VOCABULARY WORDS
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ISLAMIC ART(400 BCE - 1650 CE)CONTENT: What do you see?
FORM: The details (what you see more exactly). How the artist delivers the content. CONTEXT: Everything NOT observable. FUNCTION: The intended purpose of the work. ART WORKSSacred Architecture:
56. Mosque at Cordova, Spain 84. Mosque of Selim II, Turkey 168. Great Mosque of Djenne, with markets, Mali 183. The Kaaba, Saudi Arabia 185. Dome of the Rock - interior 186. Great Mosque (Masjid-e Jameh) - courtyard - mihrab Other Architecture: 65. Alhambra Palaces, Spain 209. Taj Mahal, India Luxury Objects: 57. Pyxis of al-Mughira, Umayyad 188. Basin (Baptistère de St. Louis) Muhammad ibn al-Zain 191. The Ardabil Carpet, Maqusud of Kashan Painting: 187. Folio from a Qur’an, Abbasid 189. Bahram Gur Fights the Karg, folio from the Great Il-Khanid Shahnama 190, The Court of Gayumars, folio from Shah Tah masp’s Shahnam 208. Jahangir Preferring a Sufi Shaikh to Kings Five Pillars of Islam:Faith: There is no God but God; Muhammad is his messenger
Prayer: Salat–obligatory prayers said five times daily Charity: Zakat–“purification” or “growth” Fasting: during month of Ramadan Pilgrimage: Hajj–trip to Mecca once in a lifetime some go yearly during Ramadan |
KEY IDEAS
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BRIEF HISTORY OF ISLAM |
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