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Islamic Art

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    Islamic Art Quiz
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  • What are the three main decorative motifs in Islamic art?
    Calligraphy, vegetal patters, and geometry!
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  • What is the importance of the fountain in a mosque?
    For Muslims to wash themselves before prayer.
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  • Where is this mosque located?
    Córdoba, Spain
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  • What are the towers from which people are called to prayer called?
    A minaret
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  • Two parts! What is the name of the holiest site in Islam, and what does it determine for Muslims around the world?
    The Kaaba— it determines the direction of prayer (qibla) for Muslims around the world
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  • What does the qibla face?
    It faces the direction of Mecca, and the Kaaba
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  • Why is most religious Islamic art non-figurative (doesn't depict people)?
    The creation of living forms is/was considered unique to God
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  • Whose house inspired the shape and structure of mosques?
    Muhammad's, in Medina!
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  • What two forms of Islamic decorative motif does this scroll demonstrate?
    Calligraphy and vegetal motifs
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  • What decorative motif does this textile fragment feature?
    Geometric patterns
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