The Abbasid Mosaic Tradition and the Great Mosque of Damascus
Glass wall mosaic is a major feature of early Islamic architecture, surviving above all in the Umayyad monuments of the Dome of the Rock and the Great Mosque of Damascus. These grand mosaics inspired periodic revivals from the eleventh century onwards. The centuries between the Umayyad commissions a...
| Published in: | Muqarnas |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
[2020]
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Muqarnas
Year: 2020, Volume: 37, Issue: 1, Pages: 29-62 |
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early Islamic art
B glass tiles B Bayt al-Mal B Medina B Mecca B Damascus B Samarra B early Islamic architecture B Abbasid B Umayyad B Mosaic B glass tesserae |
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