1. Islamic Art Chapter 13

2. Islamic overview Dislike of idol worship resulted in strong use of textiles and calligraphy as art forms 2 major architectural forms: mosques and palaces Islam spread very fast reaching as far as Spain Mosques influences by central and basilica plans

4. Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem 687-692

6. Detail of mosaic in courtyard of Great Mosque

7. Great Mosque, Damascus, Syria, 706-715

8. Mosaic detail, Great Mosque, Damascus

9. Great Mosque, Tunisia: aerial view

10. Plan of Great Mosque Tunisia

11. Malwiya minaret of the Great Mosque, Samarra, Iraq, 848-852

12. Prayer Hall, Mosque, Cordoba, Spain 961-965

13. Great Mosque, Cordoba, Spain Maqsura & Dome

14. Koran Page on vellum 9 th /10 th century

15. Dome from Alhambra, Granada, Spain 1354-1391

16. Alhambra, Court of Lions

17. Sultan Hasan Madrasa-Mosque-Mausoleum complex, Cairo 1356

18. Sultan Hasan Madrasa-Mosque-Mausoleum complex plan, Cairo 1356

19. Sinan the Great, Mosque of Selim II, Erdine, Turkey 1568-1575

20. Sinan the Great and the Hagia Sophia

21. Mihrab from Madrasa Imami, Iran 1357, glazed tilework

22. Taj Mahal, Agra, India, 1632-1647