Fly Through History and Cultures
Islamic Art Virtual Field Trip
Slides 1-4 Dome of the Rock, Built 687-691, Jerusalem, Israel
Slides 5-7 The Great Mosque of Cordoba, begun 786, Cordoba, Spain
Slides 8-10 Taj Mahal, 1631-48, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India
Slides 11-13 Grande Mosquée Hassan II, opened 1993, Casablanca, Morocco
Slides 5-7 The Great Mosque of Cordoba, begun 786, Cordoba, Spain
Slides 8-10 Taj Mahal, 1631-48, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India
Slides 11-13 Grande Mosquée Hassan II, opened 1993, Casablanca, Morocco
Essential Questions
What are the defining characteristics of Islamic art? What imagery do we see repeated in different mediums? What art principles are employed? Do you notice a lack of any type of imagery? How do you explain the aesthetic differences in the art? What does the imagery tell us about the Islamic culture? Why is pattern and repetition used throughout the art? What does this work remind you of? Where do we see similar values in other cultures? What does the infinite represent? What does the garden represent? |
Art Elements
Color Line Form space texture value Art Principles •Balance •contrast •emphasis •proportion •pattern •unity •harmony •movement |
Further research on Islamic Art
Khan Academy
Dome of the Rock https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/ap-art-history/west-and-central-asia/a/the-dome-of-the-rock-qubbat-al-sakhra Mosque of Cordoba https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/ap-art-history/early-europe-and-colonial-americas/ap-art-islamic-world-medieval/a/the-great-mosque-of-cordoba |
Visit and Explore two different Spiritual Sites
Assignments:
Shirin Neshat
Artist Demonstration: Persian Miniature Painting
Lalla Essaydi
BIOGRAPHY
Lalla A. Essaydi grew up in Morocco and now lives in USA where she received her MFA from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts/TUFTS University in May 2003. Essaydi’s work is represented by Howard Yezerski Gallery in Boston and Edwynn Houk Gallery in New York City. Her work has been exhibited in many major international locales, including Boston, Chicago, Minneapolis, Texas, Buffalo, Colorado, New York, Syria, Ireland, England, France, the Netherlands, Sharjah, U.A.E., and Japan and is represented in a number of collections. Her art, which often combines Islamic calligraphy with representations of the female body, addresses the complex reality of Arab female identity from the unique perspective of personal experience. In much of her work, she returns to her Moroccan girlhood, looking back on it as an adult woman caught somewhere between past and present, and as an artist, exploring the language in which to “speak” from this uncertain space. Her paintings often appropriate Orientalist imagery from the Western painting tradition, thereby inviting viewers to reconsider the Orientalist mythology.
"In my art, I wish to present myself through multiple lenses -- as artist, as Moroccan, as traditionalist, as Liberal, as Muslim. In short, I invite viewers to resist stereotypes."
BIOGRAPHY
Lalla A. Essaydi grew up in Morocco and now lives in USA where she received her MFA from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts/TUFTS University in May 2003. Essaydi’s work is represented by Howard Yezerski Gallery in Boston and Edwynn Houk Gallery in New York City. Her work has been exhibited in many major international locales, including Boston, Chicago, Minneapolis, Texas, Buffalo, Colorado, New York, Syria, Ireland, England, France, the Netherlands, Sharjah, U.A.E., and Japan and is represented in a number of collections. Her art, which often combines Islamic calligraphy with representations of the female body, addresses the complex reality of Arab female identity from the unique perspective of personal experience. In much of her work, she returns to her Moroccan girlhood, looking back on it as an adult woman caught somewhere between past and present, and as an artist, exploring the language in which to “speak” from this uncertain space. Her paintings often appropriate Orientalist imagery from the Western painting tradition, thereby inviting viewers to reconsider the Orientalist mythology.
"In my art, I wish to present myself through multiple lenses -- as artist, as Moroccan, as traditionalist, as Liberal, as Muslim. In short, I invite viewers to resist stereotypes."