Islamic Art The Prophet Muhammad and his Companions

Islamic Art

The Prophet Muhammad and his Companions Traveling to the Fair

Reminders Tues 10/13 TEST: Early Christian, Byzantine, Islamic art – SG & q-cards due same day Fri 10/23: Free Response Grid Due – Non-European examples MUST be from the art of China before & after 1280 – European examples must come from Ancient Rome, Jewish, Early Christian, Byzantine or Early Medieval Fri 10/30 (2) article summaries due

Dome of the Rock

Iwans

Mosque of Damascus c. 705 -715

Great Mosque, Qairawan, Tunisia

Minaret, muezzins quibla

Islamic Terms • Qibla wall designates the direction of Mecca • Mihrab (niche) signifies a holy place; like the shrine for the Torah scroll in synagogue and frames for gods or saints in Roman and Christian sanctuaries • Maqsura, an enclosure in front of the mihrab for the ruler and other dignitaries, became a regular feature after an assassination attempt on the ruler • Minbar, or pulpit/throne, stands by the mihrab as the place for the prayer leader and a symbol of authority • Minarets, towers from which muezzins (or criers), call the faithful to prayer, they also rise outside the mosque as a symbol of Islam’s presence in a city

Mihrab, niche

Qibla wall w/ mihrab & minbar, Sultan Hasan mausoleum-mosque, Cairo, Egypt 1356 -63

Maqsura & mihrab

Minaret, tower for muezzins

Great Mosque, Cordoba

Dome of Great Mosque, Cordoba

Portal of Cordoba

Dome of Masjid-i Shah

Court of the Lions, the Alhambra

Taj Mahal

Arabic Calligraphy on large pishtaq of the Taj Mahal

Al. Hambra: Granada, Spain

Sinan, The Selimiye Cami, Edirne, Turkey, 1570 -74