TY - BOOK AU - Pereira, Jose TI - Sacred architecture of Islam SN - 8173052662 U1 - 720.95 PY - 2004/// CY - New Delhi PB - Aryan Books International KW - Solar energy KW - Mosques--Design and construction KW - Religious facilities KW - Islamic countries KW - Islamic architecture KW - Architecture KW - India N1 - Chapter 1. BASIC CONCEPTS 1 01. Major and Minor Traditions 1 02. Arab Traditions: The Pan-Islamic Mosque and the Ultra-Islamic Mosque 1 03. Iranian Tradition: The Paradisal mosque 1 04. Turkish Tradition: The Ecclesial Mosque 2 05. Indian Tradition: The Templar mosque 2 06. Six Constituents of the Mosque 3 Chapter 2. HISTORY 4 07. Periods of Islamic History 4 08. Early Islamic Period (650-1050) 4 09. Early Islamic Period (650-1050). Idiomatics 8 10. Early Islamic Period (650-1050). Axiomorphics: The Pan-Islamic Mosque 10 11. Dome of the Rock: Its Muslim and possible Christian Symbolism 29 12. Early Islamic Period (650-1050). Axiomorphics: Rise of The Ultra-Islamic Mosque, the Tomb and the Minaret 32 13. Christianization of Mosque and the Tomb 35 14. Adoption of Christian Architectural Models 37 15. Adoption of Liturgical Format of the Church 39 16. Appropriation of Christian Symbolism 43 17. Adoption of the Hierarchical Organisation of Ideational Programmes 44 18. Acceptance of Verticality and Interior Illumination 46 19. Islamization of the Church: Armenia, Sicily, Spain 49 20. Specifics of the Islamization of the Spanish Church 53 21. Early Islamic Period (650-1050): Aesthetics 56 22. Middle Is lamic Period (1050-1450) 57 23. Middle Islamic Iraqi and Syrian Traditions (1050-1450) 66 24. Middle Islamic Egyptian Tradition (1050-1450) 68 25. Middle Islamic Maghribi Tradition (1050-1450) 83 26. Middle Islamic Iranian Tradition (1050-1450) 98 27. Middle Islamic Iranian Idiomatics (1050-1450) 98 28. Middle Islamic Iranian Axiommorphics (1050-1450) 109 29. Middle Islamic Iranian Aesthetics (1050-1450) 122 30. Middle Islamic Turkish Tradition (1050-1450) 124 31. Middle Islamic Indian Traditon (1050-1450) 141 32. Middle Islamic Indian Idiomatics (1050-1450) 143 33. Middle Islamic Indian Axiommorphics (1050-1450) 144 34. Hinduization of the Mosque: the Hindu Temple 173 35. Specifics of the Hinduization of the Mosque 180 36. Middle Islamic Indian Aesthetics 186 37. Late Islamic Period (1450-1850) 188 38. Late Islamic Iranian Tradition (1450-1850) 193 39. Late Islamic Turkish or Ottoman Tradition (1450-1850) 199 40. Late Islamic Deccani Tradition (1450-1850) 219 41. Late Islamic Mughal Tradition (1450-1850) 235 42. Late Islamic Mughal Idiomatics (1450-1850) 242 43. Late Islamic Mughal Axiomorphics (1450-1850): Mosques 242 44. Late Islamic Mughal Axiomorphcs (1450-1850): tombs 250 45. Late Islamic Mughal Aesthetics (1450-1850) 270 46. Late Islamic Mughaloid Styles 271 47. Late Islamic Mughaloid Styles:Rajput 272 48. Late Islamic Mughaloid Styles: Minor Northern India 274 49. Late Islamic Mughaloid Styles: Maratha 279 50. Late Islamic Mughaloid Styles: Mysore Muslim 281 Chapter 3. IDIOMATICS 282 51. Evolution of Islamic Idiomatics 282 52. Early Syrian Idiom 284 53. Late Syrian Idiom 284 54. Iraqi Idiom 285 55. Iranian Idiom: The Arch-and-Panel System 287 56. Anatolian Idiom: Seljuk an Emirate Turkey 289 57. Ottoman Classsical Idiom 289 58. Ottoman Baroque Idiom 291 59. Maghribi Idiom 292 60. Egyptian Idiom 296 61. Indian Idiom 298 62. Indian Columns and Arches 299 63. Indian Mouldings 303 64. Indian Niches and Aedicules 306 65. Indian Domes and Ceilings 307 66. Indian Illuminational and Colouristic Devices 309 Chapter 4. AXIOMORPHICS 312 67. Pan-Islamic Mosque 312 68. Alignment of the Collonade 312 69. Spacing of the Collonades 313 70. Spacing of Columns 313 71. Heightening and Decoration of Columns and Arches 315 72. Decoration and Lighting of the Roof 316 73. Ultra-Islamic Mosque 317 74. Arcuation of Hypostyle 318 75. Magnification of the Dome 319 76. Squich-Supported Dome 322 77. Iranian Stellate Dome 324 78. Integration of Minarets 328 79. Classification of Minarets 331 80. Integration of the Courtyard 335 81. Integration of the Portal 336 82. Chromatic Vesture 338 Chapter 5. AESTHETICS 340 83. A Muslim Aesthetic? 340 84. Exterior Space 341 85. Minaret 341 86. Facades of the Portals 343 87. Exterior of Tombs 348 88. Mosque Courtyard Facades 352 89. Faade of the Sanctuary 354 90. Lateral and Rear Mosque Facades 358 91. Ottoman Mosque Facades: Four Problem 358 92. Ottoman Mosque Facades: Resolution of Problems363 93. Symphony of Domes 367 94. Climax of the Stellar Vault 372 95. Stellar Vault: Classical Phase 373 96. Stellar Vault: Maghribi Phase 377 97. Stellar Vault: Romanesque Phase 380 98. Stellar Vault: Gothic Phase 381 99. Stellar Vault: Renaissance and Mannerist Phase384 100. Stellar Vault: Baroque Phase 384 101. Interior Space 394 102. Hypostylar and Arcaded Interiors 397 103. Interior Treatment of Roofs 399 104. Domed Interiors 399 105. Squich-Supported Domed Interiors 400 106. Stalatite Domed Interiors 401 107. Iranian Stellate Domed Interiors 401 108. Enclosed Exterior Space 403 109. Light 404 110. Colour 408 111. Baroque Characteristics of Muslim Architecture412 ER -