Islamic Art Midterm

Islamic Art Midterm

Ka’ba at the Masjid al-Haram. Mecca, Saudi Arabia

House of the Prophet, plan and reconstruction. 624. Medina, Saudi Arabia

Dome of the Rock. Umayyad, 691. Jerusalem.

Great Mosque of Damascus. Umayyad, 706. Damascus, Syria

Khirbat al-Mafjar. Umayyad, ca. 740. Near Jericho, West Bank.

Gold Dinar of Abd al-Malik with standing caliph. Umayyad, 696-7

Red wool tunic with clavi and roundels. Umayyad, 7th-8th cent.

fragments from the tiraz of Caliph Marwan II. Umayyad, 744-50.

textile fragment with Pseudo-Inscriptions. Umayyad, 7th-8th cent.

Marwan Ewer. Umayyad, 8th cent.

Animal Flask. Umayyad, late 7th-8th cent.

plan of Medieval Baghdad (City of Peace). Abbasid, founded 762.

Mosque of al-Mutawakkil. Abbasid, 848-52. Samarra, Iraq.

Great Mosque of Kairouan. Aghlabid, 836 and later. Kairouan, Tunisia.

Lustreware tiles around the mihrab, Great Mosque of Kairouan. Aghlabid, 856-63. Kairouan, Tunisia.

Stucco Style C. Abbasid, 9th cent. Samarra, Iraq.

Huntress Fresco, from Jawsaq al-Khaqani palace. Abbasid, ca. 836. Samarra, Iraq.

Sulayman. Ewer in the form of a Bird. Abbasid, 796-7.

Lustreware Bowl with Two Facing Peacocks. Abbasid, 10th cent.

Earthenware Bowl with Arabic Inscription, Samanid, 10th cent.

Earthenware Bowl with Green, Yellow, and Brown Splashed Decoration. Samanid, 10th cent.

Folio from a Blue Qur’an. Abbasid, 9th-10th cent.

Facade of Qasr Al-Mshatta. umayyad, 743-4.

Great Mosque of Cordoba. Spanish Umayyad, 786-987. Cordoba, Spain.

Madinat al-Zahra. Spanish Umayyad, 936. Cordoba Spain.

Capital with Acanthus Leaves from Madinat al-Zahra. Spanish Umayyad, 10th cent.

Fountainhead from Madinat al-Zahra. Spanich Umayyad, 10th cent.

pyxis of al-Mughira. Spanish Umayyad, 968.

Tiraz Fragement naming Hisham II. Spanish Umayyad, 976-1013.