WorldReligionsinGreaterIndianapolisTeachingModule

TeacherName:JoannaH.WosHumanitiesDiscipline:ArtAppreciationARTH110 Date:June13,2016

WorldReligions:IslamTeachingModuleTitle:IslamicReligiousTraditionsandSacredTextsTeachingModuleGoals:ToshowhowthemihrabfromIsfahanattheMetropolitanMuseumofArtisanexcellentexampleoftheuseofcalligraphyinIslamicreligiousart.AssignedReadings:Carey,M.(2010).TheIllustratedencyclopediaofIslamicArtandArchitecture:Acomprehensivehistoryof Islam’s1,400yearlegacyofartanddesignwith500photographs,reproductionsandfine-art painting.LorenzBooks.London,England.

Pp.22-23(TheQibla).Pp.(TheMosqueInterior).Pp.26-27(TheMadrasa).Pp.36-32(Calligraphy).Pp.178-179).(SafavidIsfahan).

DeWitte,D.J.(2011).Gatewaystoart:Understandingthevisualarts,1stedition,Thames&Hudson Pp.324-325.Wright,R.(2009).TheevolutionofGod.LittleBrown.NewYork.

Part4:ThetriumphofIslamView:Mihrab.1354–55.MadrasaImamifoundedin755A.H.Iran,Isfahan.Mosaicofpolychrome-glazedcuttilesonstonepastebodysetintomortar.MetropolitanMuseumofArt.

http://metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/39.20/

IslamicArt:MirroroftheInvisibleWorld.(2011)DVD.UnityProductionsFoundation. Part1:ThewordStudyQuestions:

1. WhyiscalligraphysoimportantinIslamicart?2. Whatisthedifferencebetweenkuficandcursivecalligraphy?3. Definethefollowingterms:Madrasa,Qibla,Mihrab.4. WhatareknownasthefivepillarsofIslam?5. Whatisthemeaningofthecalligraphy:

AroundthepillarsandlinteloftheIsfahanmadrasamihrab?Arounditspointedarch?Withinthecentralpanel?

WrittenAssignmentsand/orassessmentinstruments:

Writeaone-pagenarrative,discussinghowtheMihrabfromtheMadrasaImamiinIsfahanreflectstheimportanceofcallig raphyinIslamicart.