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Chapter 18 Arts of Islam and of Africa

Islam: Calligraphy Architecture (mosques and palaces) Arts of Daily Life Africa: Abstraction for essence or universal ideas Hierarchical scale Rich resources (ebony, ivory, gold, incense, and leopard skins). Chapter 18 Arts of Islam and of Africa. Arts of Islam.

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Chapter 18 Arts of Islam and of Africa

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  1. Islam: Calligraphy Architecture (mosques and palaces) Arts of Daily Life Africa: Abstraction for essence or universal ideas Hierarchical scale Rich resources (ebony, ivory, gold, incense, and leopard skins) Chapter 18Arts of Islam and of Africa

  2. Arts of Islam Architecture: Mosques & Palaces Insert 72 dpi visual Suggested visual: figure 18.1, Congrgational Mosque, Kairouan, 836 and later.

  3. Arts of Islam Architecture: Mosques & Palaces Insert 72 dpi visual Suggested visual: figure 18.2 Dome with muquarnas, Great Mosque, Cordoba, c. 956. Insert 72 dpi visual Suggested visual: figure 18.3 Qibla iwan, Friday Mosque, Isfahan, rebuilt after 1121-22.

  4. Arts of Islam Architecture: Mosques & Palaces Insert 72 dpi visual Suggested visual: figure 18.5 Court of the Lions, Alhambra palace, Granada, Mid-14th century

  5. Arts of Islam Book Arts Insert 72 dpi visual Suggested visual: figure 18.7 Brahram Gur and the Princess in the Black Pavilion, Bukhara, 1538. Insert 72 dpi visual Suggested visual: figure 18.6 Ahmad al-Suhrawardi, Page from a copy of the Qur’an, Bagdad, 1307.

  6. Arts of Islam Arts of Daily Life Insert 72 dpi visual Suggested visual: figure 18.8 Mosque lamp from the Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem, 1549.

  7. Arts of Africa Insert 72 dpi visual Suggested visual: figure 18.10 Head, Nok culture, 500 B.C.E.-200 C.E. Insert 72 dpi visual Suggested visual: figure 18.9 Ornament from the tomb of Queen Amanishakheto, Kush, 50-51 B.C.E.

  8. Arts of Africa Hierarchical scale: Insert 72 dpi visual Suggested visual: figure 18.11 The palace altar to King Ovonramwen, Benin, Nigeria, c.1888-97.

  9. Arts of Africa Insert 72 dpi visual Suggested visual: figure 18.13 Airowayoye I, ruler of Orangun-Ila, seated in state, 1977.

  10. Arts of Africa Insert 72 dpi visual Suggested visual: figure 18.16 Nkondi figure, Lower Congo, before 1878. Insert 72 dpi visual Suggested visual: figure 18.14 Seated Couple, Dogon.

  11. Arts of Africa Insert 72 dpi visual Suggested visual: figure 18.17 Temne nowo masquerade with attendants, Sierra Leone, 1976.

  12. Arts of Africa Insert 72 dpi visual Suggested visual: figure 18.18 Ijele masquerade at an Igbo second burial ceremony, Achalla, Nigeria, 1983.

  13. Islam: Calligraphy Architecture (mosques and palaces) Arts of Daily Life Africa: Abstraction for essence or universal ideas Hierarchical scale Rich resources (ebony, ivory, gold, incense, and leopard skins) Chapter 18Arts of Islam and of Africa

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