Islamic Art & Architecture |
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LIST OF PLANS | 10 |
GLOSSARY | 18 |
ART UNDER THE ABBASIDS | 48 |
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14th century 1817 LIBRARIES Abbasid Alhambra Almohad animal Arab arabesques arcades architecture artistic Asia Minor Baghdad Berlin brick bronze Brusa buildings built Cairo Caliph capital carving castle centre ceramic colour Cordova court courtyard craftsmen Damascus decoration dome chamber ed-din Egypt examples façade faience faience mosaic Fatimid friezes gold Granada ground plan important Indian influence inlay inscriptions Isfahan Islamic art Islamic Museum iwan Konia Koran Kufic later lustre madrasah Mamluk marble mausolea mausoleum medallions Mesopotamia mihrab minaret Miniature Mongol monumental Moorish mosque Mosul motifs Mshatta Mughal Muslim Naskhi ornament Ottoman painting palace palmettes patterns period Persian Photo pillared hall plate pointed arches portal prayer niche production qa'a Qairawan qibla roof rooms round rugs Safavid Samarqand Samarra sanctuary Sasanid script scrolls Seljuk Shah silk so-called stalactite storeys stucco style Sultan survived Syria Tebriz technique tiles Timurid tion tomb towers town tradition Turkish Umayyad Umayyad mosque vaulting wall ware