Islamic Art 630 C.E. to the Present:
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Title –56. Great Mosque. Córdoba
Artist –architect of original structure not known
Date – 8th-10th centuries
Medium – stone, colored marble, other materials
Location – Cordoba, Andalusia, Spain
Title –56. Great Mosque. arches
Artist –unknown
Date – Begun 786-787 AD, added to in 9th and 10th centuries
Medium – Timber, brick, stone, jasper, onyx, marble, granite, porphyry
Location – Cordoba Mosque, Andalusia, Spain
Size - not specified
Title –56. Great Mosque. Golden Door
Artist – Prince Abd al-Rahman I
Date – 786
Medium – asper, onyx, marble, granite and porphyry
Location – Córdoba, Spain
Size - 590 x 425 feet
Title – # 57. Pyxis of al-Mughira
Artist – Unknown
Date – 938 C.E.
Medium – carved ivory with traces of jade
Location – Possibly from Madinat al-Zahra, Islamic Spain
Size - 16 X 11.8 cm
Title – 65. Alhambra Palace.
Artist – Unknown (multiple people)
Date – begun 1238
Medium – Plaster, gypsum, wood, clay
Location – Granada, Spain
Size - 26 acres
Title – 65. Court of the Lions
Artist – Unknown (multiple people)
Date – begun 1238
Medium – Plaster, gypsum wood, clay
Location – Granada, Spain
Size - ~
Title – 65. Alhambra Palace. Hall of Sisters
Artist – Unknown (multiple people)
Date – begun 1238
Medium – Plaster, gypsum wood, clay
Location – Granada, Spain
Size - ~
Title – 183. The Kaaba
Artist – unknown (pre-Islamic)
Date – 631-632 C.E.
Medium – Granite masonry, covered with silk curtain, calligraphy in gold and silver-wrapped thread
Location – Mecca, Saudi Arabia
Size - 12.86 X 11.03 X 13.1 m
Title – 84 Mosque of Selim II. domed exterior
Artist – Mimar Sinan
Date – 1568-1575
Medium – Cut stone, marble
Location – Edirne, Turkiye
Size - courtyard and prayer hall (197’ X 144’)
Title – 84 Mosque of Selim II. domed interior
Artist – Mimar Sinan
Date – 1568-1575
Medium – Cut stone, marble
Location – Edirne, Turkiye
Size - prayer hall (197’ X 144’)
Title –168. Great Mosque of Djenne
Artist – original: King Koi Konboro (alleged)
Date – current:1907, original:13th century
Medium – adobe
Location – Dejenné, Mali
Size - platform: 246’ X 246’ X 9.8’
Title – 185. The Dome of the Rock Exterior
Artist – Unknown (Umayyad patron: Caliph Abd al-Malik)
Date – 691-692 C.E.
Medium – Stone masonry, wooden roof, decorated with glazed ceramic tile, mosaics, and gilt aluminum and bronze dome,
Location – Jerusalem, Palestine
Size - ~
Title –186. Great Mosque (Masjid-e Jameh) Courtyard
Artist – under caliph Al-Mansur and later rulers
Date – 700; 11th-17th centuries
Medium – brick, wood, plaster, ceramic tile
Location – Isfahan, Iran
Size - ~
Title –186. Great Mosque (Masjid-e Jameh)
Mihrab (prayer room)
Artist – Haydar
Date – 700; 11th-17th centuries (13th century)
Medium – brick, wood, plaster, ceramic tile
Location – Isfahan, Iran
Size - ~
Title – 187 Folio from a Qur'an
Artist – Unknown
Date – before 911
Medium – vellum
Location – Possible Iraq
Size - 23 X 32 cm
Title – 188. Basin (Baptistère de St. Louis).
Artist – Muhammad ibn al-Zain
Date – 1320-1340 C.E
Medium – brass (inlaid with silver and gold and niello)
Location – Egypt or Syria
Size - 22.2 X 50.2 cm
Bahram Gur Fights the Karg (Horned Wolf), from the Great Mongol Shahnama, c. 1330–40 (Iran), ink, colors, gold, and silver on paper, folio 41.5 x 30 cm (Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, MA)
Sultan Muhammad (attributed), The Court of Kayumars, c. 1524–25 (Safavid: Tabiz, Iran), from the Shah Tahmasp Shahnameh, c. 1524–35, opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper, 45 x 30 cm (Aga Khan Museum, Toronto).
Title –191. Ardabil Carpet
Artist – unknown (Maqsud Kashani) Safavid Dynasty
Date – 1539-1540 C.E.
Medium – silk warps and wefts with wool pile
Location – Tabriz, Kashan, Isfahan or Kirman, Iran
Size - 25 million knots, 340 per in^2
Title –209. Taj Mahal
Artist – Ustad Ahmad Lahori, Mir Abd Al-Karim, Abdul Haqq, commissioned by Shah Jahan
Date – 1632-1653
Medium – white marble
Location – Agra, India
Size - 42 acres
Title –209. Taj Mahal, tomb
Artist – Ustad Ahmad Lahori, commissioned by Shah Jahan
Date – 1632-1653
Medium – white marble
Location – Agra, India
Size - 24’ per side
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