ISLAMIC ART
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• Islamic Art: Special Topics (through the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Timeline of Art History)
  • The Birth of Islam
  • Trade and the Spread of Islam
  • The Nature of Islamic Art
    • Calligraphy
    • Figural Representation
    • Geometric Patterns
    • Vegetal Patterns
  • Glass from Islamic Lands
    • Blown
    • Cut and Engraved
    • Enameled and Gilded
    • Hot-worked
    • Mosaic
    • Stained, or Luster-Painted
    • Glass with Mold-Blown Decoration
  • Umayyad Period (661 - 750 A.D.)
  • ^cAbbasid Period (750 - 1258 A.D.)
  • Umayyad Period in Spain (711 - 1031 A.D.)
  • Nishapur (mid-9th - early 12th century A.D.)
  • Almoravid and Almohad Periods (ca. 1062 - 1269 A.D.)
  • Ayyubid Period (ca. 1171 - 1260 A.D.)
  • Fatimid Period (909 - 1171 A.D.)
  • Seljuq Period in Anatolia (1081 - 1307 A.D.)
  • Seljuqs of Iran (ca. 1040 - 1157 A.D.)
  • Ilkhanid Period (1256 - 1353 A.D.)
  • Mamluk Period (1250 - 1517 A.D.)
  • Nasrid Period (1232 - 1492 A.D.)
  • Timurid Period (ca. 1370 - 1507 A.D.)
  • Mughals before 1600 A.D.
  • Ottomans before 1600 A.D.
  • Safavids before 1600 A.D.
  • The Age of Süleyman "the Magnificent" (r. 1520 - 1566 A.D.)
• Discover Islamic Art (through Museum With No Frontiers)
  • Algeria
  • Egypt
  • Germany
  • Italy
  • Jordan
  • Morocco
  • Palestinian Authority
  • Portugal
  • Spain
  • Sweden
  • Syria
  • Tunisia
  • Turkey
  • United Kingdom
• Islamic Art (126 selected works) in the collection of the Musée du Louvre, Paris, including
  • Mamluks, Mongols, and Timurids (16 works)
  • The Caliphate Period (30 works)
  • Modern Empires (51 works)
  • Turks, Mongols, and the Muslim West (29 works)
• Persian Art Through The Centuries (through IranSaga, Persian History and Culture)
  • Introduction to Islamic Art
  • The Abbasid Period
  • The Samanids
  • The Ghaznavids
  • The Seljuks
  • The Mongols; Ilkhans - 1
  • The Mongols; Ilkhans -2
  • The Timurids -1
  • The Timurids -2
  • The Safavids -1
  • The Safavids -2
  • Zand & Qajar Periods -1
  • Zand & Qajar Periods -2
  • Zand & Qajar Periods -3
  • Zand & Qajar Periods -4
• Islamic Art (through ArtLex)
• Islamic Art (exhibition at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art), with links to
  • Early Islamic Period
  • Early Medieval Period (Eleventh to Mid-Thirteenth Century)
  • Late Medieval Period (Mid-Thirteenth to Fifteenth Century)
  • Images
    • Early Islamic Art
    • Early Medieval Art
    • Late Medieval Art
    • Late Islamic Art
  • Dynasties
  • Glossary
  • Map
• Islamic Art & Culture (through IslamiCity), with links to:
  • Art of the Mamluks
  • Islamic Calligraphy
  • Mosques Around the World, with links to:
    • Makkah
    • Madinah
    • Jerusalem
    • Africa
    • America
    • Asia
    • Europe
  • Taj Mahal
• Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem, Israel (through Places of Peace and Power, Martin Gray)
• Islamic Architecture
  • Islamic Dynasties
  • Islamic Art (Introduction)
    • Calligraphy
    • Calligraphers
    • Carpets
    • Geometry & Floral Patterns
    • Metal Work
    • Pottery
    • Textiles
    • Wood Work
  • Achitecture
    • Architecture
      • The Mosque (Masjid)
      • Minaret Types
      • History of the Mosque (Masjid)
    • Monuments
      • Chaminar Gate, Hyderabad, India
      • Taj Mahal, Agra, India
      • Dome of the Rock, Al-Quds, Palestine
      • Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, Turkey
    • Mosques
      • Masjid-i Shah Isfahan
      • Lutfallah Mosque
      • The Great Mosque, Djenne
      • The Great Mosque of Cordoba
      • Great Mosque of Damascus
      • Kuwait Grand Mosque
      • Al Aqsa Mosque
      • Bayazid Mosque
      • Divrigi Great Mosque
      • Mosque of Sultan Ahmed
      • Nuruosmaniye Mosque
      • Suleyman Mosque
      • The Selimiye
      • Yeni Mosque
      • The Great Mosque; Qairawan, Tunis
      • Great Mosque of Tlemcen
      • Amr Bin Alas Mosque
      • Al Aqmar Mosque
      • Al Azhar Mosque
      • Al Hakim Mosque
      • Al Juyuishi Mosque
      • Al Salih Tala'i Mosque
      • Ibn Tulun Mosque
      • Maridani Mosque
      • Salar & Sangar Al Gawli Mosque
      • Sayidna Al Hussein Mosque
      • Sultan Hassan Mosque
      • Mosque of Al Mutawakil
      • Muhammad Ali Al-Pasha Mosque
      • Yaama Mosque
      • Quwwat Al-Islam Mosque
      • Badshahi Mosque
      • Bhong Mosque
      • Shah Faisal Mosque
      • The Great Mosque of Xian
      • Kutubiya Mosque
      • Sultan Mosque
    • Palaces
      • Aljaferia of Saragossa Palace
      • Alhambra
      • Citadel of Salah El Din
      • Khirbat al-Mafjar
      • Topkapi Palace
    • Schools
      • Madrasa Of Mir-i Arab
      • Madrasa Al-Firdaus