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ISLAM IN ART. Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem, 687-692. Rotunda of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Church of San Vitale in Ravenna, Italy, 6 th century, Byzantine design. Interior of the Dome of the Rock. Great Mosque of Cordoba, Spain, 8 th -10 th centuries.
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Church of San Vitale in Ravenna, Italy, 6th century,Byzantine design
Prayer hall of the Great Mosque of Cordoba: a hypostyle hall, 8th to 10th centuries
Another view of the hypostyle prayer hall of the Great Mosque of Cordoba
Malwiya minaret of the Great Mosque, Samarra, Iraq, 848-852.
The Roman Temple, Dura-Europos, and the Islamic Mosque We can’t have their gods, but we can have some of their artistry: What did the pagan world give to the modern, monotheistic world?
Dura-Europos, Syria, ca. 245-256. Tempera on plaster. Reconstruction in National Museum, Damascus.
Pantheon, associated with Emperor Hadrian, begun 117, dedicated 126-128 CE.
Mihrab and Minbar from the Mosque of Sultan Barquq, Cairo, Egypt, 15th century mosque
Moses Leads the Exodus From Egypt, Dura Europos, 3rd century