Directory of Islamic Resources

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In the 8th and 9th centuries a specifically Islamic style developed, which spread across the Middle East, India, North Africa and Spain with the Muslim conquests. Characteristic features are the horse-shoe arch, domes, and rich surface decoration especially calligraphy and geometrical patterns using glazed tiles or mosaic.

Subcategories

• Alhambra
• Mosques
• Sinan
• Taj Mahal

Resources in This Category

• Architecture of Isfahan

  http://www.isfahan.org.uk/
  Beautiful photography enhances this tour around the Iranian city notable for the Grand Mosque and other buildings around the Great Square, a World Heritage site. By Thomas Rochford of Anglia Polytechnic University.

• Early Islamic Tiles

  http://www.anthonyralphgallery.com/
  An on-line exhibition of 14th-17th century decorative tiles collected in 1880-86 by Lockwood de Forest. Scholarly comments by Anthony Slayter-Ralph. Biography of de Forest.

• Islamic Architecture

  http://www.greatbuildings.com/types/styles/islamic.html
  Images and information on outstanding mosques and other examples of monumental Islamic architecture in Spain, the Middle East, India and North Africa, from Great Buildings Online.

• Islamic Architecture at the MIT Rotch Library

  http://libguides.mit.edu/islam-arch/
  Textual and visual resources on Islamic architecture around the world. Includes a collection of images from the Aga Khan Visual Archives.

• Islamic Architecture: An Appreciation

  http://www.amaana.org/tajik/sakarchit.htm
  Sakar Datoo explains the development of Islamic architecture, with references. Part of Ismaili Web.

• Islamic Art Network

  http://www.islamic-art.org/
  The Thesaurus Islamicus Foundation provides material on Islamic art and architecture including photographs of Islamic monuments in Cairo.

• Religious Architecture and Islamic Cultures

  http://web.mit.edu/4.614/www/
  Overview of a course at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology by Prof. Nasser Rabbat. Illustrated outline history of Islamic architecture.

• Wonders of Az-Zahra and other Andalusian Palaces

  http://cyberistan.org/islamic/zahra.html
  Essay by Dr. A. Zahoor on the extravagant pleasure palaces built in the 10th century by Islamic potentates in Spain.

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