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Islamic Arts
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Principal Arts
Arts of the ObjectCeramicsMetalworkGlassWoodworkTextiles
ArchitectureTombsMosques
The Arts of the BookCalligraphyIllustration
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Arts of the Object
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Main Styles of Islamic Art
Geometric CalligraphicOrganic/FiguralMedallions
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Geometric
Based on mathematical shapes
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Calligraphic
Uses Arabic script as the focal point of a design
Marble foundation stone from Egypt
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Organic/Figural
Identified by:Curving
linesHumans or
animalFlowers or
vines
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Medallion
Central image that is more important than other elements of the design
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Pop Quiz
Identify the Style
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Which Style?
Geometric
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Which Style?
Organic/FiguralCan you see the
bird?
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Which Style?
Medallion Style
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Which Style?
Calligraphic“Science, its taste
is bitter at the beginning but, at the end, sweeter than honey.”
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Arabo-Andalusian Music
What to listen for: Timbre
Lute Improvisation Microtones
Quarter step above the previous note
Arabic music has 17 notes
Meter/Tempo
Lute
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Architecture
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Petra
Rock Tomb Hellenistic
similarities What movie?
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Frontal view of the Khaznet-Fir`awn (the Treasury of Pharoah), a second century A.D. rock tomb in Petra.
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Three Styles of Mosques
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Hypostyle Mosque
Prayer hall is formed of rows of columns
Usually multiple columns vertically
Dominant style in the early period Hypostyle Hall of the
Mosque of the Umayyad, Damascus
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Central-Dome Mosque
Prayer hall's space is dominated by a central dome surrounded by smaller and lower semi-domes.
The Selimiyye Mosque in Edirne
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Iwan Mosque
Prayer hall is an iwan, or up to four iwans, surrounding a courtyard.
Most popular type in the medieval period
Two of the Four Iwan of the Friday Mosque in Isfahan
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Minaret, a tower from which criers call the prayers.
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The Dome of the Rock(Qubbat al-Sakhra)
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The Dome of the Rock(Qubbat al-Sakhra)
View of the interior of the Dome of the Rock, showing the inner ambulatory arcade.
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Ka'ba in MeccaMasjid al-Haram
Center of worship and pilgrimage
The qibla towards which worshippers face when praying.
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Arts of the Book
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Calligraphy
Calligraphy – beautiful writingThe most revered form of artistic
expression in the Islamic worldWord of God in visual form
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Characteristics of Calligraphy
Earliest form of Arabic script was called Kufic script.
• Pages from the Koran, Syria or Iraq. 9th century
• Ink, pigments, and gold on vellum, 8” x 11 ½”
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Qur'an (Koran)
The red dots above and below the letters indicate accents
The medallion in the margin signifies a text division
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Illustrations