COLLECTION NAME:
Visual Resources Teaching Collection
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ArtArtHiAAH~7~7
Visual Resources Teaching Collection
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Image Record ID:
aahi0007740
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aahi0007740
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Work Title (display):
Great Mosque
Image Title:
full view
Work Dates (display):
965
Work Dates type:
creation
Image Date (display):
2011-01-11
Work Creator (display):
Abd al-Rahman I (Umayyad, active 750-788)
Work Creator gender:
male
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male
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false
Work Creator (display):
unknown Umayyad
Work Creator gender:
unknown
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unknown
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false
Work Creator notes (display):
Refers to a period (660-730 CE) during which that the foundations of Islamic society and civilization are considered to have been established; it is named after an aristocratic family of Mecca that ruled the Islamic empire from Syria for over 90 years. The craftsmen were Syrians, Egyptians, and Persians as the Arabs did not have a developed tradition of craftsmanship at this time. For these reasons, the earliest Islamic art and architecture is noticeably eclectic and it is difficult to establish an identifiable Islamic style. Nevertheless, three separate elements are typically found in Umayyad art, often in the same work: the naturalism of Syria where the Hellenistic tradition was still strong; the more decorative Coptic style of Egypt; and the Sassanian style of Persia which combined Hellenistic elements with aspects of the earlier Achaemenid period. Surviving Umayyad art is mostly in the form of architecture and its decoration, supplemented by some textiles, metalwork, ceramics, ivory, and coins.
Work Creator Multiple Roles (display):
architect: unknown; patron: Abd al-Rahman I
Work Style Period:
Islamic
work_styleperiod
Islamic
Work Style Period
false
Work Style Period:
Medieval
work_styleperiod
Medieval
Work Style Period
false
Work Style Period:
10th century
work_styleperiod
10th century
Work Style Period
false
Work Subject:
maqsuras
subject
maqsuras
Work Subject
false
Work Subject:
Mihrabs
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Mihrabs
Work Subject
false
Work Subject:
authority
subject
authority
Work Subject
false
Work Subject:
iconography
subject
iconography
Work Subject
false
Work Subject:
Korans
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Korans
Work Subject
false
Work Subject:
mosques
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mosques
Work Subject
false
Work Subject:
Islam
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Islam
Work Subject
false
Work Subject:
religion (discipline)
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religion (discipline)
Work Subject
false
Work Subject:
architecture (discipline)
subject
architecture (discipline)
Work Subject
false
Work Worktype:
mosques
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mosques
Work Worktype
false
Work Worktype:
architecture (object genre)
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architecture (object genre)
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false
Work Category (VRC classification):
architecture
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architecture
Work Category (VRC classification)
false
Work Location (Repository or Site) name:
Catedral (Córdoba, Spain)
Work Location (Repository or Site) role:
site
Work Location (Geographic) name:
Córdoba, Spain
Image Source Reproduction citation:
Snyder, James, Henry Luttikhuizen and Dorothy Verkerk. Art of the Middle Ages. 2nd ed. Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ: 2006.
image_source_copy_from_print_name
Snyder, James, Henry Luttikhuizen and Dorothy Verkerk. Art of the Middle Ages. 2nd ed. Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ: 2006.
Image Source Reproduction citation
false
Image Source Reproduction refid:
0-13-192970-4
Image Source Reproduction page number:
237
Image Source Reproduction plate-figure number:
12.3
Image Source Reproduction refid type:
ISBN
Image Rights (display):
© Ornoz Archivo Fotográfico
Image Rights fair use checklist:
1) use of this image is for education and educational research; 2) access is restricted to University of Colorado and Auraria Higher Education Center communities; 3) the original photographer is credited if known; 4) the image is published; 5) the amount of the work in relation to the whole is needed for education or educational research; 6) the number of derivatives is the minimum required for education or educational research; 7) the image has not been found to be reasonably available for sale; 8) duplication of the image does not violate preexisting contracts.
Work Rights (display):
unknown
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Holding Institution:
University of Colorado at Boulder
Collection:
Art and Art History Visual Resources Collection
Collection info and contact:
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