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Moorish architecture in Spain (3 C, 29 P) Pages in category "Islamic art of Spain" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total.
This is a list of preserved or partly-preserved Moorish architecture in Spain and Portugal from the period of Muslim rule on the Iberian Peninsula (known as al-Andalus) from the 8th to 15th centuries. The list is organized by geographic location.
Islamic art is a part of Islamic culture and encompasses the ... The Islamic prohibition on certain images encouraged batik design to ... the art of Islamic Spain ...
The word azulejo in Portuguese and Spanish, referring to a style of painted tile in Portugal and Spain, derives from the word zillīj. [10] [11] In Spain, the mosaic tile technique used in historical Islamic monuments like the Alhambra is also referred to as alicatado, a Spanish word deriving from the Arabic verb qata'a (ﻗَﻄَﻊَ ...
[6] [7] [a] Some references on Islamic art and architecture consider this term to be outdated or contested. [11] [12] This architectural tradition integrated influences from pre-Islamic Roman, Byzantine, and Visigothic architectures, [6] [13] [2] from ongoing artistic currents in the Islamic Middle East, [4] [13] [6] and from North African ...
The Almoravid minbar from the Kutubiyya Mosque, on display at the El-Badi Palace in Marrakesh today.. The Minbar of the Kutubiyya Mosque is a minbar (Arabic: منبر; a mosque furnishing similar to a pulpit) produced in Cordoba, Spain (al-Andalus at the time), in the early 12th century by order of the Almoravid amir Ali ibn Yusuf.
The image of the peacock is repeated four times in the central section of the Pyxis of Zamora. In the context of medieval Islam, peacocks were viewed as having apotropaic powers. This view was the result of varying Islamic beliefs of the bird. Some Islamic interpreters believed the peacock mated asexually, thus associating the bird with purity.
Islamic and Mujédar stucco decoration followed the main types of ornamentation in Islamic art: geometric, arabesque or vegetal, and calligraphic motifs. [3] [2] Three-dimensional muqarnas was often also carved in stucco, [24] [7] most typically found as transitional elements on vaults, domes, capitals, friezes, and doorways.