Exploration of the mosque through objects
Object Details
- curator
- Trevathan, Idries
- Aljalhami, Mona
- contributor
- Messner, Reinhold
- editor
- MacLeod, Murdo
- Mansour, Mona
- contributor
- Qāḍī, ʻAbd Allāh ibn Ḥusayn
- Angawi, Sami
- Ashour, Raeda
- DeLong, Lisa
- Bari, Mohammed Abdel
- Ogunnaike, Oludamini
- El-Salam, Mohamed Abd
- al-Meheid, Minwer
- translator
- Shaban, Mohammad
- host institution
- King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture
- Catalog of an exhibition held at The King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture (Ithra), Dhahran, January 2021 - October 2022
- Organized by the King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture (Ithra) with works from the Museum of Islamic Art in Cairo (under the auspices of the Supreme Council of Egyptian Antiquities) and the National Museum in Riyadh (under the ministry of Tourism of Sandia Arabia)
- Contents
- An exhibition on the mosque / Idries Trevathan -- Mosque, art and orientation / Idries Trevathan -- The astrolabe: finding place, space and time / Abdullah H. Alkadi -- Masjid Al Nabawi: the prophetic prototype / Sami Angawi -- The waqf firman: everlasting charity / Mona Aljalhami -- The mosque tile: visualizing the two holy sanctuaries / Raeda Ashour -- The wooden tablet: the transmission of knowledge in the mosque / Idries Trevathan -- The alchemy of creation: a meditation on the geometry of ceramic tiles / Lisa DeLong -- The mosque lamp: a poetic reading into its shades and meanings / Mohammed Abdel Bari -- The mihrab: reflections on form, function and symbolism / Oludamini Ogunnaike -- The prayer rug: a microcosm of the mosque / Mohamed Ahmed Abd el-Salam -- Reflections on the minbar / Minwer al-Meheid
- Summary
- "The art of orientation explores the origin, meaning and functions of the mosque through 116 selected artifacts from across the Islamic world. It employs an original and contemporary approach by incorporating essays from leading Arab and international authors, who provide fresh insights into the fascinating cultural history behind each of the objects. The contributors also illuminate the progression of the mosque from the humble mud-brick enclosure of the original Prophet's Mosque in Medina to the imposing stone structures of Cairo and Istanbul."-- Back cover
- 2020
- Type
- Exhibitions
- Expositions
- Exhibition catalogs
- History
- Catalogues d'exposition
- Physical description
- 263 pages illustrations (chiefly color), facsimiles, portraits 31 cm
- Smithsonian Libraries
- Topic
- Mosques--History
- Islamic art
- Islamic architecture
- Islamic decorative arts
- Muslims--Religious life
- Muslims--Social life and customs
- Art islamique
- Architecture islamique
- Musulmans--Vie religieuse
- Musulmans--Mœurs et coutumes
- Mosques
- Record ID
- siris_sil_1146366
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
