1. Chapter 13: In Praise of Allah – The Art of the Islamic World
AP Art History
Chapter 13:
In Praise of Allah –
The Art of the Islamic World

2. Chronology:
Fall of Umayyad Caliphate in Spain:1031
Seljuk Dynasty estab. In Iran: 1038
First Crusade Captures Jerusalem: 1099
Saladin founds Ayyubid Dynasty in Egypt: 1171
Saladin captures Jerusalem from Crusaders: 1187
Sultanate of Delhi estab. 1206
Nasrid Dynasty estab. At Granada: 1230
Mamluk Dynasty estab. In Egypt: 1250
Mongols sack Baghdad: 1258
Ottoman Empire founded: 1281
Ottomans capture Constantinople: 1453
Fall of Granada to the Christians: 1492
Safavid Dynasty estab. In Iran: 1501
Mughal Dynasty estab. In India: 1526
Ottomans Capture Baghdad: 1534
Birth of Muhammad: ca. 570
Muhammad’s 1st revelation: 610
Muhammad’s flight to Medina (Hijra):
622
Death of Muhammad in Median: 632
Muslims capture Jerusalem: 638
Muslim conquest of Lower Egypt: 642
Umayyad Caliphate established: 661
Muslim armies enter Spain: 711
Charles Martel defeats Muslims at Poitiers:
732
Abbasid Caliphate established: 750
Umayyad Caliphate established in Spain: 756
Abbasids found Baghdad: 762
Samanid Dynasty estab. in Transoxiana: 819
Fatimid Dynasty established in Egypt: 909
Fatimids found Cairo: 969

3. The Islamic World

4. Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem

5. Detail of Dome of the Rock,
Interior

6. Aerial view of the Great Mosque, Damascus, Syria

7. Detail of a mosaic in the
Courtyard arcade of the
Great Mosque, Damascus

8. Plan of the Umayyad palace,
Mshatta, Jordan, ca

9. Aerial view of the Great Mosque,
Kairouan, Tunisia, ca

10. Plan of the Great Mosque,
Kairouan, Tunisia

11. Malwiya minaret of the Great Mosque,
Samarra, Iraq,

12. Mausoleum of the Samanids,
Bukhara, Ubekistan
early 10th century

13. Prayer hall of the Great Mosque,
Alternate view
Prayer hall of the Great Mosque,
Cordoba, Spain,
8th to 10th centuries
Exterior View

14. Maqsura of the Great Mosque,
Cordoba, Spain,

15. Dome in the front of the mihrab
Of the Great Mosque,
Cordoba, Spain,

16. Confronting lions and palm tree, fragment of textile
near Bukhara, Ubekistan,
8th century

17. Sulayman, Ewer in the form of a bird,
796

18. Koran page with beginning of surah 18, al-Kahif (The Cave)
9th or early 10th century

19. Muqarnas dome,
Hall of the Two Sisters,
Alhambra palace,
Granada, Spain,

20. Madrasa-mosque-mausoleum complex of Sultan Hassan
Cairo, Egypt,
begun 1356

21. Mihrab of the Sanctuary Liwan (interior) of Sultan Hassan Mosque

22. Sinan, Mosque of Selim II,
Edirne, Turkey,
Sinan, interior of the
Mosque of Selim II

23. Aerial view of the Great Mosque,
Isfahan, Iran
11th to 17th centuries

24. Winter prayer hall of the Shahi (Imam) Mosque,
Detail
Winter prayer hall of the Shahi (Imam) Mosque,
Isfahan, Iran,

25. Carpet from the funerary mosque of Shaykh ali-Din, Ardabil, Iran, 1540
Maqsud of Kashan,
Carpet from the funerary mosque of
Shaykh ali-Din,
Ardabil, Iran,
1540
Mihrab from the Madrasa Imami,
Isfahan, Iran,
ca. 1354

26. Muhammad Ibn ali-Zayn, basin
from Egypt,
ca. 1300

27. Canteen with episodes of the life of Christ,
From Syria, ca

28. Comparison Section

29. Study the reproductions of the following buildings: Hagia Sophia (Figs
Study the reproductions of the following buildings: Hagia Sophia (Figs to 12-5),
The Mosque of Cordoba (Figs to 13-13), and the Pantheon (Fig ). Compare
The lighting effects created by each and describe the means used to achieve such effects.
Hagia Sophia (alt. view)
Mosque of Cordoba (13-11)
Pantheon (alt. view)

30. figures and depict them? Which do you like best? Why?
Compare the treatment of the figures on the Islamic basin shown in Fig
with the Roman horseman shown in the Roman relief (Fig ), the Roman
Sarcophagus (Fig ), and the Byzantine Barberini ivory (Fig. 12-1). What
compositional devices does each artist use and how does each organize multiple
figures and depict them? Which do you like best? Why?
Roman horsemen (Fig )
Islamic basin (Fig )
Roman Sarcophagus (Fig )
Barberini Ivory (Fig. 12-1)