Art of Islam-II

Mausoleum of the Samanids

Bukhara, Uzbekistan
early 10th century

Umayyad
Art in
Iberia

Entrance to the Great Mosque

Crdoba, Spain
8th to 10th centuries

Prayer hall of the Great

Mosque
Crdoba, Spain
8th to 10th centuries

Maqsura of the Great Mosque

Crdoba, Spain
961-965

Dome in front of the mihrab

of the Great Mosque
Crdoba, Spain
961-965

Plaque
10th or early 11th century
ivory, quartz, pigment
4 1/4 x 8 in.

Nasrid Art in
Iberia

Court of Lions
Alahambra Palace
Granada, Spain
1354-1391

Court of Lions
Alahambra Palace
Granada, Spain
1354-1391

Muqarnas dome, hall of the Two Sisters

Alahambra Palace
Granada, Spain
1354-1391