Islamic Art

AP Art History

Moreno Valley High School

Instructor: Erica Ness

Regions and DynastiesSyria and Iraq

Umayyad Caliphate est. 661Abbasid Caliphate est. 750

SpainUmayyad Caliphate est. 756

Nasrid Dynasty est. 1230Iran and Central Asia

Samanid Dynasty est. 819Seljuk Dynasty est. 1038

Timurid Dynasty est. 1370sSafavid Dynasty est. 1501

Regions and DynastiesEgypt

Fatimid Dynasty est. 909Mamluk Dynasty est. 1250

TurkeyOttoman Empire founded 1281

IndiaMughal Dynasty est. 1526

Important DatesBirth of Muhammad in Mecca - ca. 570

Muhammad’s first revelation - 610Muhammad’s flight to Mecca - 622

Death of Muhammad in Medina - 632Muslims capture Jerusalem - 638

Muslim Conquest of Lower Egypt - 642Muslim Armies enter Spain - 711

First Crusade captures Jerusalem - 1099Mongols sack Baghdad - 1258

Ottoman Empire founded - 1281Fall of Granada to the Christians - 1492

Ottomans Capture Baghdad - 1534

The division of Islam

Shi’ite

• Short for Ahiat Ali or followers of Ali.

• Ali was Muhammad’s cousin, a philosopher-warrior.

• His followers say that he was the only one with the spiritual authority to succeed Muhammad.

Sunni

• Followers believed that the caliphate should go to whoever would be best equipped politically to maintain the Muslim Empire.

Dome of the Rock

Date: 687-692

Location: Jerusalem

Interior of the Dome on the

Rock

Detail of a mosaic in the courtyard arcade of the Great MosqueDate: 706 - 715

Medium: Mosaic

Location: Damascus

Umayyad PalaceDate: 740-750

Medium: Limestone

Location: Mshatta, Jordan

The Great MosqueDate: 836-875

Location: Qayrawan, Tunisia

Malwiya minaret of the Great MosqueDate: 848-852

Location: Samarra, Iraq

Prayer Hall of the Great Mosque

Date: 8th-10th centuries

Location: Cordoba, Spain

Maqsura of the Great Mosque

Date: 961-965

Location: Cordoba, Spain

Dome of the Great Mosque

Date: 961-965

Location: Cordoba, Spain

Calligraphy and the Quran

Muqarnas dome, Hall of the Two Sisters, Alhambra PalaceDate: 1354-1391

Location: Granada, Spain

Mosque of Selim II

Date: 1568-1575

Architect: Sinan the Great

Location: Istanbul, Turkey

Great Mosque

Date: 11th-17th Centuries

Location: Isfahan, Iran

Taj Mahal

Date: 1632-1647

Location: Agra, India