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Islamic (13)
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.
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Islamic Architecture
· iweb · cached · 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.
Religious Architecture and Islamic Cultures
· cached · Overview of a course at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology by Prof. Nasser Rabbat. Illustrated outline history of Islamic architecture.
Islamic Architecture: An Appreciation
· cached · Sakar Datoo explains the development of Islamic architecture, with references. Part of Ismaili Web.
Andalusian Architecture
· cached · Nofal Ahmad Al-Abdulali, a Kuwaiti student at the University of Kansas, provides an illustrated history of the Islamic conquest of Spain and the monumental buildings that sprang from it.
Shalimar
· Supplies an illustrated history of Islamic architecture from the 7th to the 17th century, with bibliography, glossary and timeline.
Early Islamic Tiles
· cached · 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.
Arabic and Islamic Architecture
· iweb · cached · Articles and a list of reviewed and rated related links from Suite 101.
Wonders of Az-Zahra and other Andalusian Palaces
· iweb · cached · Essay by Dr. A. Zahoor on the extravagant pleasure palaces built in the 10th century by Islamic potentates in Spain.
Islamic Art Network
· The Thesaurus Islamicus Foundation provides material on Islamic art and architecture including photographs of Islamic monuments in Cairo.
Islamic Architecture
· iweb · cached · An introduction to Islamic architecture and illustrated descriptions and histories of notable mosques and monuments, together with links to Amazon for the purchase of related books.
Islamic Architecture at the MIT Rotch Library
· iweb · cached · Textual and visual resources on Islamic architecture around the world. Includes a collection of images from the Aga Khan Visual Archives.
Islamic Architecture in India
· Images and historical notes from Shishir Thadani, part of Image India, illustrating the development of Islamic architecture in India.
Architecture of Isfahan
· cached · Online photography tour of Isfahan by Thomas Rochford of Anglia Polytechnic University.
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