Islamic Art - quiz 4

• Qasr Kharana

• Jordan

• before 710 AD

• Construction technique with use of rubble with mortar and decorations with bricks and stucco reflect Sassanian style architecture

• meeting place for support of Umayyad dynasty

• Qusayr Amra

• Jordan

• 723-743 CE by future Umayyad caliph Walid II

• Western wall of reception hall depicts 4 scenes (left to right: six kings, bather, players; up top: hunting)

• Khirbat al-Mafjar

• Jericho, Palestine

• First half of 8th century — 724-743 AD

• Bath has floor mosaic in divan, dome cap from the divan, sculpture of prince made out of stucco, sculpture of dancer made out of stucco

• Qasr al-Hayr West

• Syrian desert — west of Palmyra

• 727 CE

• floor painting has roman-byzantine motif — sea goddess in roundel with 2 ichteocentauri above it

• Qasr al-Mshatta

• Jordan

• 740-750 CE

• External wall is made out of limestone which is 16’ 7’’ high

  • in limestone facade are detailed zigzag carvings with motifs of Sassanian models — animals, mythical creatures

• In Berlin museum