Art 133-World Art History I
Study Guide, Chapter 9, Islamic Art
Pictures/Slides from Text
1. 9.2, 9.3, 9.4, The Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem, Israel, 690 CE, 7th Century
2. 9.8, 9.9, Great Mosque of Cordoba, Cordoba, Spain, 10th Century
3. 9.10, Ivory Casket of al-Mughira, Cordoba, Spain, 10th Century
4. 9.13, Mina'i Dish, New York, USA, 13th Century
5. 9.16, Cloak of Roger II, Vienna, Italy, 12th Century
6. 9,20, 9.21, Tomb of Oljeytu, Sultaniya, Iran, 14th Century
7. 9.24, 9.25, Madrasa-Mosque Mausoleum Complex of Sultan Hasan , Cairo,
Egypt, 14th Century
8. 9.26, Mosque Lamp with Blazon, Cairo, Egypt, 13th Century
9. 9,27, Court of the Lions, Granada, Spain, 14th Century
10.9.28, 9.29, Mosque of Selim II, Edirne, Turkey, 16th Century
11.9.31, Sultan-Mohamed Allegroy of Heavenly and Earthly Drunkeness, New York
USA, 16th Century
12.9,36, The Taj Mahal, Agra, India, 17th Century
Facts/Information from Text
13.Islamic art both secular and Religious, shows a remarkable affinity for the written
word.
14.Islam is an Arabic word denoting submission to God's will.
15.The earliest major Islamic building to have survived into our time is the Dome of
the Rock in Jerusalem
16.In marked contrast to the Greko-Roman and Christian traditions, no where in the
Dome of the Rock do the forms of humans or animals appear.
17.Islamic temples of public worship found throughout it's vast empire are called
Mosques.
18.In Islamic religion worship is between the individual and his god and no ordained
clergy provide interpretation.
19.In later times, Mosques included one or more towers known in english as
Minarets.
20.Between the late 11th and 14th Centuries, the Christian crusades attempted to
capture the lands of Christian origination in the middle east.
21.Around 1220 CE, the Islamic empire was invaded and conquered by Mongols
from China.
22.By the 14th Century, Islamic arts had developed world famous traditions of
enameled glass and inlayed metalwork.
23.From the 15th Century on, Islamic carpets known as (Oriental Rugs or Carpets)
had become known and treasured throughout the world.
24.By 1543 CE, a new Islamic power from Asia Minor called the Ottomans had
invaded eastern Europe and captured the Roman capital of Constantinople and
renamed it Istanbul.
25.In 1526, an Islamic dynasty known as the Mughals had established an empire in
India, represented in our text by it's most famous work, The Taj Mahal.