1. History of Architecture Islamic Art and Architecture

2. Byzantine: Hagia Sophia

4. Islamic Tradition Islam is the religion that centers around the teachings of the Prophet Muhammad, c. 570- 632 AD Begins in Arabia but spreads all the way from Spain to India and Indonesia. Typical of Islamic architecture in general: freely borrowing and adapting to local traditions. At the same time that key features emerge.

7. Kaaba

8. A pre-Islamic site Muhammad taught that Abraham and Ishmael built it Contains a black stone (a meteorite) that the Angel Gabriel gave to Abraham Muslims walk around the kaaba seven times

9. The Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem, 690 AD Part of an effort to make Jerusalem, not Mecca, the primary pilgrimage site

10. The Site: platform of the Temple of Solomon

11. Probably built by Byzantine architects from Constantinople. What type of plan is this?

12. Rock: from which Muhammad ascended to God

13. Plan

15. Nine Square Grid, Eight Pointed Star

19. Mosaic

20. The Mosque A Prayer Hall: “Place of Prostration”

21. A mosque needs: A Qibla Wall A Mihrab Minaret(s)

22. Mosque at Kairouan, Tunisia

23. The Great Mosque of Cordoba, Spain, 800 AD

27. Horseshoe Arches

29. Mihrab

32. Djenne Mosque, Mali, Africa

34. Palaces The Alhambra, Granada, Spain, 1000 AD

38. Court of Myrtles

39. Hall of Two Sisters

41. Muqarnas

43. Type of corbel but decorative, not structural Based upon radial symmetry

44. Court of Lions

49. India Taj Mahal, 1600

51. Taj Mahal

56. Arabesques: on surface, on onion dome