Islamic architecture and art

[Comte Arnau]

Mudejar style, or how Iberian Muslims reinterpreted Western architectural styles through Islamic influences.

The dominant geometrical character, distinctly Islamic, emerged conspicuously in the accessory crafts using less expensive materials: elaborate tilework, brickwork, wood carving, plaster carving, and ornamental metals. To enliven the planar surfaces of wall and floor, Mudéjar style developed complicated tiling patterns that have never been surpassed in sophistication. Even after Muslims were no longer employed in architecture, many of the elements they had introduced continued to be incorporated into Spanish architecture, thereby giving it a distinctive appearance.

Born in Leon and spread over much of Iberia, it was in Aragon where the level of elaboration reached its summit. Ten Mudejar buildings in Aragon are considered a World Heritage Site nowadays.

A few samples I find striking:

Saint Martin's Tower in Teruel



Church Tower in Utebo





Saint Mary's Tower in Calatayud



And some details of the Mosque and other Mudejar remains in Aljaferia Palace, in the capital city, Saragossa.

[Pontios]

And those domes remind me of yurts ..I am sure your Alexandr brought them from Asia ,circular shapes in architecture doesn't seem very European actually..

Doesn't seem very European anymore because more than 90% of mosques all over the world have domes. After all, the Byzantines never tried to be like Europeans, they are Catholics and Protestants today, we are Eastern Orthodox.

[Hayalet]

I am sure your Alexandr brought them from Asia

Nah. Looking at the most famous examples, I can honestly see no similarities in architectural stye between ancient Greece and the Eastern Roman Empire.

[TheMagnificent]

Alcázar Palace, Seville, Spain


Alcázar Palace


Alcázar Palace, interior


Alcázar Palace


Alcázar Palace


Alcázar Palace


Alcázar Palace


Alcázar Palace, interior


Alcázar Palace, interior


Alcázar Palace


Alcázar Palace, interior


Alcázar Palace

[Catrau]

Does islamic architecture features are applied to civil buldings like peoples houses?

[MfA_]

Does islamic architecture features are applied to civil buldings like peoples houses?

for example toilets shouldnt face to the direction of qibla

[dado]

Halil Rahman mosque ,turkey

[RussiaPrussia]

The central Asian, early Seljuk Anatolian and northern Indian Turkic islamic architecture was inspired from Iranian style. You can see that the mosques and all other buildings in Samarkand, today`s Uzbekistan and Pakistani/Indian reflects same style.

I would like to ask you a question about which christian country later adopted this central Asian and northern Indian Turkic islamic architecture afterwards. Take a look at these pictures;

Seljuk era, Turkey;


Moghul/Babur era, India;


Timur era, Uzbekistan;



Now tell me which christian country adopted this style. It should be easy to answer

how can you compare these mosques with with russias national pride, they dont look anything like that. Russian church is using onion like towers the mosques poportions are like half of a football and the indian one has giant balls. The mosques havent even towers while russian cathedral has many towers one higher than the other in a random order while the mosques each is placed on the same order.

here is also russian church using the onion style back in 1165


but we stole some other muslim symbols on porpoise, to mock you


there are also completly different russian styles of orthodox churches, these are not the standart its just one of many styles.







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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...n_church_types

[Sultan Suleiman]

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Can someone translate this pidgin English?