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Abbasid (Image)
Muqarnas vault in the so-called Abbasid palace, Baghdad, early 13th century; photo credit: Sheila S. Blair and Jonathan M. Bloom ...
Source: The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture
Ablution (Image)
Muslims consider ablution, ritual washing or purification before prayer, a sign of respect to God. The process begins with a declaration that the ritual ...
Source: The Islamic World: Past and Present
Aesthetic Theory (Image)
Fig. 1 Lobby, Safir Hotel, Rabat , OE of the Modern IW vol. 1 ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World
Afghanistan (Map)
Map of Afghanistan; those sites with separate entries in this encyclopedia are distinguished by Cross-reference type ...
Source: The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture
Africa (Map)
1. Map of the southern Islamic lands; those countries and sites with separate entries in this encyclopedia are distinguished by Cross-reference type ...
Source: The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture
Africa (Image)
2. Djenné, Mali, Great Mosque, eastern façade, founded 14th century; reconstructed 1907; photo credit: Werner Forman/Art Resource, NY ...
Source: The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture
Africa (Image)
2. Illuminated frontispiece in a typical Koran manuscript, from sub-Saharan Africa, Nigeria, 18th–19th centuries (private collection); photo credit: Werner Forman/Art Resource, NY; see Africa, ...
Source: The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture
Africa (Image)
3. Hausa decorated house, Kano, Nigeria; photo credit: Werner Forman/Art Resource, NY ...
Source: The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture
Aghlabid (Image)
Mosque of the Three Doors, Kairouan, Tunisia, 866; photo credit: Sheila S. Blair and Jonathan M. Bloom ...
Source: The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture
Agra (Image)
1. Agra, Taj Mahal, 1631–48; photo credit: Sheila S. Blair and Jonathan M. Bloom; see Agra, §II, A ...
Source: The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture
Albania (Map)
Map of Albania ...
Source: The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture
Aleppo (Image)
Aleppo, Firdaws Madrasa, 1235–7; mihrab in prayer-hall; photo credit: Sheila S. Blair and Jonathan M. Bloom ...
Source: The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture
Almohad (Image)
2. Almohad mosque, interior, Tinmal, Morocco, 1153–4; photo credit: Sheila S. Blair and Jonathan M. Bloom; see Almohad ...
Source: The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture
Almoravid (Image)
Almoravid congregational mosque, view of dome over the mihrab, Tlemcen, Algeria, 1136; photo credit: Sheila S. Blair and Jonathan M. Bloom ...
Source: The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture
Aniconism: The Absence of Figures (Image)
Muslims disdained pictures or sculptures of living beings in religious settings, but they often used them in palaces and other secular settings. The entrance ...
Source: The Oxford History of Islam
Aniconism: The Absence of Figures (Image)
Paintings of people decorated the walls of the ninth-century palaces at Samarra, the Abbasid capital north of Baghdad. Excavators found one mural in the ...
Source: The Oxford History of Islam
Aniconism: The Absence of Figures (Image)
Manuscripts of the Quran were never illustrated with human figures, but in addition to the beautiful calligraphy used to transcribe God's word, many manuscripts ...
Source: The Oxford History of Islam
Aniconism: The Absence of Figures (Image)
Islamic art transformed many of the subsidiary elements of pre-Islamic art into major themes. The mosaics on the walls of the Great Mosque of ...
Source: The Oxford History of Islam
Apogee of the Caliphal Empire (700–950 c.e. ) (Image)
The mighty land walls of Constantinople, built in the centuries preceding the revelation of Islam, protected the city against repeated invasions, including the unsuccessful ...
Source: The Oxford History of Islam
Apogee of the Caliphal Empire (700–950 c.e. ) (Image)
The Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem is the third holiest site in Islam. Built over the remains of Solomon's temple, the structure is ...
Source: The Oxford History of Islam
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