TheMosque
TheSultanAhmedMosque TheBaiturrahman Mosque
Whatsimilaritiesanddifferencesdoyoufind?
GreatMosqueofSamarra,Iraq
• Year851• Spiralminaretis171feettall• Wasconnectedtothemosquebyabridge
GreatMosqueofXi’an
• ThelargestmosqueinChina• KnownastheGreatEasternMosque• DecoratedwithChineseandArabiccalligraphy• FeaturesChinesepagodas
Session4GeometricandArabesqueDesign
MosqueDecoration
GeometricDesignandTessellations
StarandHexagonalTilePatternLate13th-14th centuryProbablyfromIran
SymmetryandtheArabesque
Session5Calligraphy
OldEnglishcalligraphy
Japanesecalligraphy
Chinesecalligraphy
ArabicCalligraphyasanArtForm
• Calligraphy,fromtheGreekwords kallos (beauty)and graphos (writing),referstotheharmoniousproportionofbothletterswithinawordandwordsonapage.Whilesomeofthebestexamplesofcalligraphicwritingmakethisartformappeareffortless,eachletteranddiacriticalmarkistheresultofpainstakingmeasurementsandmultiplestrokes.• Calligraphyappearsonbothreligiousandsecularobjectsinvirtuallyeverymedium—architecture,paper,ceramics,carpets,glass,jewelry,woodcarving,andmetalwork.
• FromTheMetMuseum resourceArtoftheIslamicWorld,Unit2:ArabicScriptandtheArtofCalligraphy
IslamicCalligraphyExamples
