ARTH-211 – History of World Art 1
Instructor: Ann Porter
Office: 304A
Phone: 642-6275
E-mail: AnnPorter@bhsu.edu
Islamic Art--Notes for pages 282-309
“Knowledge: the beginning of it is bitter to taste, but the end is sweeter than honey.”
--Samarkand Proverb
The Power of the Word
http://www.123muslim.com/islamic-articles/450-holy-kabah-its-size-history.html
http://www.lacma.org/islamic_art/thumbnails/thmbnail_EI.htm
Islam, Life of Muhammad
570 CE—Birth of Muhammad
562-602—Becomes Camel Driver & Caravan Manager
595—Marries Khadija
610—First Visitation from the Angel Gabriel
622—Hijira (Medina)
624-27—Battle for Mecca
630—Destroys idols in the Kaaba
632—Death of Muhammad
The Pillars of Islam, p. 299
Shahadah—Declare Faith
Salah--Prayer
Zakah—Alms
Sawm--Fasting during Ramadan
Hajj--Pilgrimage
Dome of the Rock, p. 286-87
http://www.atlastours.net/holyland/dome_of_the_rock_inside.jpg
http://servus.christusrex.org/www1/ofm/pilgr/bord/pcts/07rock.jpg
http://www.campsci.com/museum/images/13f.jpg
Mosque Plans, p. 289
Great Mosque, Cordoba, p. 290-91
Isfahan, page 297
http://www.netuse.co.uk/clients/salawaat/images/masjid-i%20shah%20isfahan.jpg
http://www2.arch.uiuc.edu/aamin/isfahan/images/fm32.jpg
http://www2.arch.uiuc.edu/aamin/isfahan/images/fm21.jpg
Alhambra, page 298-300
Calligraphy, p.293, 294, 307
Textiles, Pattern & Decoration, p. 302-303
Caliph Harun al-Rashid Visits the Turkish Bath, page 305
Art to remember for Exam:
The Kaaba, 8-1
Dome of the Rock, 8-4
Prayer Hall, Great Mosque, 8-8
The Caliph Harun al-Rashid Visits the Turkish Bath, 8-25
Vocabulary to remember for Exam:
Mosque, Qibla Wall, Mihrab, Minarets, Muqarnas, Iwan, Tugra, Madrasa
Bibliography:
Text
www.islamworld.net
www.colostate.edu
Atil, Islamic Art & Patronage; Rizzoli, 1990
Ettinghausen, Grabar & Jenkins-Madina, Islamic Art & Architecture; Yale, 2001
Mathe, The Civilization of Islam; Crescent, 1980