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    Prepared By:

    Arch. Asis
    • Islamic Origins
    • Islamic Characteristics
    • Islamic Public Buildings
    • Haggia Sophia Documentary
    *Film Showing
    2nd half of this class
    period
    -Students will require for an output to
    Be submitted in Schoolbook
     Islamic Public Buildings
     Mosques
     Madresahs
     Mausoleums
     Islamic architecture gains its origins when the
    Muslims began to build in conquered lands
     Islamic architecture gains its origins when the
    Muslims began to build in conquered lands

     Byzantium
     Greece
     Egypt
     Middle East
     Islamic architecture shares many forms and
    structural concerns with Byzantine, Medieval,
    and Renaissance architecture
     Islamic architectural characteristics
     Large interior spaces
     Domes and ceilings
     Arches and columns
     Walls and vaults
     Wall-like facades
     A particular characteristic is the architectural
    decoration
     Independent of structure
     Intricate patterns completely cover exteriors and
    interiors
     Domes of various shapes
     Arch forms in the shape of a horseshoe are uniquely
    Islamic
     Mosques
     Considered the most important building
     Serve as a gathering place for prayer, teaching,
    and a town hall
     Its form has been very consistent through time
    and place
     Mosques
     The earliest mosques were built to represent the
    prophet Mohamed’s house
    ▪ A courtyard and covered area for prayer
     All mosques were axial and oriented towards
    Mecca
    ▪ Mecca is Islam’s most holy site
     Mosques
     Dome of the Rock
    ▪ Located in Jerusalem
    ▪ c. 684 A.D.
    ▪ Built on the spot where Muslims believe the
    prophet Mohamed was carried to heaven
     Mosques
     Dome of the Rock
    ▪ Features
    ▪ Octagonal format
    ▪ Vaulting
    ▪ Columns
    ▪ Piers
    ▪ Rich mosaic decoration
    ▪ Dome of gilded wood, considered a symbol of the power of Islam
     Mosques
     Great Mosque
    ▪ Cordoba, Spain
    ▪ A culminating monument
    of the early Islamic period
     Mosques
     Great Mosque
    ▪ Double-tiered arches
     Possibly derived from the Roman aqueducts in
    Spain
    ▪ Dome featuring cross-bracings, interlacing arches,
    rich stucco, and mosaic decorative overlays
     Led to a unique Islamic style
     Madresahs
     Theological colleges and schools of religion
     Usually attached directly to mosques
     Typical structure
    ▪ Four vaulted halls surrounding a center courtyard
    ▪ The largest side hall is known as the qibla
     Madresahs
     The four halls are usually surrounded
    ▪ Apartments
    ▪ Schoolrooms
     Exterior decoration usually only surrounds
    openings and marks the roofline
    ▪ Unlike other public buildings where decoration starts at
    the foundation and ends at the roof
    Madresahs
     Mausoleums
     Memorials to holy men and rulers
     Usually centrally planed
    and domed
    The most famous Islamic
    mausoleum is the Taj Mahal
     Mausoleums
     Mausoleum of the Taj Mahal
    ▪ c. 1631 – 1648
    ▪ Located in Agra, India
    ▪ Built as a memorial by a Muslim Indian
    ruler to his wife
     Mausoleums
     Mausoleum of the Taj Mahal
    ▪ Features
    ▪ Assortment of motifs from Persian and Turkish sources
    ▪ Many gardens and water pools
    ▪ Inlaid stone patterns and Koranic inscriptions
    ▪ Lacy marble walls
    ▪ Large portals
    ▪ Extravagant domes
     Other Features
     Materials
    ▪ Brick
    ▪ Local stone
    ▪ Marble
    ▪ Stucco
     Other Features
     Domes
    ▪ Used to cover prayer halls and other spaces
    ▪ Unique to Islam was the many shapes of the domes
    ▪ Round
    ▪ Octagonal
    ▪ Multilobed
    ▪ Star-shaped
    • Haggia Sophia Documentary
    *Film Showing
    -Students will require for an output to Be
    submitted in Schoolbook
    *SEE ASSESSMENT TAB with the subj:
    “Haggia Sophia Documentary Assessment”
    Be guided on the deadline scheduled set in the
    schoolbook

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