{"exhibit":{"id":17,"title":"The Sacred Spaces of Early Islamic\/Umayyad Architecture","description":"

Architect<\/span>ural structures<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>within the Middle East<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Northern\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Africa<\/span>, Europe, and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>numerous<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>countries in Asia<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>have<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>consistently evolv<\/span>ed and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>become\u00a0<\/span><\/span>innovative<\/span>, to create memorable<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>sites\u00a0for the world to view.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Most notably, Islamic architecture\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is considered the primary form<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>within the regions<\/span>, with the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>addition<\/span>\u00a0of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the subfields:\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Ottoman, Iranian, and Azerbaijani architecture<\/span>s<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>w<\/span>hile also<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>incorporati<\/span>ng<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>European influence<\/span>s,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>contributes to the form.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>W<\/span>hile Islamic architecture came to be known in the 7<\/span><\/span>th<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>century when the religion, Islam was created,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the \u201cancestor\u201d towards this type of architecture was\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Umayyad<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>architecture.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Importantly, Umayyad architecture dominated\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the Middle East<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Northen Africa,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and Spain,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and walked, for\u00a0Islamic architecture to run.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Developed from the use of Roman, Byzantine, and Sassanian Persian styles,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Umayyad architecture, also known as Early Islamic architecture<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>incorporated\u00a0<\/span><\/span>local traditions, while beginning to adapt Islamic principles and beliefs,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from creating large dome structures\u00a0<\/span><\/span>intended to form a mosque, to incorporating mosaic art.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>The following exhibition<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>will illustrate\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a myriad of<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Umayyad\u00a0<\/span>structures<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>throughout\u00a0<\/span><\/span>numerous<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>regions<\/span>, and how\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the development of this form, allowed the creation of Islamic architecture.<\/span><\/span><\/p>","credits":"Markeita Durham-Brinkley","featured":0,"public":1,"theme":"","theme_options":null,"slug":"islamic-architecture","added":"2025-11-25 10:53:40","modified":"2025-12-09 05:30:31","owner_id":6,"use_summary_page":1,"cover_image_file_id":480},"item":{"id":214,"item_type_id":null,"collection_id":null,"featured":0,"public":1,"added":"2025-12-09 04:43:03","modified":"2025-12-09 04:43:03","owner_id":6}}