Al Albayt University-Collage of Engineering-Department of Architecture Syllabus Islamic Architecture Course 703342 Prerequisite: History & Theory of Architecture 703242 Credit Hours: 3 COURSE DESCRIPTION. Islamic architecture is distinguished by its sophisticated design, exquisite craft, and world-wide adaptability. The Islamic architecture usually studied from the year 639 A.C to 1850 A.C. This course will survey the arts and architecture of the traditional Islamic world, from the time of Profit Muhammad to the present day. Through classwork, videos, and primary-source reading, we will explore the various regional traditions of this vast world, seeking to understand how the art emerged from these religious and cultural contexts. We will also consider the social, environmental, cultural, and functional relations that made the Islamic architecture the suitable context for Muslims. This course is designed to study and analyze Islamic historical buildings focusing on architectural theories. COURSE OBJECTIVES: To introduce students to the world of Islam through its visual arts and architecture, and to introduce them to the religious and intellectual ideas that underlie them. To explore regional differences within this broad world, considering key aspects of history, culture and geography in each. To introduce students to traditional principles of design and techniques in Islamic architecture worldwide. To provide an opportunity to practice thinking, reading, and writing critically about Islamic architecture. Course schedule
The week Week 1: 15/9/2013 22/9/2013 The activity Introduction Week 2: 22/9/2013 29/9/2013 Week 3: 29/9/2013 6/10/2013 Early Islamic Architecture: Qaaba, Masjid Omawi, Omaween Arch. Week 4: 6/10/2013 13/10/2013 Week 5: 13/10/2013 20/10/2013 Week 6: 20/10/2013 27/10/2013 Week 7: 27/10/2013 3/11/2013 Week 8: 3/11/2013 10/11/2013 Week 9: 10/11/2013-17/11/2013 Week 10: 17/11/2013 24/11/2013 Week 11: 24/11/2013 1/12/2013 First Exam Abbasiad architecture Fatimi architecture Mamlouki arch Ottoman arch Second exam Modernity and originality in Islamic arch Week 12: 1/12/2013 8/12/2013 Week 13: 8/12/2013 15/12/2013 Week 14: 15/12/2013 22/12/2013 Week 15: 22/12/2013 29/12/2013 Aesthetic and philosophical values of Islamic architecture Merging different architectural styles Mosques architecture
Course grading policy First Exam 20 % Second Exam 20 % Final exam 50 % Power point presentation or model (group work) 10% Attendance: The student is expected to be enrolled in full attendance in this course. There will be no excuses for late or absence. Ten minutes is the maximum time you can be late after starting the class. No late submission will be accepted, emergency cases require convenience and documented evidence to be accepted from the department. Recommended readings Almagro Basch, M., Qusayr Amra, Residencia y Baños Omeyas en el Desierto de Jordania (Madrid, 1975). Baer, E., Ayyubid Metalwork with Christian Images (Leiden, 1989). Barrucand, M., ed., L Egypte Fatimide son art et son histoire (Paris, 1999). Bayt al-maqdis. Abd al-malik s Jerusalem, Oxford Studies in Islamic Art IX(1), (Oxford,1992) and (2), (Oxford, 1999). Behrens-Abouseif, D., Islamic Architecture in Cairo-An Introduction (Leiden, 1989). Caiger-Smith, A., Lustre Pottery: Technique, Tradition, and Innovation in the Islamic World and the Western World (London, 1985). Creswell, KAC and J. Allan, A Short Account of Early Muslim Architecture (Cairo, 1989) (2 Xerox Copies). Ettinghausen, R., Arab Painting (1962). Ettinghausen, R and O. Grabar, M. Jenkins, The Art and Architecture of Islam 650-1250 (New Haven, 2001). Déroche, F., The Abbasid tradition : Qur ans of the 8th to the 10th centuries (Oxford, 1992).
Flood, F.B, The Great Mosque of Damascus. Studies in the Makings of an Umayyad Visual Culture (Leiden, 2001). Grabar, O., The Great Mosque of Isfahan (New York, 1990). Grabar, O., The Dome of the Rock (With S. Nuseibeh) (New York, 1996). Grabar, O., The Mediation of Ornament, (Princeton, 1992). Hamilton, R.W., Khirbat al-mafjar (Oxford, 1959). Hamilton, R.W., The Structural History of the Aqsa Mosque (London, 1949). S.W. Helms, Early Islamic architecture of the desert : a Bedouin station in eastern Jordan (Edinburgh, 1990). Lassner, J., The Topography of Baghdad in the Early Middle Ages (Detroit, 1970). Necipoglu, G., The Topkapi scroll : geometry and ornament in Islamic architecture. (Santa Monica, 1995). Peters, F.E., The Hajj: The Muslim Pilgrimage to Mecca and the Holy Places (Princeton, 1996). Trésors Fatimides du Caire : exposition presentée à l Institut du Monde Arabe (Paris, 1998). Rice, D.S., The Unique Ibn al-bawwab Manuscript in the Chester Beatty Library, Dublin (Dublin, 1955) Robinson, B.W., Islamic Painting and the Arts of the Book (London, 1976). Vernoit, S. ed. Discovering Islamic Art. Scholars, Collectors and Collections (London, 2000). Watson, O., Persian Lustre Ware (London, 1985). George Michell, ed. Architecture of the Islamic World: Its History and Social Meaning. London: Thames and Hudson, 1978 [reprint 1984]. Robert Hillenbrand. Islamic Art and Architecture. London: Thames and Hudson, 1999 R. Ettinghausen and Oleg Grabar, Art & Architecture of Islam, 650-1250.Yale Pelican History of Art,1992. S. Blair & J. Bloom, Art & Architecture of Islam, 1250-1800. Yale Pelican History of Art, 1994. تاریخ العمارة الاسلامیة _توفیق عبد الجواد