Islamic Design

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Chapter 9

• Islamic Design

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Arabic Influence
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Artistic Characteristics

• Arabesque
• Complex arrangement of geometric designs and
  scrolling vines
• Calligraphy
• Elaborate writing styles
• Importance placed on sacred texts
• Kufic and Cursive styles

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Architectural Forms

• Mosque - church
• Minaret - tower
• Sahn - courtyard
• Qibla wall prayer wall
• Mihrab niche in qibla wall
• Minbar pulpit from which an imam teaches
• Iwan rectangular, barrel-vaulted halls
• Madrasa - school

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Dome of the Rock
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Great Mosque of Isfahan
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Mihrab and MinbarMosque of Sultan Hasan
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Mosque of Sultan Selim
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Mosque of Muhammad Ali
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Persian Structures - Taj Mahal
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City Palace, Jaipur
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Macy Jug Mamluk Glass Oil
Lamp
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