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