IslamicArt

WhatarethemaincomponentsofIslamicArt?

ArtElements•  Color•  Value•  Line•  Shape•  Texture•  space(volume)

ArtPrinciples•  Balance•  contrast•  emphasis•  propor?on•  pa@ern•  unity•  harmony•  movement

VarietyofBuildings,Loca?ons,andUses

DomeoftheRockJerusalem,Israel

TheGreatMosqueofCordobaCordoba,Spain

TajMahalAgra,U7arPradesh,India

GrandeMosquéeHassanCasablanca,Morocco

DetailsGrandeMosquéeHassanCasablanca,Morocco

ŞakirinMosqueIstanbul,Turkey

ŞakirinMosqueIstanbul,Turkey

Objects

Dish,O@omanperiod(ca.1299–1923),mid–16thcenturyTurkey,IznikStonepaste;paintedinturquoiseandtwohuesofblueundertransparentglaze;H.3in.(7.62cm),Diam.151/2in.(39.4cm)BequestofBenjaminAltman,1913(14.40.727)

Dishwith"kaleidoscope"design,O@omanperiod(ca.1299–1923),ca.1580–85Turkey,IznikStonepaste;polychromepaintedundertransparentglaze;H.211/16in.(6.8cm),Diam.ofrim133/4in.(34.9cm)GicofPhilippeandEdithdeMontebello,1991(1991.172)

Mosque–lamp–shapedvesselwithArabicinscripDons,O@omanperiod(ca.1299–1923),1525–40Turkey,IznikStonepaste;paintedinblueundertransparentglaze;H.611/16in.(17cm),Max.Diam.513/16in.(14.8cm)HarrisBrisbaneDickFund,1959(59.69.3)

MosquelampfortheMausoleumofAmirAydakinal'Ala'Ial–Bunduqdar,Mamlukperiod(1250–1517),shortlyacer1285Egypt,probablyCairoGlass,brownish;blown,foldedfoot,appliedhandles;enameledandgilded;H.103/8in.(26.4cm),W.81/4in.(21cm)GicofJ.PierpontMorgan,1917(17.190.985)

Shahnamahillustratedmany?mes

KingKhusrawParvizListeningtoBarbadtheConcealedMusicianIllustra?onfromamanuscriptoftheShahnama(Bookofkings)Iraq,Baghdad(?),c.1300Ink,opaquewatercolor,andgoldonpaper6x51/8in.(15.3x13cm)TheNasliM.HeeramaneckCollec?on,gicofJoanPalevskyM.73.5.406

SAFAVIDAnonymous(1502-1773)HoughtonShahnameh(BookofKings).HeroRustamblamesShahfordeathofSujavushc.1500-160016thcSafavidManuscriptIran.NewYork.MetropolitanMuseumofArt.,isl01095ForTahmasp(1524-1576).10thepi258miniatures.Blackaddedlater.CapDon:SAFAVID|HoughtonShahnameh(BookofKings).RustamblamesShahfordeathofSujavush.|Safavid|Islamic

ContemporaryIslamicAr?sts

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ShirinNeshatIamIt'sSecret(fromTheWomenofAllahSeries),1993Fujicolorcrystalarchiveprint19½x13inches

Nyrmla'sWeddingII,1985/6,postercolour,gouacheandgolddustonmountboardArJst:AmritK.D.KaurSingh

SandowBirkAmericaQur’anProject

"AmericanQur'an-Sura1(version3)“2013InkandGouacheonPaper,16"x24"

ContemporaryMusicians

BrotherAli

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UploadedonMay3,2011TiniMiniHanemperformedApril10,2011atSandersTheatrebytheZamirChoraleofBostonconductedbyJoshuaJacobsonandmembersofBustanAbrahamwithMehmetSanlikol.www.zamir.org.

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