ART 258 Lecture Notes - Lecture 26: Córdoba, Andalusia, Byzantine Architecture, Prayer Tower
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Arabs were migratory people , not large scale art traditions. Muhammed born near 570, claims to descendaent from the family of abraham. 610- during ramadan began to see visions thru angel gabriel, revelations written down in the quran. The dome of the rock, jerusalem, 687-692 (10-2, 3, 4) Up on a mountaintop high point you can communicate with god. We don"t know what its built for- not a mosque of the rock judaism, chirstinaity, and islam- important mountain top (called it the noble sanctuary) the ruler who conquered the area begins the building. Muhammed went up to heaven on a winged creature into heaven and the horse pushed off the dome covered with gold gild. Worried about beautiful christian buildings and wanted to counter that/ compete with it. Dome of the rock they want them to see it from miles away. Windows near the dome religious and political statement- that they are now in control of the holy site.
