Islam: Art and ArchitectureMarkus Hattstein, Peter Delius This book follows the historical development of the Islamic regions and their ruling dynasties, and illustrates their greatly varied forms of artistic expression from the birth of the religion to the present day. |
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Page 153
... calligraphic bands . There is a calligraphic frieze at the top of the facade . The mosque , which was built in 1160 by Vizier Salih Talai and was the last of the Fatimid buildings , resembles the Aqmar Mosque in its interior design . It ...
... calligraphic bands . There is a calligraphic frieze at the top of the facade . The mosque , which was built in 1160 by Vizier Salih Talai and was the last of the Fatimid buildings , resembles the Aqmar Mosque in its interior design . It ...
Page 199
... calligraphic frieze on a gilt back- ground , and a gilded eulogistic inscription on a background of blue enamel . ירום Incense burner , Cairo , c . 1320-1330 ,. of the Holy Book , as well as underlining the status of the patrons who ...
... calligraphic frieze on a gilt back- ground , and a gilded eulogistic inscription on a background of blue enamel . ירום Incense burner , Cairo , c . 1320-1330 ,. of the Holy Book , as well as underlining the status of the patrons who ...
Page 576
... calligraphers in Turkey follow in this tradition . With the Diwani style Ottoman calligraphers also developed their own ... calligraphic compositions , which consisted of just a few lines , often just one sentence or even one word . From ...
... calligraphers in Turkey follow in this tradition . With the Diwani style Ottoman calligraphers also developed their own ... calligraphic compositions , which consisted of just a few lines , often just one sentence or even one word . From ...
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12th century Abbasid Aghlabid al-Andalus Ala al-Din Aleppo Almohads Almoravids Anatolia Arab arcades arches architecture artists Ayyubid Baghdad became brick building built Bukhara Cairo caliph calligraphic capital caravanserais carpets carved Central Asia ceramics Christian colors complex construction Cordoba court courtyard cultural Damascus decoration developed dome dynasty Egypt emirs empire Engl entrance facade Fatimid Friday mosque garden Ghurids glazed ground plan Herat Ilkhanid inscription interior Iran Iraq Isfahan Islamic art Islamic world Istanbul iwan Kairouan Khan Koran Madrasa Mamluk mausoleum Mecca Medina Merinids meters mihrab minaret miniature Mongol Morocco mosaic mosque motifs Mughal Muhammad muqarnas Museum Muslim niche ornamentation Ottoman painting palace period Persian portal prayer hall qibla qibla wall rectangular religious rooms rule ruler Safavid Samarqand Samarra Shah Shiite side square stucco style Sultan survived Syria technique tiles Timur Timurid tomb towers traditional Transoxiana Turkish Umayyad vault vizier