Islamic art forbids human and animal representations, focusing on architecture, pottery, metalwork, and ivory pieces. Architecture uses geometric patterns, verses from the Quran, and architectural elements like horseshoe arches. The main buildings were palaces surrounded by gardens and fountains, and mosques where Muslims prayed, based on Muhammad's house with a courtyard and portico for washing. Famous mosques include the Mosque of Damascus, Mosque of Kairouan in Tunisia, Mosque of Kutubia in Marrakech, and the Mosque of Cordoba.

1. EL ARTE ISLÁMICO THE ISLAMIC ART

2. CHARACTERISTICS
• Islam religion forbids the representation of human and
animal forms, so the most important artistic
achievement are:
• architecture
• design (pottery, ivory pieces, metalwork, etc)

3. POTTERY AND METALWORKS

4. IVORY PIECES

5. ARCHITECTURE
• Buildings were made with poor-
quality construction materials,
such as brick, wood or plaster.
• The external decoration of the
buildings were simple, but
inside they were covered with
marble and coloured tiles, and
decorated with wood or plaster.
• Designs were usually
decorations of vegetables
(arabesque), geométric figures
(tracery) and inscriptions from
the Koran (epigraphy).

7. Decorations of vegetables, tracey and epigraphy

8. EPIGRAPHY

9. TRACERY

10. ARABESQUE

11. ARCHITECTURE
• They used collums and pillars
as supporting elements.
• They used horseshoe arches.
• They also used semicular
arches.

12. Horseshoe arch

13. Other tipes of muslim
archs

15. ARCHITECTURE
• The roofs could be flat or
vaulted.

17. Cúpula de mocárabes
Muqarna vault

18. Cúpula califal
Caliphal ribbed vault

19. Cúpula de la Roca, Jerusalén
Dome of the Rock

20. Cúpula de la Roca y explanada de las mezquitas
Dome of the Rock and the Temple Mount

21. MAIN BUILDINGS
• The main buildings were:
• palaces, surrounded by
gardens with fountains.
• mosques, where Muslims met
to pray.

22. PALACES
Palaces were where the
caliphs lived. They had a
public area where the throne
was found.
Salón del trono del palacio
de Medina Azahara
Throne Room in the Palace
of Medina Azahara

24. PALACES
• They also had a private area
where the baths and the harem
were found.
• All the palaces had beautiful
gardens with fountains.

26. MOSQUES
MEZQUITAS

27. • The mosque is the most
important building for the
Muslims.
• Its structure is based on
Muhammad's house in Medina.
• It has a courtyard surrounded
by a portico.
• In it there is a fountain where
the attendants wash and purify
themselves.
• Mosque of Damascus,inside.

28. Casa de Mahoma en Medina y evolución

30. MOSQUE OF
DAMASCUS
MEZQUITA OMEYA DE
DAMASCO

31. MOSQUE OF
DAMASCUS

32. MOSQUE OF
KAIROUAN
TUNISIA
MEZQUITADE KAIRUAN,
TÚNEZ

33. MOSQUE OF
KUTUBIA
MARRAKECH

34. MOSQUE OF
CORDOBA

35. MOSQUE OF SEVILLE, PLAN, EVOLUTION OF THE
MINARETE AND THE GIRALDA Y THE PRESENT

36. NURIA TORREBLANCA