P.M.

Bloom & Blair, Islam, 19-63.
Grabar, Formation of Islamic Art, 1-18

Writing exercise due

Films

Meet in Small Groups to Prepare Reports and Papers

Visit with Arshad Yousufi, leader of local Muslim community

TH 11/1
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

THE FIRST MONUMENTS OF ISLAM: EARLY MOSQUES
Reports-Discussion

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 and Nasser, Articles on Dome of the Rock
*Dodd, Dome of the Rock Inscriptions
*Flood on Iconoclasm (recommended)

Reading response

THE FIRST MONUMENTS OF ISLAM: DESERT PALACES
Reports-Discussion of Desert Palaces

Grabar, Formation of Islamic Art, 141-164.
*Fowth, "Luxuries of the Bath," from Kusayr Amra

Draft of short paper due

SPAIN, IRAN, FATIMIDS OF EGYPT-- THE ARTS OF EARLY ISLAM
Reports-Discussion on Cordoba, Ornament, the Arts

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

Reading Response
 

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 Masid-i Djami

Short paper on early Islamic art/architecture

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. Analyze an illustration.

Review discussions of Ilkanids (Mongols) in Bloom and Blair, 200-207 . See Blair and Bloom, 5-35, for more detailed discussion of Ilkanids.

Read excerpt of the Shah Nameh online.

PERSIAN ART:  THE 14TH AND 15TH CENTURIES

Blair and Bloom, 37-69.
*O. Grabar, "Toward an Aesthetic of Persian Painting"

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

TU 11/13

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

Video: Suleiman the Magnificent

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.

Visit Isfahan web site and study Safavid architecture

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

REVIEW, DISCUSSION AND/OR PRESENTATIONS

*Carboni, Venice and Islam
*Said, Orientalism exerpts

REVIEW AND SUMMATION, ORIENTALISM SOME CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS

Blair and Bloom, 303-314
*Denny, Orientalism
*Nochlin, "Orientalism"
*Daftari, "Islamic or Not"

RESEARCH PROJECTS DUE

REVIEW AND SUMMATION, ORIENTALISM
SOME CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS

FIELD TRIP TO THE ART BANK TO SEE "ORIENTAL" CARPETS