Chapter 8: Islamic Art (622-1600 CE)
• Qur’an (“Recitation”)• Islam (submission) – submission to God• Muslim• Muhammed• Caliphs (caliphate)n – following Muhammed (seen as a spiritual leader
following the model of Muhammed)
Mecca, Medina, Jerusalem, Cordobahijira
5 Pillars of Islam
• Proclaim Allah as one God, Muhammed as His Prophet• Prayer facing Mecca• Giving alms• Observance of Ramadan• Pilgrimage to Mecca
The Kabaa, Meccahajj
Haram-al Sharif
Dome of the Rock691
Jerusalem
Umayyad 661-750 CEA caliphate
Interior, Dome of the Rock“Night Journey”
The Great MosqueKairouanTunisia
836-875
• Masjid• Quibla• Hypostyle
mosque
QiblamihrabminbarImam
Yahya Ibn al-WasitiThe Maqamat of Al-Hariri
1237
Tile Mosaic Mihrabc. 1354
• Aniconic• Horror vacui – fear of empty
spaces
Tile Mosaic Mihrab, c. 1354
• keel arch• aniconic
• horror vacui
• pointed arch
Keel Arch
Great MosqueCordoba
begun 785
• Iberian Umayyad dynasty• 756-1031
Horseshoe arches
Dome in front of mihrabGreat Mosque
Cordoba965
mosaic
arabesques – organic designs