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Moorish art and architecture

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Moorish art and architecture branch of Islamic art and architecture developed in the westernmost lands of the Muslims, known as the Maghreb: N Africa and Spain. The Great Mosque at Al Qayrawan in Tunisia is the prototype of western Islamic religious edifices. Finished in the 9th cent., it comprised a large court surrounded by galleries and opening into a prayer room in the form of a hypostyle hall; the 9th-century mihrab is famed for its luster tile decorations. Another early monument is the Great Mosque at Córdoba (785-c.1000), begun by the Umayyad emir Abd ar-rahman i , who had... Read more
Spanish art and architecture
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Spanish art and architecture works of art and architecture produced in what ... influences, the art and architecture of Spain have ... see Paleolithic art ), the earliest ... horseshoe arch. Moorish and Asturian ... Middle Ages. The art and architecture of the ... Read more
Islamic art and architecture
World Encyclopedia Islamic art and architecture Lacking a strong, independent tradition, Islamic art began to develop as a unique ... 7th century. Early Islamic art and craft is perhaps best illustrated in the architecture of the mosque . Two of the ... examples of early Islamic architecture are the Dome of ... Read more

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