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