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Islamic art is not the art of a nation or of a people, but that of a religion: Islam. Spreading from the Arabian Peninsula, the proselyte believers conquered, in a few centuries, a territory spreading from the Atlantic to the Indian Ocean. Multicultural and multi-ethnical, this polymorphic and highly spiritual art, in which all representation of Man and God were prohibited, developed canons and various motives of great decorative value. Thorough and inventive, these artists expressed their beliefs by creating monumental masterpieces such as the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem, the Taj Mahal in Agra and the Alhambra in Granada, architectural works in which one recognises the stylisation of motives of the Muslim ceramics. Lively and coloured, Islamic art mirrors the richness of these people whose common denominator was the belief in one singular truth: the absolute necessity of creating works whose beauty equaled their respect for God.
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Publish dateMay 8, 2012
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1ART OF ISLAM
233 ter – 33 bis Mac Dinh Chi St.
3© Confidential Concepts, Worldwide, USA
4Introduction
5A – The Near and Middle East
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6Maghreb until around the close of the 9th century.
7Architecture
8The Dome of the Rock, 691-692.
9Architecture
10his mosque on Yachkur hill.
11Prayer hall in the Great Mosque of Damascus, 706-715.
12Damascus.
13towards the mosque’s southern tip.
14Architecture
15means, an extraordinary effect.
16B – North Africa and Spain
17techniques to artisans.
18and attractive monuments.
19Architecture
2010th century either in Egypt or Syria.
21magnificent sculptures and superb hanging draperies.
22this period.
23large golden blade from Tiber.
24of the arch.
25Cupola of the mihrab in the Great Mosque of
26Granada.
27Architecture
28formless palace on an elliptical plan.
29C – Iran and the Persian School
30Mohammad Khan of the Qajar tribe.
31or the Maghreb.
32one of the most elegant and original components of Persian architecture.
33applications of architectural ceramics: cornices with stalactites, fascia boards, friezes with
34Architecture
35for Persia and Samarkand respectively.
36faithful to prayer.
37Architecture
38those of the architects and main workers.
39Architecture
40promenade in the world at the dawn of the 17th century.
41Mosque in Cairo.
42Gonbad-e Qabus, 1006-1007.
43D – The Ottoman School
44framework of line correction and porch design.
45Architecture
46Architecture
47conical structure.
48and of Hagia Sophia of Thessaloniki.
49remarkable sense of harmony.
50each other’s beauty.
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