ARTHIST 1AA3 Lecture 10: Across the Globe Sacred Spaces from the 13th to the 18th Centuries
9 Mar 2017
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Across the globe: sacred spaces from the 13th to the. The large interior space includes a qibla, a wall that faces the direction of mecca and indicates the direction where muslims are meant to face during prayer. The walls are load-bearing: the walls carry the weight of the tower. The thickness of the walls increased in accordance to the height. Designed to function as a tower to call people to prayer. Most of the building was made from spolia: the reuse of fragments of architecture or sculpture in a new context. Signals the triumph of one culture/religion over another. Includes flutes: the vertical grooves that are evenly spaced around the three lowest stories. Ornamentation --> calligraphy from the qur"an; geometirc and floral patterns which are characteristic of islamic decoration. Unesco wold heritage sites as of 1993; significance to human history the. Organization, appreciation of arts, and their defense of hinduism. Dedicated to the hindu gods parvati (minakshi) and shiva (sundareshvara)
