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14 Cards in this Set
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Dome of the Rock (Qubbat al-Sakhrah) Illustration. |
685-705 CE.Israel. Islamic Umayyad.Shrine on Temple Mount of Old City of Jerusalem. Mosaics patterned after nearby Byzantine churches. Octogonal plan. |
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Dome of the Rock "The Noble Sanctuary"(Qubbat al-Sakhrah) |
685-705CE. Israel. Islamic Umayyad. Jerusalem. Muslims took Jerusalem in 630CE. Rock in the center under the dome, references of the Night Journey [Quran]. Islamic script displays criticism against Christianity, at the same time stressing the Qur'anic doctrine that Jesus was a true prophet. |
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Sancta Sophia (Hagia Sophia) (Mosque of the Holy Wisdom) |
6th century (532- 537) Artist Anthemios of Tralles; Isidore of Miletus, I. Byzantine Early Medieval. Constantinople. Burned down during riots against Justinian. shared aesthetic values |
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Sancta Sophia (Hagia Sophia) (Mosque of the Holy Wisdom) |
6th century (532-537) Justinian asked architects to unify basilica and centrally planed space (round dome/round barrel). Dome on pendentives, four arches, piers and half dome supports. Pierced top dome with 40 windows, create rhythm and allows light. Periods of iconoclasm. heavy use of mosaics, colored marble. Islamic inscriptions. |
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Virgin (Theotokos) and Child (Virgin of Vladimir) |
11th-12th cen.Icon, Byzantine Early Medieval. Tempera on wood. 30x20. Constantinople. In Tretyakov Gallery Russia Moscow. Iconoclasm, worship of god rather than images of god. Images project light. Tender love. |
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Shroud of Saint Josse |
before 961CE. Woven textiles. Iran. Khorasan; Islamic Samanid. Silk,Samite. In Musée du Louvre France Paris. Khufu used to create inscription. Features the name of Emir Abu Mansur Bukhtekin. (Killed at Khurasan 961). emir's name and titles are written in a slender, regular script |
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Umayyad Mosque |
709-15 Umayyad Dynasty, Dimashq (Damascus), Syria. 97 x 156 m |
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Great (Umayyad) Mosque |
709-715 AD. Damascus (Dimashq), Syria. Umayyad Dynasty, Dimashq (In Damascus) 97x 156m |
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Jami` al-Umawi al-Kabir (Great Mosque) exterior, courtyard arcade, detail |
706-715 CE. Architectural mosaics. Syria. Islamic Umayyad. Damascus. |
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San Vitale (Chapel of Saint Vitalis) interior, north presbytery: Emperor Justinian and Attendants |
526-547 CE. mosaic. Byzantine Early, Medieval. Ravenna,Italy. Speaks on church power. Justinian (crown, holding gold vessel), built San Vitale. Royal purple robe, embellished with gold thread. standing next to the patriarch (carrying cross) of the Byzantine church. Chi-Rho invokes crucifixion of Jesus,symbolizes his status as the Christ. |
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De Materia Medica (The Materials of Medicine)f. ?, The Pharmacy [preparing medicine from honey] |
1st cen. CE; 1224-1225 Greek. Artist-Dioscorides Pedanius, of Anazarbos; Abdallah ibn al-Fadl. Illuminated Manuscripts. Colors and gilt on paper, 130x170 mm. Arabic dispersed manuscript painted in the style of Baghdad School: bright colors, figures in local dress, and a balanced, bilaterally symmetrical composition . neutral color of the leaf itself, reinforces the two-dimensionality of the pictureIn Met Museum of Art. |
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Basilica di San Marco (Saint Mark's Cathedral) |
1071. Venice Italy. Byzantine Early Medieval. To build central dome structure that paid homage to the roman culture. |
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Basilica di San Marco (Saint Mark's Cathedral) |
1071. Venice Italy. Byzantine Early Medieval. gold mosaic, domes on pendentives, not quite as large as Hagia sophia. Supported displaying image of god as long as it is not objectifying this concept of the deity, seen as a teaching tool. |
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Bowl with Kufic Inscription |
10th century. Ceramics, Calligraphy. Iran. Islamic, Samanid Style. Earthenware painted in black slip on a white slip ground under a transparent glaze inscription in Arabic: "There is no good wealth unless it belongs to a generous person. The true God is munificent. With good fortune blessing." Plotnick (Harvey B.) Collection US Chicago |
