CDR-1235: Islamic Architecture

The vendors of Scholars Resource offer images of Islamic architecture that range across centuries as well as continents. Here are mosques, medrasahs, ribats, tombs and palaces. Mosques are especially well represented: from classic examples of the Suleymaniye Mosque in Istanbul and the Great Mosque at Cordoba to the Great Mosque at Kairouan in Tunisia and the enormous 20th c. Mosque of Hussan II in Casablanca. 12/2008

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212 images from Saskia, Ltd. 73 images from Hartill Art Associates 391 images from Archivision, Inc. 11 images from Bridgeman Art Library 463 images from Inter-American Institute/Dr. James Bartholomay Kiracofe 18 images from Veritas Imaging Inc.

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Kta-0008
Title: Mosque of Isa Bey
Creator(s): Ali ibn al-Dimishqi
Date: 1374
Description: Total
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
 
XIR-187802
Title: Hagia Sophia, Istanbul
Creator(s): Anthemios of Tralles
Isidore of Miletus
Date: 532-537
Description: Total
Vendor: Bridgeman Art Library
 
XIR-177967
Title: Hagia Sophia, Istanbul
Creator(s): Anthemios of Tralles
Isidore of Miletus
Date: 532-537
Description: Total
Vendor: Bridgeman Art Library
 
XIR-237929
Title: Interior of the Mosque of El Mooristan in Cairo
Creator(s): Adrien Dauzats
Description: Total
Vendor: Bridgeman Art Library
 
Lib-0772
Title: Humayun's Tomb
Creator(s): Mirak Mirza Ghiyas
Date: ca. 1562-1571
Description: Horizontal detail: upper register
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
 
Lib-0776
Title: Humayun's Tomb
Creator(s): Mirak Mirza Ghiyas
Date: ca. 1562-1571
Description: Barber's Tomb, located in complex, southeast of Humayun's Tomb, ca. 1590
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
 
Lib-0775
Title: Humayun's Tomb
Creator(s): Mirak Mirza Ghiyas
Date: ca. 1562-1571
Description: View NE over mausoleum balustrade to new Sikh temple (Goru Dawara Bala Sahib), 2000
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
 
Lib-0778
Title: Humayun's Tomb
Creator(s): Mirak Mirza Ghiyas
Date: ca. 1562-1571
Description: Principal gate (16 m h), with large arch & small turrets
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
 
Lib-0773
Title: Humayun's Tomb
Creator(s): Mirak Mirza Ghiyas
Date: ca. 1562-1571
Description: View upward inside principal dome
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
 
Lib-0777
Title: Humayun's Tomb
Creator(s): Mirak Mirza Ghiyas
Date: ca. 1562-1571
Description: Entrance gate (47 m h), with unadorned façade
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
 
Lib-0774
Title: Humayun's Tomb
Creator(s): Mirak Mirza Ghiyas
Date: ca. 1562-1571
Description: Pierced stone screen (jali)
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
 
Lib-0770
Title: Humayun's Tomb
Creator(s): Mirak Mirza Ghiyas
Date: ca. 1562-1571
Description: Total mausoleum on axis
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
 
Lib-0771
Title: Humayun's Tomb
Creator(s): Mirak Mirza Ghiyas
Date: ca. 1562-1571
Description: Central vertical detail, with axial water channel
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
 
Mia-2068
Title: Red Fort (Lal Qila)
Creator(s): Ghayrat and Makramat Khan
Date: 1639-48 (first building phase)
Description: Detail: fortress wall & upper portions of Delhi Gate
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
 
Mia-2067
Title: Red Fort (Lal Qila)
Creator(s): Ghayrat and Makramat Khan
Date: 1639-48 (first building phase)
Description: Delhi Gate, southern portions, view NNE
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
 
Mia-2021
Title: Guest/Rest House of the Taj Mahal
Creator(s): Ustad Ahmad Ma'mar Lahori
Date: 1632-47
Description: Detail: geometric & floral patterns at entrance portals of guest house
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
 
Mia-2024
Title: Guest/Rest House of the Taj Mahal
Creator(s): Ustad Ahmad Ma'mar Lahori
Date: 1632-47
Description: Detail: central arched recess of entrance gatehouse on main axis
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
 
Mia-2023
Title: Guest/Rest House of the Taj Mahal
Creator(s): Ustad Ahmad Ma'mar Lahori
Date: 1632-47
Description: Three-quarter view: entrance gatehouse on main axis
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
 
Mia-2022
Title: Guest/Rest House of the Taj Mahal
Creator(s): Ustad Ahmad Ma'mar Lahori
Date: 1632-47
Description: View northeastward of Yamuna River and guest/rest house from mausoleum platform
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
 
Mia-2025
Title: Guest/Rest House of the Taj Mahal
Creator(s): Ustad Ahmad Ma'mar Lahori
Date: 1632-47
Description: Detail: Koranic inscription and pietra dura inlay of entrance gatehouse
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
 
Mia-2020
Title: Guest/Rest House of the Taj Mahal
Creator(s): Ustad Ahmad Ma'mar Lahori
Date: 1632-47
Description: Three-quarter view: guest/rest house from gardens in front of mausoleum
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
 
Mia-2019
Title: Guest/Rest House of the Taj Mahal
Creator(s): Ustad Ahmad Ma'mar Lahori
Date: 1632-47
Description: View eastward of mausoleum façade and platform towards guest/rest house
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
 
Mia-2017
Title: Guest/Rest House of the Taj Mahal
Creator(s): Ustad Ahmad Ma'mar Lahori
Date: 1632-47
Description: Total view: guest/rest house to the right (east) of mausoleum
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
 
Mia-2015
Title: Taj Mahal
Creator(s): Ustad Ahmad Ma'mar Lahori
Date: 1631-1648
Description: Telephoto view: Taj Mahal complex in mist from Agra Fort
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
 
Mia-2016
Title: Taj Mahal
Creator(s): Ustad Ahmad Ma'mar Lahori
Date: 1631-1648
Description: Fortification around Taj Mahal complex, including watch tower and arcade
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
 
Mia-2014
Title: Taj Mahal
Creator(s): Ustad Ahmad Ma'mar Lahori
Date: 1631-1648
Description: Close detail: geometric patterns adjacent to entrance
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
 
Mia-2013
Title: Taj Mahal
Creator(s): Ustad Ahmad Ma'mar Lahori
Date: 1631-1648
Description: Close detail: sculpted floral motifs and pietra dura inlay on the dado at mausoleum's base
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
 
Mia-2012
Title: Taj Mahal
Creator(s): Ustad Ahmad Ma'mar Lahori
Date: 1631-1648
Description: Close detail: sculpted marble relief frieze at entrance
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
 
Mia-2011
Title: Taj Mahal
Creator(s): Ustad Ahmad Ma'mar Lahori
Date: 1631-1648
Description: Close detail: marble with pietra dura inlay of floral motifs at entrance portal
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
 
Mia-2010
Title: Taj Mahal
Creator(s): Ustad Ahmad Ma'mar Lahori
Date: 1631-1648
Description: Close detail: marble with pietra dura inlay and calligraphy of Koranic verses at entrance portal
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
 
Mia-2009
Title: Taj Mahal
Creator(s): Ustad Ahmad Ma'mar Lahori
Date: 1631-1648
Description: View upward of central dome and flanking domed pavilion with ornamentation
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
 
Mia-2008
Title: Taj Mahal
Creator(s): Ustad Ahmad Ma'mar Lahori
Date: 1631-1648
Description: Detail: lavish ornamentation at left end of mausoleum's front façade
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
 
Mia-2007
Title: Taj Mahal
Creator(s): Ustad Ahmad Ma'mar Lahori
Date: 1631-1648
Description: Detail: left third of mausoleum's front façade
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
 
Mia-2006
Title: Taj Mahal
Creator(s): Ustad Ahmad Ma'mar Lahori
Date: 1631-1648
Description: Close detail: lavish ornamentation at base of dome
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
 
Mia-2005
Title: Taj Mahal
Creator(s): Ustad Ahmad Ma'mar Lahori
Date: 1631-1648
Description: Detail: central portion of mausoleum's front facade, including arched entrance portal & drum of dome (4.40 m h)
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
 
Mia-2004
Title: Taj Mahal
Creator(s): Ustad Ahmad Ma'mar Lahori
Date: 1631-1648
Description: Detail: lower portion of mausoleum's front façade
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
 
Mia-2003
Title: Taj Mahal
Creator(s): Ustad Ahmad Ma'mar Lahori
Date: 1631-1648
Description: Detail: mausoleum's front façade and its reflection in pool
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
 
Mia-2001
Title: Taj Mahal
Creator(s): Ustad Ahmad Ma'mar Lahori
Date: 1631-1648
Description: Total axial view: mausoleum, including four minarets, plinth and visitors (for scale)
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
 
Mia-0525
Title: Taj Mahal
Creator(s): Ustad Ahmad Ma'mar Lahori
Date: 1631-1648
Description: Overall view
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
 
Ard-12243
Title: Sultan Ahmed I Mosque
Creator(s): Mehmet Aga (Sedefkâr)
Date: 1609-1616 (creation)
Description: View looking straight up under the full corner dome
Vendor: Archivision, Inc.