Quiz 4 Flashcards
Yuan Dynasty
China, Mongols dynasty in China
Influences from china
Chrysanthemum, lotus flower, clouds, Phoenix, dragon
Ilkhanid Dynasty
1256-1353 The Mongols Tomb of al Jai Tu Trade with China Figural images the Great Mongol Shanama
Herbal
From Discorides book De Material A Medicina
Herbs are medicine for everything
Discorides
40-90 CE
Greek Physician living under Romans
Ptolemy
90-168 CE Roman citizen of Egypt Astronomer Astrologer Mathematician
Lazvardina technique
Fritware, glazed in cobalt and then apply gold leaf
Bestiary
Books about mythical beasts
End of Ilkhanid Dynasty
1336
Muzaffarids
1314-1393 central Iran
Jalayirds
1336-1432 northwest Iran and Iraq capital Shiraz
Timur the Lame
1370-1405 dreams of restoring the Mongolian Dynasty, reign of terror, expands to Iran, Anatolia, Iraq, northern India
Son Shahrukh
1405-1447
Khan
Caravansarai
Inn
Sultan Husayn Bayqura
1470-1506
Turkomans
Rival of the Timurids in western Iran: Black sheep 1380-1468 Qaraqoyunlu
White sheep 1378 Aqqoyunlu
Kiosk
Pavilion
Cuerda seca
Design and colors painted on with magnesium and oil, fired. Carved out, inflated with magnesium and oil
Pistaq
Rectangular frame around Iwan
The “gaz”
Standard unit of 60.6 centimeters
Vaulting
An arch in a ceiling or roof
Bibliophile
Someone who collects books
Transverse arch
Supporting arch which runs across the vault from side to side dividing the bays
Pendentives
A curved triangle of vaulting formed by the intersection of a dome with supporting arches
Squinch
An arched structure supporting a square dome
Khanaqa
Building for the meetings of the Sufi brotherhood
Samanids
819-1005 pottery
Seljuks
Came from Persia
Buyids
945-1055
Iwan
Vault with arch opened on one side only
Weir
Jug
The book of kings
Shanama
Firadwsi