Mihrab of the Great Mosque of Isfahan 1000 AD Located in: Isfahan, Iran Materials: Stone, ceramic tile Works Cited Bloom, Jonathan M. and Sheila S. Blair. The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture: Volume II: Delhi to Mosque. Oxford University Press. 2009. p. 516. Burckhardt, Titus. Art of Islam, Language and Meaning, ed. […]
Mihrab of the Great Mosque of Cordoba
The Great Mosque of Cordoba was constructed in 784 AD and expanded on over the next two centuries The interior of the mosque is famously colorful, containing piggy-back arches with horseshoe arches containing alternating brick and stone voussoirs, creating a red and white striped effect. The use of banded arches, spoliated columns with Corinthian capitals […]
Mihrab of the Great Mosque of Kairouan
Works Cited Bloom, Jonathan M. and Sheila S. Blair. The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture: Volume II: Delhi to Mosque. Oxford University Press. 2009. p. 516. Burckhardt, Titus. Art of Islam, Language and Meaning, ed. World Wisdom, Bloomington Indiana. 2009. P. 130. Carboni, Stefano. “Mihrab (Prayer Niche)”, Catalogue, Metropolitan Museum […]
Mihrab from the MET
Mihrab Date: 1354–55 AD From: Iran, Isfahan Medium: Mosaic of polychrome-glazed cut tiles on stonepaste body; set into mortar Location: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, United States The Mihrab found at the Metropolitan Museum of Art is a prayer niche created in 1354 AD shortly after the collapse of the Ilkhanid […]
Mihrab of the Mosque of Ibn Tulun
Mihrab of Mosque of Ahmad Ibn Ţūlūn Date: 879 AD Materials: Stone, Stucco Located in: Cairo, Egypt Mihrab of Mosque of Ahmad Ibn Ţūlūn Date: 879 AD Located in: Cairo, Egypt The Mosque of Ahmad Ibn of Ţūlūn located in Cairo, Egypt, is considered the oldest mosque in its original form. The mosque […]
Roxburgh Persian Manuscripts
In “Bihzad and Authorship in Persianate Painting”, Roxburgh discusses the flaws and issues surrounding the Eurocentric views of art, focusing on the study of the work of Kamal al-Din Bihzad. These modes of stylistic analysis used by European art historians prove to be unsatisfactory and flawed when studying works outside the European canon. This is […]
Abbasid Ceramics
The Abbasid Dynasty, which rose to power in 750 AD and lasted for half a century, united Arab and non-Arab communities through a rise in wealth and trade. This new wealth and trade also provided for an increase in art production, especially in ceramics. Therefore, it was in the Abbasid period, as […]
Oleg Grabar
Throughout the “Symbolic Appropriation of Land” in The Formation of Islamic Art Oleg Grabar declares that in order to understand early Islamic art, one must define “an essential aspect of early Islamic culture, the conscious attempt to relate meaningfully to the conquered world, by Islamizing forms and ideas of old.” (68-69) This […]
Umayyad Art
Influences and Origins of Umayyad Art In the Museums with No Frontiers online exhibit centered around the early Islamic art of the Umayyad, the exhibit declares the art of the Umayyad to be “a combination of decorative styles and motifs drawn from different traditions. The exhibit introduction discusses the artistic and architectural […]