AP Art History Chapter 13: In Praise of Allah – The Art of the Islamic World.

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Chapter 13: Chapter 13:

In Praise of Allah – In Praise of Allah –

The Art of the Islamic WorldThe Art of the Islamic World

Chronology: 570-1600Chronology: 570-1600570-700570-700Birth of Muhammad: ca. 570Muhammad’s 1st revelation: 610Muhammad’s flight to Medina (Hijra): 622Death of Muhammad in Median: 632 Muslims capture Jerusalem: 638Muslim conquest of Lower Egypt: 642Umayyad Caliphate established: 661700-800700-800Muslim armies enter Spain: 711Charles Martel defeats Muslims at Poitiers: 732Abbasid Caliphate established: 750Umayyad Caliphate established in Spain: 756Abbasids found Baghdad: 762800-900800-900Samanid Dynasty estab. in Transoxiana: 819900-1000900-1000Fatimid Dynasty established in Egypt: 909Fatimids found Cairo: 969

1000-11001000-1100

Fall of Umayyad Caliphate in Spain:1031Seljuk Dynasty estab. In Iran: 1038First Crusade Captures Jerusalem: 10991100-12001100-1200Saladin founds Ayyubid Dynasty in Egypt: 1171Saladin captures Jerusalem from Crusaders: 11871200-13001200-1300Sultanate of Delhi estab. 1206Nasrid Dynasty estab. At Granada: 1230Mamluk Dynasty estab. In Egypt: 1250Mongols sack Baghdad: 1258Ottoman Empire founded: 12811300-15001300-1500Ottomans capture Constantinople: 1453Fall of Granada to the Christians: 14921500-16001500-1600Safavid Dynasty estab. In Iran: 1501Mughal Dynasty estab. In India: 1526Ottomans Capture Baghdad: 1534

The Islamic World

Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem

687-692

Detail of Dome of the Rock,Interior

Aerial view of the Great Mosque, Damascus, Syria706-715

Detail of a mosaic in theCourtyard arcade of theGreat Mosque, Damascus

Plan of the Umayyad palace,Mshatta, Jordan,

ca. 740-750

Aerial view of the Great Mosque, Kairouan, Tunisia,

ca. 836-873

Plan of the Great Mosque,Kairouan, Tunisia

Malwiya minaret of the Great Mosque,Samarra, Iraq,

848-852

Mausoleum of the Samanids,Bukhara, Ubekistanearly 10th century

Prayer hall of the Great Mosque,Cordoba, Spain,

8th to 10th centuries

Alternate view

Exterior View

Maqsura of the Great Mosque,Cordoba, Spain,

961-965

Dome in the front of the mihrabOf the Great Mosque,

Cordoba, Spain,961-965

Confronting lions and palm tree, fragment of textilenear Bukhara, Ubekistan,

8th century

Sulayman, Ewer in the form of a bird,796

Koran page with beginning of surah 18, al-Kahif (The Cave)9th or early 10th century

Muqarnas dome,Hall of the Two Sisters,

Alhambra palace,Granada, Spain,

1354-1391

Madrasa-mosque-mausoleum complex of Sultan HassanCairo, Egypt,begun 1356

Mihrab of the Sanctuary Liwan (interior) of Sultan Hassan Mosque

Sinan, Mosque of Selim II,Edirne, Turkey,

1568-1575

Sinan, interior of the Mosque of Selim II

Aerial view of the Great Mosque,Isfahan, Iran

11th to 17th centuries

Winter prayer hall of the Shahi (Imam) Mosque,Isfahan, Iran,1611-1638

Detail

Mihrab from the Madrasa Imami,Isfahan, Iran,

ca. 1354

Maqsud of Kashan,Carpet from the funerary mosque of

Shaykh ali-Din, Ardabil, Iran,

1540

Muhammad Ibn ali-Zayn, basinfrom Egypt,

ca. 1300

Canteen with episodes of the life of Christ,From Syria,

ca. 1240-1250

Comparison SectionComparison Section

Study the reproductions of the following buildings: Hagia Sophia (Figs. 12-3 to 12-5),The Mosque of Cordoba (Figs. 13-11 to 13-13), and the Pantheon (Fig. 10-48). CompareThe lighting effects created by each and describe the means used to achieve such effects.

Hagia Sophia (alt. view) Mosque of Cordoba (13-11) Pantheon (alt. view)

Compare the treatment of the figures on the Islamic basin shown in Fig. 13-29with the Roman horseman shown in the Roman relief (Fig. 10-58), the RomanSarcophagus (Fig. 10-71), and the Byzantine Barberini ivory (Fig. 12-1). Whatcompositional devices does each artist use and how does each organize multiplefigures and depict them? Which do you like best? Why?

Islamic basin (Fig. 13-29)

Roman horsemen (Fig. 10-58)

Roman Sarcophagus (Fig. 10-58)

Barberini Ivory (Fig. 12-1)