DATE

ASSIGNMENT

IMAGE FILE

M  11/24

INTRODUCTION

RK210-1

TU 11/25
 
 
 
 

1:30 p.m.

HISTORICAL AND GEOGRAPHIC  BACKGROUND
Bloom & Blair, Islam, , 19-63;
Grabar, Formation of Islamic Art, 1-18

Writing exercise due

Films

RK210-2

W 11/26

THE FIRST MONUMENTS OF ISLAM: EARLY MOSQUES

Blair and Bloom, Islam, 103-117.
Bloom and Blair, Islamic Arts “Mosques, Mansions and Mosaics,” 22-56.
O. Grabar, Formation of Islamic Art, 48-71.
*Scham,  “A Fight Over Sacred Turf”
*Dodd, Dome of the Rock Inscriptions

Reading response:  What did the Dome of the rock signify when it was built, what does it mean today?

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THANKSGIVING BREAK

M 12/1

1:30 p.m.

Meet with Lida Abdul, Artist—Architecture of Desire  IDEA space in the Cornerstone

THE FIRST MONUMENTS OF ISLAM: DESERT PALACES

Grabar, Formation of Islamic Art, 141-164.
*Fowth, “Luxuries of the Bath,” from Kusayr Amra
*Flood on Iconoclasm 

Reading response:  the question of images in Islamic art

RK210-3

TU 12/2

FATIMIDS OF EGYPT/IRAN :THE ARTS OF EARLY ISLAM

Bloom and Blair,  Islamic Arts, 58-146.
*Khoury, Meaning of the Great Mosque at Cordoba,”

RK210-4

W 12/3

ARCHITECTURE 11TH-13TH CENTURIES
Emphasis on Iran and Turkey, Seljuk Turks, and Seljuks of Rum (Anatolia)
Bloom and Blair, Islamic Arts, 153-162

Visit Isfahan web site and study the Mased-e Jomeh (Friday Mosque)

RK210-5

Th 12/4

DECORATIVE ARTS, 11TH-13TH CENTURIES
Bloom and Blair, Islamic Art, “Penmen and Painters,” 191-200 (skim  to 220);
“Colors and Figures,” 248-283.
*Hoffman, Article on Ayyubid metalwork 
Read exerpt of the Maqmat online 

Short paper on early Islamic art/architecture due

RK210-6

 F 12/5

THE ILKANIDS AND THEIR SUCCESSORS
Review discussions of Ilkanids (Mongols) in Bloom and Blair, 162-174, 200-207.  See Blair and Bloom, 5-35, for more detailed discussion of Ilkanids.
Bloom and Blair, Islam  (recommended) 159-180

Reading response:  Read excerpt of the Shah Nameh online.  Analyze an illustration

RK210-7

M 12/8

QUIZ 

TU 12/9

PERSIAN ART:  THE 14TH AND 15TH CENTURIES
Blair and Bloom, 37-69. 
*O. Grabar,  “Toward an Aesthetic of Persian Painting”
PROJECT TOPIC DUE 

RK210-8

W 12/12

MAMLUKS OF EGYPT, LATER ISLAMIC ART IN SPAIN
Bloom and Blair, Islamic Arts, 174-190.
Blair and Bloom, 70-113, 124-131.
*Ruggles, “The Alhambra”
*Washington Irving Tales of the Alhambra, excerpt

Reading response:  What was Irving’s response to the Alhambra, does it match Ruggles’ interpretation?

RK210-9

TH 12/13
 

1:30 p.m.

THE OTTOMAN TURKS
Bloom and Blair, Islamic Arts, 286-302, 342-347, 372-381, 391-402.
Blair and Bloom, 132-148,  212-250
*Necripoglu, “Challenging the Past, Sinan and the
Competitive Discourse…”
*Excerpt from Orhan Pamuk, My Name is Red

Reading Response:  Discuss either Sinan’s architecture or Attitudes towards art in My Name is Red
Video: Suleiman the Magnificent

RK210-10

F 12/14
 

SAFAVID ART
Bloom and Blair, Islamic Arts,  302-321, 331-342, 352-360,
363-372.
Blair and Bloom, 165-198
Bloom and Blair, Islam, (recommended) 181-219.

RK210-11

M 12/15

ISLAMIC ART IN INDIA
Bloom and Blair,  Islamic Arts, 321-328, 347-350, 382-388, 402-413,
Blair and Bloom, 149-162, 267-302
*Koch, “Taj Majal”
*W. Begley, "The Myth of the Taj Mahal"

Reading Response  Compare the two approaches to the Taj Mahal, which is more convincing and why?

RK210-12

TU 12/16

DISCUSSION AND/OR PROJECT PRESENTATIONS

*Venice and Islam
*Said

W 12/17

REVIEW AND SUMMATION, ORIENTALISM
SOME CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS
Blair and Bloom, 303-314

*Denny, Orientalism
*Nochlin, “Orientalism”
*Daftari, “Islamic or Not”

RESEARCH PROJECTS DUE

TH 12/18

FIELD TRIP TO THE ART BANK  “ORIENTAL RUGS”

F 12/19

FINAL