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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