ISLAMIC ARCH

Question 1

Arch. Character (Islamic)

Answer 1

Sober and Grotesque

Question 2

A. THE USE OF
“HORSESHOE
ARCH”
B. TUNNEL OF
STONES & BRICKS
C. RICH SURFACE OF
DECORATION IN
CARVED STONE,
MOSAIC AND
PAINTING
D. CEILING DOME
E. MINARETS - tower
F. MUQARNAS - decorative vault

Answer 2

ISLAMIC ARCH

Question 3

Chants the prayer call 5x (MOSQUE)

Answer 3

MUEZZIN

Question 4

Where the prayer is sounded (MOSQUE)

Answer 4

MINARET

Question 5

Ritual washing before prayers (MOSQUE)

Answer 5

FAWWARA/MEDA

Question 6

Muslim line up (MOSQUE)

Answer 6

CONGREGATIONAL PRAYER

Question 7

niche or opening -> direction of Mecca

Answer 7

QIBLA

Question 8

Pulpit which imams issues a sermon (MOSQUE)

Answer 8

MINBAR

Question 9

Head of the mosque
leads prayer (MOSQUE)

Answer 9

IMAM

Question 10

Women w/ children separated from men w/ children

Answer 10

HAREM

Question 11

oldest Islam monument, used as shrine for pilgrims

Answer 11

DOME OF THE ROCK, JERUSALEM

Question 12

-LARGEST MOSQUE IN
THE WORLD AND
SURROUNDS THE ISLAM’S
HOLIEST PLACE. THE
“KAABA”
-9 minarets

Answer 12

GREAT MOSQUE OF MECCA

Question 13

“HOUSE OF GOD”
-SMALL CUBICAL STONE
BUILDING IN THE COURTYARD
OF THE GREAT MOSQUE IN
MECCA
- CONTAINS A SACRED
BLACK STONE

Answer 13

KA’ABA

Question 14

• OLDEST SURVIVING
  STONE MOSQUE
  -MARBLE GRILLES ON
  WINDOWS, EARLIEST
  EXAMPLE OF GEOMETRIC
  INTERLACE IN
  ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE
  INTERIOR IS COVERED IN
  MOSAIC

Answer 14

GREAT MOSQUE OF DAMASCUS

Question 15

The Umayyad Caliphate Crosses the Straight of Gibraltar and quickly takes control of the region, naming it Al-Andalus

Answer 15

711 CE

Question 16

The Umayyad Caliphate rules Al-Andalus until the early 11th
century, as the Umayyad Caliphate, Emirate of Córdoba, and Caliphate of Córdoba

Answer 16

11th century

Question 17

The Almoravid Dynasty takes control of Al-Andalus and rules from their capital in North Africa

Answer 17

11th-12th century

Question 18

The Almoravid Dynasty is taken over by the Almohad, who again control Al-Andalus from North Africa.

Answer 18

12-13th

Question 19

Eventually the movement known as the Reconquista pushes Moorish control back to the southern fringes of the Iberian Peninsula. The Final
Islamic stronghold is the Emirate of Granada, which was defeated in 1492

Answer 19

13-15th

Question 20

-ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE OF NORTH AFRICA

-BUILDING OF LARGE MOSQUES AND ELABORATED FORTRESS -PALACES

-STRUCTURAL SYSTEMS AND DECORATIONS ADAPTED FROM CLASSICAL ANTIQUITY
AND COMBINED WITH ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE

Answer 20

MOORISH ARCH

Question 21

▪ elaborate
ornamentation
▪ arches,
▪ honeycombed
vaults
▪ colorful tile
work.

Answer 21

MOORISH ARCH

Question 22

INCLUDES PERFECT OR NEAR
PERFECT RADIAL OR
BILATERAL SYMMETRY, RED
SANDSTONE WITH WHITE
MARBLE INLAYS, LATER PURE
WHITE MARBLE SURFACES,
GEOMETRIC ORNAMENT,
DOMES WHICH ARE SLIGHTLY
POINTED INSTEAD OF
HEMISPHERICAL ONES AND
GARDEN SURROUNDINGS.

Answer 22

HUMAYUN’S TOMB, INDIA

Question 23

USING VUT, FITTED STONES
TO CREATE IMAGES

Answer 23

PIETRA DURA

Question 24

PLATFORM WHERE TAJ MAHAL IS PLACED

Answer 24

CHAHAR BAGH

Question 25

“CROWN PALACE”

Answer 25

TAJ MAHAL

Question 26

type of garden built by Mughals based
on a Persian type of
architecture, they are an
example of landscape
horticulture.

Answer 26

MUGHAL GARDENS

Question 27

e first types of mughal gardens

Answer 27

AGRA GARDENS