Islamic Art 7 th + Muhammad, Arabian c.570-632 Koran Islammic calligraphy -kufic (angular) 9 th -10...

Islamic Art 7th +Muhammad, Arabian c.570-632KoranIslammic calligraphy

-kufic (angular) 9th-10th

-cursive, 12th +

Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem 7th centuryGreat Mosque, Samarra, IraqminaretminbarmihrabGreat Mosque of Cordoba, Spain 8th-12th

Islamic Art 7th-14th ce

Prophet Muhammad c.570-632 CE

Plan of Mohammed’s house, 7th centuryMedina, Saudi Arabia

Arab Conquest 7th+

The Blue KoranKufic script from Koran from Tunisia 9-10th

centuryGold & silver ink on blue dyed parchment

Kufic script & bowl 9-10th century

Islamic CalligraphyTurga (royal emblem) Sultan Suleyman 1555-1560

Ink, paint & gold on paper

Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem 691 CE

Great Mosque Samarra 847-52, near Bagdad, Iraq

Minaret, Samarra

Mosque Cordoba, Spain 786-987

Mesquita Courtyard

Mesquita Courtyard

Mesquita Courtyard

Mesquita Courtyard

Prayer Hall, Cordoba

Mihrab

Mihrab

Pyxis ivory 10th century Spain, near Cordoba

14th century glass & polychrome enamel bottle& metal incised griffin from fountain? 11th century

Center panel of the banner of Las Navas de Tolosda, Spain

13th century silk tapestry11x7’

Garden Carpet Persia

17th century 17x15’

Plan used at CordobaIn courtyard to Mesquita

8-10th

Coronation Mantle Roger of Siciliy, 12th century