Islamic Art and Architecture
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Transcript Islamic Art and Architecture
Islamic Arts
Principal Arts
Arts of the Object
Ceramics
Metalwork
Glass
Woodwork
Textiles
Architecture
Tombs
Mosques
The Arts of the Book
Calligraphy
Illustration
Arts of the Object
Main Styles of Islamic Art
Geometric
Calligraphic
Organic/Figural
Medallions
Geometric
Based on
mathematical
shapes
Calligraphic
Uses Arabic
script as the
focal point of
a design
Marble foundation stone from Egypt
Organic/Figural
Identified by:
Curving lines
Humans or
animal
Flowers or
vines
Medallion
Central image that
is more important
than other
elements of the
design
Pop Quiz
Identify the Style
Which Style?
Geometric
Which Style?
Organic/Figural
Can you see the
bird?
Which Style?
Medallion Style
Which Style?
Calligraphic
“Science, its taste
is bitter at the
beginning but, at
the end, sweeter
than honey.”
Arabo-Andalusian Music
What to listen for:
Timbre
Lute
Improvisation
Microtones
Quarter step above the
previous note
Arabic music has 17
notes
Meter/Tempo
Lute
Architecture
Petra
Rock Tomb
Hellenistic
similarities
What movie?
Indiana Jones
and the Last
Crusade
Frontal view of the KhaznetFir`awn (the Treasury of
Pharoah), a second century
A.D. rock tomb in Petra.
Three Styles of Mosques
Hypostyle Mosque
Prayer hall is
formed of rows
of columns
Usually
multiple
columns
vertically
Dominant style
in the early
period
Hypostyle Hall of the
Mosque of the Umayyad,
Damascus
Central-Dome Mosque
Prayer hall's
space is
dominated by a
central dome
surrounded by
smaller and
lower semidomes.
The Selimiyye Mosque in Edirne
Iwan Mosque
Prayer hall is
an iwan, or up
to four iwans,
surrounding a
courtyard.
Most popular
type in the
medieval
period
Two of the Four Iwan of
the Friday Mosque in
Isfahan
Minaret, a
tower from
which criers call
the prayers.
The Dome of the Rock
(Qubbat al-Sakhra)
The Dome of the Rock
(Qubbat al-Sakhra)
View of the interior of the
Dome of the Rock, showing
the inner ambulatory
arcade.
Ka'ba in Mecca
Masjid al-Haram
Center of
worship and
pilgrimage
The qibla
towards
which
worshippers
face when
praying.
Arts of the Book
Calligraphy
Calligraphy – beautiful writing
The most revered form of artistic
expression in the Islamic world
Word of God in visual form
Characteristics of Calligraphy
Earliest form of
Arabic script was
called Kufic script.
• Pages from the Koran, Syria or
Iraq. 9th century
• Ink, pigments, and gold on
vellum, 8” x 11 ½”
Qur'an (Koran)
The red dots
above and
below the
letters indicate
accents
The medallion
in the margin
signifies a text
division
Illustrations