The Islamic World
Islamic
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Dome of the Rock (interior), Jerusalem, 687-692
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Malwiya Minaret, Great Mosque at Samarra, 848-852
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Prayer hall of the Great Mosque at Cordoba, Spain,
8th-10th centuries
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Court of the Lions, Palace of the Lions, Alhambra,
Spain, 1354-1391
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Sinan, Mosque of Selim II (exterior), Edirne, Turkey,
1568-1575
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Bihzad, Seduction
of Yusuf from Bustan of Sultan
Husayn Mayqara, Afghanistan, 1488
1. What is a minaret?
2. What is the orientation of all mosques?
3. Explain the difference between mosaic tilework and cuerda seca tilework.
4. Why is abstract patterning so prevalent in Islamic
decoration?
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