Intro to Mosque Architecture and Islamic Spain

Match the following

• niche in wall

• Qubba

• direction of prayer

• Sahn

• Open Courtyard, often has a fountain

• Mihrab

• dome that is symbolic of heaven

• Minaret

• tower for call to prayer

• Qibla

The Alhambra is a

• city within a city

• mosque

• Religious acropolis

• Burial ground

What was the first mosque designed after?

• The Kaaba

• Old St. Peters

• The Dome of the Rock

• Muhammad's Home

Where is the Kaaba located?

• Jerusalem

• Saudi Arabia

• Iraq

• Afghanistan

The Umayyad architects of the Great Mosque of COrdoba borrowed from the city's Roman architectural heritage by

• incorporating columns from older structures

• incorporating narrative relief carvings

• using a dome to create a central open space

• using coffers in the ceiling construction

The double-tiered columns allowed for all of the following EXCEPT

• the entrance of light and air into the hall

• a higher roof to make up for the short columns

• barrel-vaulted roofing

• decorative rhythm and repetition

A principal feature of the interior shown is

• A basilica plan

• A central staircase

• a hypostyle hall

• Corinthian capitals

All of the following are part of the structure's decoration EXCEPT

• low relief narrative

• calligraphic inscriptions

• reused Roman columns and capitals

• arabesque patterns

The Pyxis of al-Mughira draws on Islamic artistic traditions in that it

• includes only nonfigural imagery

• incorporated calligraphic inscriptions

• was created through the process of repousse

• is accentuated by richly polychrome surfaces

The Pyxis of al-Mughira was a

• Reliquary for ashes

• wedding gift for a caliph

• jewelry box

• box for cosmetics