APAH Ch. 10 & 33: The Islamic & Persian Art & Architecture

5 Pillars of Faith

1. Shahadah-Reciting of Faith

2. Salat-Praying 5 times a day

3. Sawm-Fasting

4. Zakat-Paying of Alms

5. Hajj-Pilgrimage

Mosque

8. minaret (pencil tower or highest dome/part of structure)

1. Qiblah Wall

2. Mihrab

Arabesque or Vegetal

Tessellation or Geometric

Calligraphy or Epigraphic

Mihrab

from the Madrasa Imami, Isfahan, Iran

1354

Glazed mosaic tilework

The Kaaba, Mecca

Saudi, Arabia

Islamic. Pre-Islamic monument

rededicated by Muhammed in 631-632 CE

multiple renovations

Granite masonry, covered with silk curtain and calligraphy in gold and silver-wrapped thread

Dome of the Rock

Jerusalem, Palestine

Islamic, Umayyad

691-692 CE

with multiple renovations

Stone masonry and wooden roof decorated with glazed ceramic tile, mosaics, and gilt aluminum and bronze dome

Great Mosque

-arches

Cordoba, Spain

Umayyad

785-786 CE

Stone masonry

Prayer hall of the Mezquita (Great Mosque)

Cordoba, Spain

8th to 10 centuries

Maqsura of the Mezquita (Great Mosque)

Cordoba, Spain

961-965

Dome in front of the mihrab of the Mezquita (Great Mosque)

Cordoba, Spain

961-965

Great Mosque (Masjid-e Jameh) Isfahan, Iran

Islamic, Persian

Seljuk, Il-Khanid, Timurid and Safavid Dynasties

700 CE

additions and restorations in the 14th, 18th, and 20th centuries CE

stone, brick, wood, plaster, and glazed ceramic tile

Haydar, mihrab in the winter prayer hall of the Friday Mosque, Isfahan, Iran

1310

Mihrab (prayer room)

Aerial view of the Friday Mosque

Isfahan, Iran

11th-17th centuries

Plan of the Friday Mosque, Isfahan, Iran 11th to 17th centuries

Mosaic tilework of the minarets of the gibla iwan of the Friday Mosque

Isfahan, Iran

16th century

Muqarnas tilework of the entrance portal of the Imam Mosque (formerly the Shah Mosque)

Isfahan, Iran

1611-1638

Pyxis of al-Mughira,

Umayyad

968 CE

Ivory

from Medina al-Zahrs, nears Cordoba, Spain

Folio from a Qur’an

Arab, North Africa or Near East

Abbasid

8th to 9th century

ink, color, and gold on parchment

Alhambra

Granada, Spain

Nasrid Dynasty

1354-1391

Whitewashed adobe stucco, wood, tile, paint and gilding

Court of the Lions

Palace of the Lions

Alhambra, Granada, Spain

1354-1391

Muqarnas dome, Hall of the Abencerrajes

Palace of the Lions

Alhambra

Granada, Spain

1354-1391

Mosque of Selim II

Edirne, Turkey

Sinan (Architect)

1568-1575

Brick and stone

Sinan, view into the dome of the Mosque of Selim II

Edirne, Turkey

1568-1575

The Ardabil Carpet

Maqsud of Kashan

1539-1540

Silk and Wood

The Court of Gayumars

folio from Shah Tahmasp’s Shahnama

Sultan Muhammad

1522-1525

Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

Bahram Gur Fights the Karg, folio from the Great Il-Khanid Shahnama

Islamic, Persian, Il’Khanid

1330-1340

Ink and opaque watercolor, gold, and silver on paper

Basin (Baptistere de St. Louis)

Muhammad ibn al-Zain

1320-1340 CE

Brass inlaid with gold and silver

Jahangir Preferring a Sufi Shaikh to Kings

Bichitr

1620 CE

Watercolor, gold, and ink on paper

Taj Mahal

Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India

Masons

marble workers, mosaicists, and decorators working under the supervision of Ustad Ahmad Lahori

architect of the emperor

1632-1653

Stone masonry and marble with inlay of precious and semiprecious stones; gardens

Great Mosque of Djenné, Mali

Founded 1200CE

Rebuilt 1906-1907

Adobe