chapter 11 slides

great mosque mosaic

dumascas Syria
700 ce
mosaic

pyxis of al-mughira

 

Cordoba spain

968 ce

ivory

prayer hall of the great mosque

cordola spain
8th- 10th century
hypostyle prayer hall horseshoe arches
adapted from visigoths

mausoleum

mausoleum of the samanids
bukhaea Uzbekistan
10th century
built with squinch square

mihrab mosaic

mihrab from the madrasa imami

isfahan iran

glazed mosaic tile work

verses of koran throughout

umayyad palace

plan for Umayyad palace
Syria spain 750 ce
elaborate baths with roman influence

muqarnas Dome

muqarnas dome

hall of the 2 sisters

Alhambra palace

Granada spain 1354 ce

carved to reflect sunlight

 

dome of the rock

 

dome of the rock

Jerusalem 687 ce

believed to be where muhameed began journey to heaven

koran

 

blue koran

from kairouan

9th, 10th century

blue dyed page

christ as pantokrator

Christ as pantokrator
daphni Greece 11th century ce
gigantic icon
judgment to man kind

throne of bishop maximus

san vitale Ravenna Italy 546 ce
ivory
throne

christ savior of souls

 

Christ icon

late byzantine

tempera linen and silver on wood

archangel michael

 

Archangel Michael

6th century

ivory

floats infront of architechture

Christ before pilate

rossano gospels
6th century
Vienna genesis

Theodora & attendants

 

mosaic

san vitale

Ravenna Italy

early bizantine

annunciation

 

2 sided icon

@ church of virgin perbleptos

Macedonia

14th century

tempera & linen on wood

saint apollinaris

 

Saint apollinaris amid sheep

in classe

Ravenna Italy 533 ce

apse mosaic

archangel michael icon

 

 

Archangel Michael icon

venice Italy 1100 ce

brought to st marks from constantinople

Theotokos and child

 

 

Theotokos and childbetween st Theodore and George

 

6th century icon

 

encaustic on wood