5 Sections
25 Lessons
4 Hours
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1. The World That Made It
5
1.1
Islamic architecture: the whole period in one lesson
1.2
Geography, climate and the materials to hand
1.3
Power, religion and who paid for buildings
1.4
What daily life was actually like
1.5
What came immediately before
2. What They Built
5
2.1
The building types of Islamic architecture
2.2
Sacred architecture
2.3
Civic, royal and public buildings
2.4
Housing and everyday building
2.5
The city in Islamic architecture
3. How They Built It
5
3.1
Geometric tiling, the muqarnas and the courtyard
3.2
Materials and where they came from
3.3
Structure: how it actually stands up
3.4
Tools, labour and life on the building site
3.5
How long it took and what it cost
4. The Language
5
4.1
The elements and vocabulary of Islamic architecture
4.2
Proportion, geometry and rule
4.3
Ornament and what it meant
4.4
Light, colour and surface
4.5
How to recognise Islamic architecture in ten seconds
5. What Survived and What It Changed
5
5.1
The Great Mosque of Córdoba, read in detail
5.2
The Alhambra, read in detail
5.3
The Selimiye Mosque by Sinan, read in detail
5.4
Why Islamic architecture gave way to what came next
5.5
What architects still steal from Islamic architecture today
Islamic Architecture: Geometry Without End
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