Islamic Architecture and Art

Question 1

Answer 1

House of Muhammad

at Medina

Islamic Architecture and Art (ca. A.D. 624)

Question 2

Early Islamic Art

Answer 2

7th through 9th century A.D.

Question 3

Answer 3

Dome of the Rock

at Jerusalem

Islamic Architecture and Art (Early Islamic Art: 7th-9th century A.D.)

• commissioned by Caliph ‘Abd al-Malik
• central plan
• no figural decoration

Question 4

Answer 4

Great Mosque of Damascus

at Damascus, Syria

Islamic Architecture and Art (Early Islamic Art: 7th-9th century A.D.)

Question 5

Answer 5

Great Mosque at Kairouan

at Kairouan, Tunisia

Islamic Architecture and Art (Early Islamic Art: 7th-9th century A.D.)

Question 6

Answer 6

Minaret of the Great Mosque

at Samarra, Iraq

Islamic Architecture and Art (Early Islamic Art: 7th-9th century A.D.)

Question 7

Answer 7

Great Mosque of Córdoba

at Córdoba, Spain

Islamic Architecture and Art (Early Islamic Art: 7th-9th century A.D.)

• hypostyle
• lobed arches
• complex dome geometry

Question 8

Answer 8

Friday Mosque

at Isfahan, Iran

Islamic Architecture and Art (11th - 17th century A.D.)

• Iwans: apses used for teaching or to get out of sun

Question 9

Answer 9

Umayyad Palace

at Mshatta, Jordan

Islamic Architecture and Art (Early Islamic Art: 7th-9th century A.D.)

• has figural scenes (animals)
• not religious

Question 10

Answer 10

Pyxis of al-Mughira

Islamic Architecture and Art (Early Islamic Art: 7th-9th century A.D.)

• animal figure decoration, some human figures

Question 11

Answer 11

Dish with Proverb

from Nishapur, Iran

Islamic Architecture and Art (10th century A.D.)

Question 12

Later Islamic

Answer 12

14th through 18th century A.D.

Question 13

Answer 13

Alhambra

Granada, Spain

Islamic Architecture and Art (Later Islamic: 14th-18th century A.D.)

• Brings idea of paradise to Earth

Question 14

Answer 14

Muqarnas Dome

at Alhambra in Granada, Spain

Islamic Architecture and Art (Later Islamic: 14th-18th century A.D.)

• looks like honeycomb
• dematerializes architecture

Question 15

Answer 15

Court of the Lions

at Alhambra in Granada, Spain

Islamic Architecture and Art (Later Islamic: 14th-18th century A.D.)

• uses muqarnas around

Question 16

Answer 16

Madrasa-Mosque-Mausoleum of Sultan Hasan

at Cairo, Egypt

Islamic Architecture and Art (later Islamic: 14th-18th century A.D.)

Question 17

Answer 17

Mosque of Selim II

at Edirne, Turkey

Islamic Architecture and Art (Later Islamic: 14th-18th century A.D.)

• Designed by Sinan the great
• simliar to Hagia Sophia, but cleaner and simpler
• lots of clear views