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AP Art History
AP
1200 CE
CONTENT: What do you see?
FORM: The details (what you see more exactly). How the artist delivers the content.
CONTEXT: Everything NOT observable.
FUNCTION: The intended purpose of the work.
Assignments:
READINGS:
RESEARCH:
SNAPSHOT Sheet:
Islamic Art Unit Sheet
APAH 250 Images:
Vocabulary
Islam
Mosque
Muhammad
Qur'an (Koran)
Dome of the Rock
5 Pillars of Faith
mihrab
anionic
imam
qibla
minaret
arabesque
calligraphy (kufic)
tessellation
squinch
Sacred Architecture:
56. Mosque at Cordova, Spain
84. Mosque of Selim II, Turkey
168. Great Mosque of Djenne, with markets, Mali
183. The Kaaba, Saudi Arabia
185. Dome of the Rock
- interior
186. Great Mosque (Masjid-e Jameh)
- courtyard
- mihrab
Other Architecture:
65. Alhambra Palaces, Spain
209. Taj Mahal, India
Luxury Objects:
57. Pyxis of al-Mughira, Umayyad
188. Basin (Baptistère de St. Louis)
Muhammad ibn al-Zain
191. The Ardabil Carpet, Maqusud of Kashan
Painting:
187. Folio from a Qur’an, Abbasid
189. Bahram Gur Fights the Karg, folio from the
Great Il-Khanid Shahnama
190, The Court of Gayumars, folio from
Shah Tah masp’s Shahnam
208. Jahangir Preferring a Sufi Shaikh to Kings
Crash Course - Islam
Islamic Art Unit Sheet
