Islamic Art quiz 4

Qasr al-Hayr West

Floor painting with aquatic Roman-Byzantine motifs: a reworked image of a sea goddes in the roundel and two figures of ichteocentauri above it.

Qusayr Amra, Reception Hall, General View

Four scenes on the western wall of the Reception Hall in Qusayr Amra. Lower register left to right: (1) six kings; (2) bather; (3) players. Upper register: hunt.

Qasr Kharana

Khirbat al-Mafjar, bath, reception hall, first half of the 8th century

Khirbat al-Mafjar, Bath, floor mosaic in divan

Khirbat al-Mafjar, Bath,dome cap from the divan

Sculpture of a prince from the façade of the bath, Khirbat al-Mafjar, stucco

Sculpture of a dancer from the area of the bath, Khirbat al-Mafjar, stucco

External wall of the Umayyad palace, Mshatta, Jordan, ca. 740-750. Limestone, 16’ 7” high. Museum fur Islamische Kunst, Staatliche Museen, Berlin.