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WorksheetsISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE(PT.2)
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 5mins
3 FUNDAMENTAL FORMS USED IN ISLAMIC ART
_____, _____, and ______
(a)
These patterns exemplify the islamic interest in repetition, balance, symmetry and continuous generation of pattern
(a)
(a) designs are biomorphic, floral patterns representing the underlying order and unity of nature with a great deal of accuracy.
General term for a mosque; also a mosque used for daily prayer
Masjid
Mimbar
Mosque
Mihrab
The congregational or Friday mosque; used for the main weekly service; usually larger than masjid and provided with a mimbar
Jami
Mihrab
Minaret
Kibla
"Place of (community) prayer"
A great open praying area with nothing but a qibla wall and a mihrab
Idgah
Minaret
Sufi
Mosque
A teaching mosque
(a)
Tower attached to the mosque; where the muezzin calls the muslim people to prayer
Minaret
Mimbar
Kibla
Maqsura
A large vaulted portal opening onto the central courtyard of a mosque
Iwan
Kibla
Madrasa
Iwaan
a pulpit from which the imam delivers his sermons
Minbar also mimbar
Nimbar also ninbar
None of the above
a wall in a mosque in which the mihrab(niche or decorative panel) is set, oriented to mecca.
Kibla
Mimbar
Qibla
quebla
it is a "house of god", small cubical stone building in the courtyard of the great mosque at mecca.
K'ba
k'aba
Ka'ba
Kaba
(a) architecture
Or Indo Islamic; blended traditions from India and Islam.
(a) Architecture
Islamic architecture of north africa, building of large mosques and elaborate fortress palaces
