EL ARTE ISLÁMICO THE ISLAMIC ART

CHARACTERISTICS• Islam religion forbids the representation of

human and animal forms, so the most important artistic achievement are:

• architecture

• design (pottery, ivory pieces, metalwork, etc)

POTTERY AND METALWORKS

IVORY PIECES

ARCHITECTURE• Buildings were made with

poor-quality construction materials, such as brick, wood or plaster.

• The external decoration of the buildings were simple, but inside they were covered with marble and coloured tiles, and decorated with wood or plaster.

• Designs were usually decorations of vegetables (arabesque), geométric figures (tracery) and inscriptions from the Koran (epigraphy).

Decorations of vegetables, tracey and epigraphy

EPIGRAPHY

TRACERY

ARABESQUE

ARCHITECTURE

• They used collums and pillars as supporting elements.

• They used horseshoe arches.

• They also used semicular arches.

Horseshoe arch

Other tipes of muslim archs

ARCHITECTURE

• The roofs could be flat or vaulted.

Cúpula de mocárabesMuqarna vault

Cúpula califalCaliphal ribbed vault

Cúpula de la Roca, JerusalénDome of the Rock

Cúpula de la Roca y explanada de las mezquitasDome of the Rock and the Temple Mount

MAIN BUILDINGS• The main buildings were:

• palaces, surrounded by gardens with fountains.

• mosques, where Muslims met to pray.

PALACESPalaces were where the caliphs lived. They had a public area where the throne was found.

Salón del trono del palacio de Medina AzaharaThrone Room in the Palace of Medina Azahara

PALACES• They also had a private

area where the baths and the harem were found.

• All the palaces had beautiful gardens with fountains.

MOSQUESMEZQUITAS

• The mosque is the most important building for the Muslims.

• Its structure is based on Muhammad's house in Medina.

• It has a courtyard surrounded by a portico.

• In it there is a fountain where the attendants wash and purify themselves.

• Mosque of Damascus,inside.

Casa de Mahoma en Medina y evolución

MOSQUE OF DAMASCUS MEZQUITA OMEYA DE

DAMASCO

MOSQUE OF DAMASCUS

MOSQUE OF KAIROUAN

TUNISIAMEZQUITADE KAIRUAN, TÚNEZ

MOSQUE OF KUTUBIA

MARRAKECH

MOSQUE OF CORDOBA

MOSQUE OF SEVILLE, PLAN, EVOLUTION OF THE MINARETE AND THE GIRALDA Y THE PRESENT TIME

NURIA TORREBLANCA