Islamic Art

-The Kaaba
-Pre-Islamic
-Mecca, Saudi Arabia
-Granite masonry, covered with silk curtain and caligraphy in gold and silver-wrapped thread
-631-632 CE

-Dome of the Rock
-Umayyad
-Jerusalem, Israel
-Stone masonry and wooden roof decorated with glazed ceramic tile, mosaics, and gilt aluminum and bronze dome
-691-692 CE., with multiple renovations

-Great Mosque (Masjid-e Jameh)
-Islamic
-Isfahan, Iran
-Stone, brick, wood, plaster, and glazed ceramic tile
-c. 785-786 CE

-Great Mosque of Cordoba
-Umayyad
-Spain
-Stone Masonry
-785-786 CE

-Folio from a Qur’an
-Arab
-North Africa, Near East
-Ink, color, and gold on parchment
-c. 8th to 9th century

-Pyxis of al-Mughira
-Umayyad
-Spain
-Ivory
-968 CE

-Basin (Baptistere de St. Louis)
-Muhammad ibn al-Zain
-Egypt/Syria
-Brass inlaid with gold and silver
-c. 1320-1340 CE

-Alhambra
-Nasrid Dynasty
-Spain
-Whitewashed adobe stucco, wood, tile, paint, gilding
-1354-1391 CE

-Bahram Gur Fights the Karg
-Islamic
-Persia (present-day Iran)
-Ink and opaque watercolor, gold, and silver on paper
-c 1330-1340 CE

-The Court of Gayumars
-Islamic
-Tabriz, Iran
-Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
-c. 1522-1525 C.E.

-Ardabil Carpet
-Maqsud of Kashan
-Iran
-Silk and wool
-1539-1540 CE

-Mosque of Selim II
-Sinan
-Turkey
-Brick and stone
-1568-1575