Early Islamic Art and Architecture: A Model of Cultural Exchange
Early Islamic Art and Architecture: A Model of Cultural Exchange
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<strong>Early</strong> <strong>Islamic</strong> <strong>Art</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Architecture</strong>: A<br />
<strong>Model</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Cultural</strong> <strong>Exchange</strong><br />
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Photo from WHA Morocco, 2005 (Maxwell)
Expansion under the Prophet Muhammad, 622-632<br />
Expansion under the “Rightly Guided Caliphs,” 632-661<br />
Expansion during the Umayyad Caliphate, 661-750<br />
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The <strong>Islamic</strong> Prophet Muhammad, 17th century Ottoman copy<br />
<strong>of</strong> an early 14th century (Ilkhanate period) manuscript <strong>of</strong><br />
Northwestern Iran or Northern Iraq<br />
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Young Muhammad meets the monk Bahira. From<br />
Jami' al-Tavarikh ("The Universal History" or "Compendium <strong>of</strong><br />
Chronicles") written by Rashid Al-Din <strong>and</strong> illustrated in<br />
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Muhammad at the Ka’ba<br />
Istanbul, 1595
Depicts<br />
Sasanian<br />
Khusraw II<br />
(590-628)<br />
BUT<br />
Date Yazid I<br />
(680-83) in<br />
Arabic<br />
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Byzantine coin <strong>of</strong> three<br />
imperial figures<br />
638<br />
Almost identical (c) 2011 coin The Middle struck Ground by al-Malik in 693<br />
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<strong>Early</strong> coins <strong>of</strong> Caliph Abd al-Malik (646-705)<br />
Top rows imitate the<br />
Byzantines<br />
Bottom row introduces<br />
the new style <strong>of</strong> coinage<br />
by al-Malik<br />
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Dome <strong>of</strong> the Rock in the Haram al-Sharif<br />
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Diocletian’s<br />
mausoleum<br />
303 AD
Basilica San Vitale in Ravenna (548 AD)<br />
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San Vitale<br />
in Ravenna<br />
Reprinted with permission from<br />
Holly Hayes/Sacred Destinations<br />
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Dome <strong>of</strong> the Rock
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Interior San Vitale<br />
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Interior<br />
Dome <strong>of</strong> the Rock<br />
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Interior mosaics<br />
Dome <strong>of</strong> the Rock
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Great Mosque <strong>of</strong> Damascus (706-716)<br />
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Great Mosque <strong>of</strong> Cordoba 706-716<br />
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Visigoth<br />
influenced<br />
shell over<br />
mirhrab<br />
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