arh islamic art exam 2 study

GM of Samarra

Hypostyle Mosque

GM of Damascus

Temenos foundation

Topkapi

Imaret

GM of Cordoba

Horseshoe arches

Glass Technique

Millefiori

Qasr Amra

Frescos, Princely entertainments

Samarra Palaces

Carved stucco

Location of Mihrab in all mosques

Quibla wall

Alhambra Palace

Muqarnas

Khirbat al-Mafa

Reception hall mosaic

The Koran

The holy book of Islam

Codez

Book

Codices

plural of codex

Folio

pages (leaves) of a manuscript

Opening of Koran

2 pages open

Purple Codex

written on dyed paper or parchment

Carpet Page

opening with intricate, carpet-like decoration (often with tassels)

Sura

A chapter heading of the Qur'an

Bismillah

In the name of God

Kufic script

early form of arabic script written on the ground

Nashki Script

linear,written with pronunciations guides (breathing marks and diacriticals)

Thulth script

as with nashki, but vertical and decorative

'Blue Qur'an'
Location:Qayrawan Museum
If in situ:
Place where it was constructed: 10th century north africa
Dynasty: Abbasid 850
Patron:-
Artist:-
Date: 9th-10th c

Nashki Koran
Location: University of Pennsylvania Museum
If in situ:-
Place where it was constructed: Iran
Dynasty: Seljuk
Patron:-
Artist: mahmud
Date: 1164

Hijazi Koran
Location:london: british library
If in situ:-
Place where it was constructed: Egypt
Dynasty: Abbasid
Patron:
Artist:
Date:

Koran Carpet Page, 17th C
Location:Cairo: national library
If in situ:-
Place where it was constructed:
Dynasty: Mamluk
Patron:-
Artist: Ibrahim al-amidi
Date: 17th

Book Binding
Location:
If in situ:
Place where it was constructed:
Dynasty: Abbasid
Patron:
Artist:
Date: 10th c

Fatimid Minbar Panel
Location: cairo
If in situ: yes
Place where it was constructed: cairo
Dynasty: fatimid
Patron:
Artist:
Date: 11th century

Rock crystal goblet fatimid
Location: Venice: San Marco
If in situ:-
Place where it was constructed: turkey?
Dynasty: Abbasid/fatimid
Patron:
Artist:
Date: 10th-11th

Great mosque of Cairo (Qayarawn)
Location:africa
If in situ: yes
Place where it was constructed: africa
Dynasty: abbasid
Patron:
Artist:
Date: 875

GM Cairo
lustre ware tiles, minbar,mihrab
Location: near Tunis, Kairouan, Sidi Oqba Mosque
If in situ:yes
Place where it was constructed: africa
Dynasty: abbasid
Patron:
Artist:
Date: 856-63

Qayrawan: Great Mosque tiles on quibla wall
Location: near Tunis, Kairouan, Sidi Oqba Mosque
If in situ:yes
Place where it was constructed: africa
Dynasty: abbasid
Patron:
Artist:
Date: 856-63

Lustre bowl
Location: london
If in situ:
Place where it was constructed: egypt
Dynasty: fatimid
Patron:
Artist: sa'd
Date: 12th c

Seljuk luster ware platter
Location: NY:met
If in situ:
Place where it was constructed: Iran
Dynasty: saljuq
Patron:
Artist:
Date:

Fatimid lustre ware jar
Location:Washington, D.C.: Freer Gallery of Art
If in situ:
Place where it was constructed: near/middle east
Dynasty: Abbasid
Patron:
Artist:
Date:

Fatimid lustre ware platter
Location:cairo: museum of islamic art
If in situ:
Place where it was constructed: egypt
Dynasty: fatimid
Patron:
Artist:
Date: 800-1100

The Shahnama, or Book of King

*Composed by the Persian Poet Ferdowsi, finished in 1010. *50,000 rhyming couplets (two-line verses) *National epic, traces back to Sasanian Persia, with each power adding new histories and myths. Muslim and Christian patrons. *Manuscripts combine different sections of the poem *More than 1100 existing folios from ~500 different manuscripts, commissioned by different rulers in different cultures and empires

The Small Shahnama
Hero: Bahram Gur Emphasis on Text Approx 2 x 5 inches 6 5/16 x 5 11/16 in
Long epic poem
Location:iran
If in situ:-
Place where it was constructed: iran
Dynasty: il-khanid
Patron:
Artist:
Date: 977-1010 ce mongol period

Great Mongol Shahnama
The death of alexander (the great)
Location:iran
If in situ:
Place where it was constructed: persia-iran
Dynasty: il-khanid
Patron:
Artist:ferdowsi
Date: mongol period

Mongol Expansionism
the Great Mongol Shahnama, c. 1335
Location: iran
If in situ:
Place where it was constructed: persian-iran
Dynasty: il-khanid
Patron:
Artist:
Date: 1335c

Shahnama of Shah Tamzasp
Location: iran
If in situ:
Place where it was constructed: iran
Dynasty:
Patron: ferdowsi
Artist: qadimi

Spanish Umayyad al-Andalus

Madinat al-Zahra Established by Abd Al-Rahman III Summer palace of Córdoba Artistic workshops of al-Andalus

Madinat al-Zahra Palace
Location: sl-andalus spain
If in situ: yes
Place where it was constructed: spain
Dynasty: spanish ummayad
Patron:
Artist:abd al ramham
Date: c.940

Madinat al-Zahra: Palace Complex
Location: sl-andalus spain
If in situ: yes
Place where it was constructed: spain
Dynasty: spanish ummayad
Patron:
Artist:abd al ramham
Date: c.940

Madinat al-Zahra
Location: sl-andalus spain
If in situ: yes
Place where it was constructed: spain
Dynasty: spanish ummayad
Patron:
Artist:abd al ramham
Date: c.940

Reception Hall : Salon Rico Mirador Pavillions and pools
Location: al-andalus spain
If in situ:yes
Place where it was constructed: spain
Dynasty: spanish ummayad
Patron:
Artist:
Date: 10th

copper alloy stag
Location: spain cordoba, museo arquelogico de cordoba
If in situ:
Place where it was constructed:
Dynasty: spanish ummayyad
Patron:
Artist:
Date:

Madinat al-Zahra: Palace
Location: sl-andalus spain
If in situ: yes
Place where it was constructed: spain
Dynasty: spanish ummayad
Patron:
Artist:abd al ramham
Date: c.940

Pyxis with human & animal figures (ANDALUSIA)
Location: paris:louvre
If in situ:
Place where it was constructed: spain
Dynasty: abbasod
Patron:
Artist:
Date: 968

Pyxis of al-Mughira
it has two humans on a horse
Location:paris:louvre
If in situ:
Place where it was constructed: spain
Dynasty: spanish ummayad?
Patron:
Artist:
Date: 968

Pyxis of al-Mughira
Location:paris:louvre
If in situ:
Place where it was constructed: spain
Dynasty: spanish ummayad?
Patron:
Artist:
Date: 968

Nasrid Pyxis
(pl: pyxides) has a cross in the middle
Location:zaragoza:cabildo metropolitano
If in situ:
Place where it was constructed: spain
Dynasty:
Patron:
Artist:
Date: 13th century

Mamluk

1250-1517 Cairo, Egypt "slave army" Metal- and glassworks Patrons and artists names Crusader patrons, non-Crusader objects looted by Crusaders and taken to Europe

The Maqamat of Al-Hariri
Location: vienna
If in situ:
Place where it was constructed: egypt
Dynasty: mamluk
Patron:
Artist:
Date:1334

Mamluk Glass Oil Lamp
Location:corning:museum of glass
If in situ:
Place where it was constructed: syria or egypt
Dynasty: mamluk
Patron:
Artist:
Date: 1355

Mosque lamp from Cairo
Location:london:victoria and albert
If in situ:
Place where it was constructed: egypt
Dynasty: mamluk
Patron:
Artist:
Date: 1356-63

Glass lamp with enamelled decoration made for Saif al-Din Tuquztimur al-Hamawi
Location:
If in situ:
Place where it was constructed:
Dynasty: mamluk
Patron:
Artist:
Date: 1340c

Egyptian river boat of painted leather
Shadow play painted leather
Location: berlin: staatliche museen
If in situ:
Place where it was constructed: egypt
Dynasty: mamluk
Patron:
Artist:
Date: 15th c

Block-printed linen, Egypt
Location:
If in situ:
Place where it was constructed: egypt
Dynasty: mamluk
Patron:
Artist:
Date: 14th

Brass basin of saint louis
Location:paris:louvre
If in situ:
Place where it was constructed: syria
Dynasty: mamluk
Patron:
Artist:Muhammad ibn al-Zain
Date: 1300

sinan

the greatest of all Ottoman architects

Minaret

Tower, from which the imam, or local religious leader, issues the call for prayer five times each day

mihrab

Indicates the direction of Mecca, toward which the faithful direct their prayers; the mihrab is set into the Qibla Wall, giving the faithful a larger focus

quibla wall

The wall containing the mihrab indicating the direction to Mecca.

Minbar

a portable pulpit, from which the leader of the community, the imam, speaks.

madrasa

religious school

imaret

charity kitchen, distributing food to the poor

Abolution Fountain

the faithful cleanse their hands and feet before entering the mosque