Class Notes - Slides - History of Architecture | ARCH 3115, Study notes of History of Architecture

Download Class Notes - Slides - History of Architecture | ARCH 3115 and more Study notes History of Architecture in PDF only on Docsity! Slavs ek “Khazars Carpathiar e Mts. Magyars) | Avars oe Soe Ee: Palérmo "as Maghrib | Tunis'g 7 eee f ‘ 2 Baghdad Abasid Em ) yf Iraq ® Shiraz }* Je: Se i a ae = . he - 8. Pieced ¥ Persian EARLY MEDIEVAL EUROPE ai Arabia AND MIDDLE EAST Carolingian Empire, A.D. 800 Approximate Islamic Byzantine Empire, A.D. 800 frontiers: \ oN , Islamic Areas, 9th Century A.D. A.D, 632 / : » Yemen Approximate empire boundaries, A.D. 656 | “""" A.D, 800 A.D. 750 0100 300 500 miles Hadramaut  Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem 688-92 CE This structure contains the rock from which Mohammed (570-639) sprang to Heaven The site is actually the leveled off top of Mount Moriah where Abraham is said to have brought his son for sacrifice.It was also the location of Solomon’s Temple in the Christian tradition. Click to add text. The Ka ‘ba at Mecca According to the tradition, Mecca is the omphalos of the earth. Adam is said to have been the builder of this primordial house. Located at the center of the earth, the Ka ‘ba is said to be directly under the polestar which marks the center of heaven and the place of God’s throne. The Ka ‘ba (meaning “cube-like”) contains the Black Stone which is said to be the right hand of God. Ritual washing of the feet prior to entering a mosque Plan of the Great Mosque at Cordoba Spain 786 CE with later Christian church set into the structure of the prayer hall in 1523. The Hypostyle Prayer Hall of the Great Mosque at Cordoba Spain 514 columns, probably originally used in a Roman market The Star vault over the mirab at the Great Mosque of Cordoba, Spain Khwaja Bridge, Isfahan Iran, mid 17th century CE. Here we have a multi-level bridge on which to enjoy the play of the waters, to socialize, or have a picnic. The “rooms” on the upper level are like theater boxes. Caravanseri near Tash Kurghan in Afghanistan. The Caravanserai is a kind of motel in the desert where caravans can spend the night protected from robbers and the weather. Click to add text. re © iS LS Cs co cS © a= & x77  Isfahan Bazaar Vaults: What appear to be bricks are just lines scored in wet plaster over a rougher structural brick construction.t Vernacular Architecture: Windmills in Sistan, Eastern Iran. These mills grind flower. The shafts that turn the mills are vertical. The walls around them act as “venturis” to funnel the wind to the blades. Murkarnas type vault in i faU(el elem ele(e 4  Islamic builders constructing a dome without centering Vernacular systems of the Islamic world for building vaults and domes without centering