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Title: The “Blue Qur’an” Manuscript
Artist/Architect/Patron: Abbasid
Date/Period: 8-9 century CE
Culture/Place of Origin (geographic location or civilization): Baghdad or North Africa
Significance: Very costly to produce as they used indigo dye and gold ink, took up many many animals and their skin to create
showed prestige
shows beautiful kufic caligraphy
only known qur’an with the blue color
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Title: Palace of the Lions in Alhambra
Artist/Architect/Patron: Muhammad V
Date/Period: 1354-1391 CE
Culture/Place of Origin (geographic location or civilization): Granada, Spain - Nasrid Dynasty
Significance: one of the most celebrated structures
fountain with complex hydraulic system
peak of nasrid art and architecture
artistic masterpeice and water clock
most photographed part of the alhambra
private chambers for ruler and family and baths
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Title: Hall of the Two Sisters in Alhambra
Artist/Architect/Patron: Muhammad V
Date/Period: 1363 CE
Culture/Place of Origin (geographic location or civilization): Nasrid Dynasty
Significance:honeycomb vaulting, maqurnas
called two sisters bc of twin marble flagstones
small canal connected to palace of lions
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Title: Mosque of Al-Aqmar
Artist/Architect/Patron: Vizier of the Fatimid Caliph Al-Amir
Date/Period: 1125 CE
Culture/Place of Origin (geographic location or civilization): Cairo, Egypt - Fatimid Dynasty
Significance: emrges out of a political crisis
built on top of shops, waqf
development of keel arch
changed street path and alignment to make a ritual of a weekly friday parade throughout town
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Title: Cappella Palatina
Artist/Architect/Patron: King Roger II
Date/Period: 1142 CE
Culture/Place of Origin (geographic location or civilization): Palermo, Italy
Significance: contain european elements
shows influence from many cultures in that area
the mosques in this building had people, they told the story of christ
heavenly canopy w good omens
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Title: Madonna and Child
Artist/Architect/Patron: Giotto
Date/Period: 1320 CE
Culture/Place of Origin (geographic location or civilization): National Gallery, Washington DC
Significance: shifted away from flat byzantine style to more naturalism
shows human connection, more people connected with work
always in best clothing
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Title: Pisa Griffin made of copper alloy
Artist/Architect/Patron: unknown muslim
Date/Period: 11th century CE
Culture/Place of Origin (geographic location or civilization): Fatimid Dynasty - North Africa
Significance: largest known medieval islamic metal sculpture
has kufic inscriptions
represents cultural exchange between islamic world and europe
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Title: Church of San Sisto
Artist/Architect/Patron: unknown?
Date/Period: 1087
Culture/Place of Origin (geographic location or civilization): Pisa
Significance: displayed lusterbowls and was built to commemerate a military victory
turned lusterware from normal eating bowls to something of prestige and religoius meaning
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Title: Bacini, Egyptian Lusterware basin from Church of San Sisto
Artist/Architect/Patron: unknown?
Date/Period: 11th century
Culture/Place of Origin (geographic location or civilization): Pisa
Significance: bowls for eating and put into churches
testaments of trade
inspired italian pottery
helped keep track of trade routes
advanced islamic techniques and trade
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Title: The Great Mosque of Damascus
Artist/Architect/Patron: Umayyad Caliph Al-Walid
Date/Period: 715 CE
Culture/Place of Origin (geographic location or civilization): Umayyad Dynasty
Significance: some of the earliest mosaics
one of the most influential monuments of early islamic architecture that still stands
incorporated aspects from roman and byzantine
represents growth of islam
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Title: Rock Crystal Ewer
Artist/Architect/Patron: unknown
Date/Period: late 10th century
Culture/Place of Origin (geographic location or civilization): Cairo, Egypt - Fatimids
Significance: to show the skill of artists in islam
to show status as they used rare materials
inscribed with name of fatimid caliph al-aziz
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Title: Dome of the Rock
Artist/Architect/Patron: Caliph Abd Al-Malik
Date/Period: 687-692 CE
Culture/Place of Origin (geographic location or civilization): Jerusalem - Umayyad
Significance: the oldest surviving islamic monument
shrine not monument
not a mosque bc of orientatrion
finished after death of prophet when new political leader was needed
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Title: Mihrab of Great Mosque of Cordoba
Artist/Architect/Patron: Caliph Al-Hakam II
Date/Period: 10th century
Culture/Place of Origin (geographic location or civilization): Spanish Umayyad
Significance: golden mosaic
focal point of prayer hall and is used to identify the wall that faces mecca
used during daily prayers
very intricate and decorated
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Title: Mosaic at Reception Hall
Artist/Architect/Patron: Khirbat Al-Mafjar
Date/Period: 743-46 CE
Culture/Place of Origin (geographic location or civilization): Palestine
Significance: one of the largest and best-preserved ancient mosaic floors
they reveal what islamic courtly life was like in the ealry times
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Title: House of Prophet Muhammad
Artist/Architect/Patron: unknown
Date/Period: 622 CE
Culture/Place of Origin (geographic location or civilization): Medina
Significance: burial place of prophet
his original home
mainly influenced design of mosques
plavce of worship that brought muslims together