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The Kaaba
Mecca, Saudi Arabia
Islamic Era
Subject: Old Palestine Shrine Destroyed by Mohammed and repurposed
Technique: made of black stone, marble, limestone. Rebuilt several times.
Purpose: Center of Islamic World, focus of annual pilgrimage and built to worship god
Dome of the Rock
Demanded by Abdal Malik
Jerusalem, Israel
Seventh Century Structure, Islamic Era
Subject: The spot where Adam was created and died, where Muhammad ascended to
heaven, and sacrifice of Isaac
Technique: Built similar to Byzantine churches
Purpose: To invoke the beauty of creation, significant to Muslims, Christians and Jews
Great Mosque of Kairouan
Established by Uqba ibn Nafi
Tunisia, N. Africa
Ninth Century Islamic Era
Subject: features the first use of the horseshoe arch, Roman and Byzantine capitals,
and a grand minaret.
Purpose: place of worship and learning for centuries, and was at the center of
Kairouan's activity, growth, and prestige
Jug with Sphinxes and Harpies
Kashan, Iran
Islamic Era
Subject: Love poem inscriptions, sphinxes are metaphorical lovers
Technique: Ceramic jug
Purpose: a gift from one spouse to another
Textile (Shroud of St. Josse)
Artist: Khorasan
Church Normandy, France
Islamic Era
Subject: Banner owned by a high ranking Ottoman general, has symbols of power
(dragons, elephants)
Acquired by a French soldier, donated to a museum
Technique: Woven textile (silk banner)
Purpose: to protect the bones of St.Josse
Mosque of Sultan Selim
AKA: Blue Mosque
Artist: Mimar Sinan
Edirne, Turkey
16th Century Islamic Era
, Technique: Ottoman architecture
Purpose: Modeled after Hagia Sophia. Social hub for community, not designed to be a
church (washed out blue, minarets closer to dome)
Homage: honors beauty
Illuminated Tugra of Sultan Suleyman
Istanbul, Turkey
16th Century Islamic Era
Subject: Tughra; Codices
Technique: Calligraphy, art/text
Purpose: Lavish certificate of authenticity (complicated to prevent forgeries)
Homage: To Sultan Suleyman to live long and prosperous
Great Mosque of Isfahan
Directed by Nizam al-Mulk
Esfahan, Iran
Islamic Era
Subject: Mosque, place of prayer
Technique: Tile Decoration, images of nature; was built in mud-brick and had stucco-
decoration in the Spyro-Mesopotamian style of Honey-comb pattern
Purpose: Invoke beauty of God's creation
Last Judgement
Church of St. Faith, France
Romanesque Art Era
Subject: Christ in the middle seat and to his right are those in heaven, to the left are
those in hell, plus St. Faith kneeling before the hand of God
Technique: Round arches, relief carving
Purpose: To show how Christ saves people and when they aren't they go to hell
Subtle political criticisms, St. Fae kneeling to Christ
Reliquary Statue of St. Faith
Church of St. Faith, France
Romanesque Art Era
Subject: Gemstones with carved portraits on them, symbol of Christianity driving out
Paganism
Technique: Head is a Roman parade helmet repurposed, made of a mismatch of
valuable objects
Purpose: Reliquary (not worshipped by Christians)
Homage: to St. Faith
Cathedral Complex
Pisa, Italy
Romanesque Art Era
Subject: Cathedral dedicated to the Virgin Mary by the Pisans, built on the spoils of war
Technique: Round Arches/Arch Openings
Purpose: Commemorate a victory over Egypt
Crucifix (Version of the Italian Volvo Santo)
Spain
Romanesque Art Era
Subject: Spanish version of Italian holy face crucifix that was said to have arrived to Italy
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The Kaaba
Mecca, Saudi Arabia
Islamic Era
Subject: Old Palestine Shrine Destroyed by Mohammed and repurposed
Technique: made of black stone, marble, limestone. Rebuilt several times.
Purpose: Center of Islamic World, focus of annual pilgrimage and built to worship god
Dome of the Rock
Demanded by Abdal Malik
Jerusalem, Israel
Seventh Century Structure, Islamic Era
Subject: The spot where Adam was created and died, where Muhammad ascended to
heaven, and sacrifice of Isaac
Technique: Built similar to Byzantine churches
Purpose: To invoke the beauty of creation, significant to Muslims, Christians and Jews
Great Mosque of Kairouan
Established by Uqba ibn Nafi
Tunisia, N. Africa
Ninth Century Islamic Era
Subject: features the first use of the horseshoe arch, Roman and Byzantine capitals,
and a grand minaret.
Purpose: place of worship and learning for centuries, and was at the center of
Kairouan's activity, growth, and prestige
Jug with Sphinxes and Harpies
Kashan, Iran
Islamic Era
Subject: Love poem inscriptions, sphinxes are metaphorical lovers
Technique: Ceramic jug
Purpose: a gift from one spouse to another
Textile (Shroud of St. Josse)
Artist: Khorasan
Church Normandy, France
Islamic Era
Subject: Banner owned by a high ranking Ottoman general, has symbols of power
(dragons, elephants)
Acquired by a French soldier, donated to a museum
Technique: Woven textile (silk banner)
Purpose: to protect the bones of St.Josse
Mosque of Sultan Selim
AKA: Blue Mosque
Artist: Mimar Sinan
Edirne, Turkey
16th Century Islamic Era
, Technique: Ottoman architecture
Purpose: Modeled after Hagia Sophia. Social hub for community, not designed to be a
church (washed out blue, minarets closer to dome)
Homage: honors beauty
Illuminated Tugra of Sultan Suleyman
Istanbul, Turkey
16th Century Islamic Era
Subject: Tughra; Codices
Technique: Calligraphy, art/text
Purpose: Lavish certificate of authenticity (complicated to prevent forgeries)
Homage: To Sultan Suleyman to live long and prosperous
Great Mosque of Isfahan
Directed by Nizam al-Mulk
Esfahan, Iran
Islamic Era
Subject: Mosque, place of prayer
Technique: Tile Decoration, images of nature; was built in mud-brick and had stucco-
decoration in the Spyro-Mesopotamian style of Honey-comb pattern
Purpose: Invoke beauty of God's creation
Last Judgement
Church of St. Faith, France
Romanesque Art Era
Subject: Christ in the middle seat and to his right are those in heaven, to the left are
those in hell, plus St. Faith kneeling before the hand of God
Technique: Round arches, relief carving
Purpose: To show how Christ saves people and when they aren't they go to hell
Subtle political criticisms, St. Fae kneeling to Christ
Reliquary Statue of St. Faith
Church of St. Faith, France
Romanesque Art Era
Subject: Gemstones with carved portraits on them, symbol of Christianity driving out
Paganism
Technique: Head is a Roman parade helmet repurposed, made of a mismatch of
valuable objects
Purpose: Reliquary (not worshipped by Christians)
Homage: to St. Faith
Cathedral Complex
Pisa, Italy
Romanesque Art Era
Subject: Cathedral dedicated to the Virgin Mary by the Pisans, built on the spoils of war
Technique: Round Arches/Arch Openings
Purpose: Commemorate a victory over Egypt
Crucifix (Version of the Italian Volvo Santo)
Spain
Romanesque Art Era
Subject: Spanish version of Italian holy face crucifix that was said to have arrived to Italy
