THE ISLAMIC ART IN THE IBERIAN PENINSULA

Essential conceptsARCHS

HORSESHOE LOBED

PARTS OF A COLUMN

CARVED CAPITAL

LIGHT DOME ROOF

CARVED WOOD CEILING

A. COLONNADE, B. SHADED WALKWAY

A.

B.

DECORATION TYPESMOSAIC: GLAZED TILES WITH STRAPWORK (GEOMETRIC FORMS)

CALLIGRAPHY

KUFIC

NASKHI

ARABESQUE: STYLIZED VEGETAL FORMS

MUQARNAS

LIGHT

WATER

The Umayyad period: the Emirate and Caliphate of Cordoba

The mosque of Cordoba

Plan of Cordoba’s great mosque

with the different extensions

Interior of the mosque with the double moorish arcades and alternating red and white voussoirs

Mihrab

Mihrab, dome

Maqsura

Exterior

South-west façade Al- Hakam’s II door

Minaret (muslim times and now)

Madinet al- Zahra

Salon Rico

Bab al-Mardum Mosque (Toledo)

Taifa kingdoms

Aljaferia (Saragossa)

Alcazaba of Almeria Alcazaba of Malaga

Ziri Granada:Bañuelo (hammam)

Ziri Granada

Minaret of S. José Gate of Monaita

Granada Ziri:

Ziri Wall Tableros Gate

Almoravid Period

Monteagudo Castle

Almohad period

SevilleGiralda

Torre del Oro

Cuatrovitas minaret (Seville)San Juan de los Reyes minaret

(Granada)

NASRID PERIOD

THE ALHAMBRA

CORRAL DEL CARBÓN ALCAZAR DEL GENIL

CUARTO REAL DE SANTO DOMINGO

DAR-AL-HORRA

COBERTIZO DE STA. INES HOUSE

MADRAZA

GLOSSARY:• Arch: arco

• Horseshoe arch/ moorish arch: arco de herradura• Lobed arch: arco lobulado• Voussoir: dovela

• Column: columna• Base: basa• Shaft: fuste• Capital: capitel

• Carved capital: capitel tallado• Light dome roof: cúpula iluminada (con lucernario)• Carved wood ceiling: armadura (techo realizado en madera)• Colonnade/ arcade: columnata• Shaded walkway: espacio porticado, pórtico• Mosaic: mosaico• Glazed tile: azulejo• Strapwork: lacería• Calligraphy: caligrafía

• Kufic: cúfica• Naskhi: nasjí

• Arabesque: arabesco, ataurique• Muqarnas: mocárabes