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Islamic Art

Islamic Art. AP Art History Moreno Valley High School Instructor: Erica Ness. Regions and Dynasties. Syria and Iraq Umayyad Caliphate est. 661 Abbasid Caliphate est. 750 Spain Umayyad Caliphate est. 756 Nasrid Dynasty est. 1230 Iran and Central Asia Samanid Dynasty est. 819

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Islamic Art

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  1. Islamic Art AP Art History Moreno Valley High School Instructor: Erica Ness

  2. Regions and Dynasties Syria and Iraq Umayyad Caliphate est. 661 Abbasid Caliphate est. 750 Spain Umayyad Caliphate est. 756 Nasrid Dynasty est. 1230 Iran and Central Asia Samanid Dynasty est. 819 Seljuk Dynasty est. 1038 Timurid Dynasty est. 1370s Safavid Dynasty est. 1501

  3. Regions and Dynasties Egypt Fatimid Dynasty est. 909 Mamluk Dynasty est. 1250 Turkey Ottoman Empire founded 1281 India Mughal Dynasty est. 1526

  4. Important Dates Birth of Muhammad in Mecca - ca. 570 Muhammad’s first revelation - 610 Muhammad’s flight to Mecca - 622 Death of Muhammad in Medina - 632 Muslims capture Jerusalem - 638 Muslim Conquest of Lower Egypt - 642 Muslim Armies enter Spain - 711 First Crusade captures Jerusalem - 1099 Mongols sack Baghdad - 1258 Ottoman Empire founded - 1281 Fall of Granada to the Christians - 1492 Ottomans Capture Baghdad - 1534

  5. The division of Islam Shi’ite Sunni Followers believed that the caliphate should go to whoever would be best equipped politically to maintain the Muslim Empire. • Short for Ahiat Ali or followers of Ali. • Ali was Muhammad’s cousin, a philosopher-warrior. • His followers say that he was the only one with the spiritual authority to succeed Muhammad.

  6. Dome of the Rock Date: 687-692 Location: Jerusalem

  7. Interior of the Dome on the Rock

  8. Detail of a mosaic in the courtyard arcade of the Great Mosque Date: 706 - 715 Medium: Mosaic Location: Damascus

  9. Umayyad Palace Date: 740-750 Medium: Limestone Location: Mshatta, Jordan

  10. The Great Mosque Date: 836-875 Location: Qayrawan, Tunisia

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

  12. Prayer Hall of the Great Mosque Date: 8th-10th centuries Location: Cordoba, Spain

  13. Maqsura of the Great Mosque Date: 961-965 Location: Cordoba, Spain

  14. Dome of the Great Mosque Date: 961-965 Location: Cordoba, Spain

  15. Calligraphy and the Quran

  16. Muqarnas dome, Hall of the Two Sisters, Alhambra Palace Date: 1354-1391 Location: Granada, Spain

  17. Mosque of Selim II Date: 1568-1575 Architect: Sinan the Great Location: Istanbul, Turkey

  18. Great Mosque Date: 11th-17th Centuries Location: Isfahan, Iran

  19. Taj Mahal Date: 1632-1647 Location: Agra, India

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