1. Nicole Tourangeau Slide ID's for Islamic Art

2. Out of text book! The great mosque of Damascus: center of a Flourishing city, contains a shrine a prophet, a place For pray, education(religious), political meetings. Mosiacs of geometric patterns ( a fire ruined them, some restored) Built in early 700's in Syria

3. The Alhambra

4. Alhambra -palace of Nasrid dynasty -Located in Spain -Finised in late 1300's -Contains remains of Moorish domination

5. Taj Mahal

6. Taj Mahal - Located in India, completed in 1648 C.E - One of the 8 th world wonders - entire white marble - built in Shah Jahan wife's memory - forms an equal octogon - nterlocking arabesque (elements stand on own) - symetric

7. Via Textbook Look at outline for notes

8. Dome of the Rock

9. Mshatta

10. Mosque: Kairouan Tunisia

11. Cordoba

12. Horseshow arch

13. Pointed arch

14. Muqarnas

15. Congregational Mosque..

16. Vocabulary Mosque: a muslim house of worship Mihrab: central niche in a mosque, which indicates the direction to mecca Koran: the islamic sacred text Jali: perforated ornamental stone screens Arbesque: a flowing, intricate and symmetrical pattern deriving from floral motifs

17. Mosaic mihrab

18. Palace of the Lions

19. Sinan, Sultan Selim Decorative display of mosaic /tiles

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