Lecture 20: Islamic Architecture


Slide list
  1. Jerusalem: Dome of the Rock. Aerial view of temple area. AD 691.
  2. Jerusalem: Dome of the Rock. Interior view from east side of gallery.
  3. Jerusalem; Dome of the Rock. Isometric drawing.
  4. Damascus: Great Mosque. Aerial view. Syria. Begun AD 707
  5. Damascus: Great Mosque. Interior of Prayer Hall before fire of 1893.
  6. Kairawan, Tunisia: Great Mosque. Aerial view. c. AD 772-863
  7. Kairawan, Tunisia: Great Mosque. Plan.
  8. Kairawan, Tunisia: Great Mosque. Interior view down great axial nave showing the Mihrab and the Minbar.
  9. Kairawan, Tunisia: Great Mosque. Interior view of central aisle of sanctuary with the Mihrab, pulpit and Maqsura.
  10. Kairawan, Tunisia: Great Mosque. Section through dome in front of the Mihrab.
  11. Kairawan, Tunisia: Great Mosque. Detail of marble panelling on the Mihrab.
  12. Samarra, Iraq: Minaret and Great Mosque of al-Mutawakkil. c. AD 848-852
  13. Samarra, Iraq: Great Mosque of Mutawakkil. Distant view from the east.
  14. Map: The Spread of the Islamic World circa AD 1090.
  15. Bokhara, Uzbekistan: Samanid Mausoleum. Pre-AD 943.
  16. Islamic Calligraphy. Section from the Koran. Abbasid (late 12th century).
  17. Islamic Calligraphy. Bowl with Kufic inscription from Nishapur, Iran. 10th Century.
  18. Aleppo, Syria: Madrasa al-Firdous. Plan. Founded AD 1235-6.
  19. Aleppo: Madrasa al-Firdaus. Portal detail.
  20. Aleppo: Madrasa al-Firdous. Courtyard towards south.
  21. Aleppo: Madrasa al-Firdous. Courtyard with Iwan. View towards northwest.
  22. Ince Minare Madrasa. Konya, Turkey. AD 1258
  23. Aleppo: Madrasa al-Firdous. Interior view with Mihrab.
  24. Qasr al-Hair al-Gharbi, Syria: Frescos from Palace floor. Two musicians and a man hunting gazelles on horseback with a slave leading a horned animal. c. AD 724-27
  25. Coronation Mantle of Roger II. AD 1134
  26. Qasr al-Hair al-Sharqi, Syria. Plan of enclosure. AD 728-729
  27. Baghdad: Round City of al-Mansur. Schematic plans. 8th century.
  28. Samarra. Sketch plan of city on banks of River Tigris during the reign of the Abbasids.
  29. Samarra. Aerial view of Ja `feriyz palace complex.
  30. Samarra: Great Palace of Mutasim. Plan. AD 836
  31. History of Bayad and Riyad. Shamul delivers a letter to Bayad from Riyad. Manuscript from Morocco. c. 13th century.