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Iwan/Mihrab of the Great Mosque of Isfahan

April 25, 2017 By Haley Mullen 3 Comments

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. World Wisdom, Bloomington

     Indiana. 2009. P. 130.

Carboni, Stefano. “Mihrab (Prayer Niche)”, Catalogue, Metropolitan Museum of Art. 2011.

     http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/449537

Danal, Radha. Khan Academy, “The Great Mosque (or Masjid-e Jameh) of Isfahan. 2017.

      https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/ap-art-history/west-and-central-asia/a/the-great-mosque-or-masjid-e-jame

Dodds, Jerrilynn D. Al-Andalus; The Art of Islamic Spain. New York. The Metropolitan

     Museum of Art. 1992. p. 23.

  1. Stewart. Early Islam, Great Ages of Man Series. Nederland. 1968. P. 50f.

Editors of Encyclopedia Britannica. The Encyclopedia Britannica. “Mosque-Cathedral of

     Cordoba”. 2016.

Professor Janice Mann, class lecture, March 7, 2017

Matar, N.I. Islam for Beginners. Writers and Readers Publishing, New York. 2001. P. 37.

Torky, Tarek  “Mosque of Ahmad Ibn Tulun” in Discover Islamic Art, Museum With No

     Frontiers, 2017. 2017.

http://www.discoverislamicart.org/database_item.php?id=monument;ISL;eg;Mon01;2;en

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