art history

Dome of the Rock

690, Jerusalem, Umayyad

Great Mosque of Damascus

706, Damascus, Umayyad

Qusayr Amra

first half 700s, Jordan, Umayyad

Great Mosque of Cordoba

780s-980s, Cordoba, Umayyad Emirate

Palace City of Madinat al Zahr

930s, Cordoba outskirts, Umayyad emirate

Baghdad

760s, Baghdad, Abbasids

Ukhaidir

770s, near Kufa, Abbasids

Jaswaq al-Khaqani

830s, Samarra, Abbasids

Great Mosque of Samarra

850s, Samarra, Abbasids

Mosque of Ibn Tulin

870s, Cairo, Tulunids

Al Azhar Mosque and Madrasa

990s, Cairo, Fatimids

Al Aqmar Mosque

1120s, Cairo, Fatimids

Dome of the rock

great mosque of damascus

great mosque of cordoba

palace city of madinat al zahr

baghdad

ukhaidir

jaswaq al khawani

great mosque of samarra

mosque of ibn tulin

al azhar mosaque and madrasa

al aqmar mosque

9th century, china, tang dynasty, porcelain

imitation green splashed samarra bowl, 9th century, abbasid, ceramics

who were tulunids

Ahmad ibn Tulun was sent by Abbasid to Cairo but he built his own dynasty 868/70. refused to pay tribute and declared himself independent

What did abbasid art do/change?

more mesapotamian materials and forms, persian inspired brickwork throne room & valuted chambers, trade over indian ocean like with tang dynasty, new round city,

fatimids

Shi’i Isma‘ili political system - believe in hereditary caliphate and caliph is Imam, 900s arise and become a threat, mid 969 declare cairo as capital, overthrown by ayyubids in 1171

Who are the ayyubids?

Salah al-Din defeats the Fatimids and establishes the

Ayyubid dynasty (1171–1250)

1187: Salah al-Din (Saladin) recaptures Jerusalem.

1189–92: Third Crusade and the Sieges of Acre and

Jaffa with Richard the Lionheart.

1250: Mamluks overthrew the Ayyubids

1291: Fall of Acre to the Mamluks, end of the Crusades

Abolishment of Shi‘i doctrine and reinstatement

of Sunni Islam

About the crusades

1067: Sack and dispersal of the royal Fatimid

treasury in Cairo

1095: Pope Urban II launched the First

Crusade. Jerusalem was under the Fatimid

Caliphate (909–1171).

1171: The Ayyubids overthrew the Fatimids

1187: The Ayyubid dynasty (1171–1250) ruler

Salah al-Din (Saladin) recaptures Jerusalem

1291: Fall of Acre to the Mamluks, end of the

Crusades

This period leads to more christian-muslim interactions influencing art

fatimid ewer for sultan al aziz, rock crystal, 970s-990s, cairo

1260s, Two beakers, Syria, Glass & enamel, Ayyubids

Blown glass, Syria, 1250, Ayyubids

Freer Canteen, Syria or Northern Iraq,

mid-13th century, Brass and silvery Inlay, Ayyubids

porcelain canteen, ming dynasty, 1400s, China

Ayyubid metalware, 1169–1260, Egypt and Levant, brass

Samanids and seljuks

Turkish and Persian Muslims establish autonomous kingdoms

Native languages like Turkish and Persian are used

Clash between Sunni and Shi‘i dynasties emerges

Select Dynasties:

The Samanids, 819–1005, Transoxiana (lower Central Asia) and Khurasan

The Seljuks of Persia, (1037–1194) capital was isfahan

The Mausoleum of Isma‘il b. Ahmad, Bukhara, early 900s century, Samanids

Samanid pottery, Nishapur, 900s to 1000s, fritware

figure with jeweled headdress, iran, 12th-13th century, seljuk, stucco

Mina’i ceramics, iran, 12th century, seljuks 

The congregational mosque of isfahan, seljuks, iran, first built late 700s

What is islamic art

Islamic art describes not only art created for

the Muslim faith but also art and architecture produced in

lands ruled by Muslims, for Muslim patrons, or by

Muslim artists