Great Mosque of Damascus
Title
Great Mosque of Damascus
Date
706-715
Date Created
October 28, 2014
Identifier
644
Alternative Title or Name
Umayyad Mosque
Work Type
Single Built Works
Work Location
Syrian Arab Republic (nation)
Damascus (inhabited place)
Style/Period
Umayyad
Subject
mosques (buildings)
interior views
minbars
Description
Interior view of the Great Mosque of Damascus with minbar. "The mosque was unlike any before it, and its form was mirrored by later imperial mosques. Four minarets (all from different time periods) sit atop the four corners. Unlike earlier mosques, this structure's rectilinear proportions created a vast empty space. On three sides of the court there is a single-aisled portico. The fourth wall (known as the qibla3) has a long prayer hall that, similar to a Christian basilica, has an east-west axis. This prayer hall has three aisles that run parallel to the qibla wall and an axial nave that runs perpendicular to it. A pitched roof is aligned at right angles to the direction of prayer,"--Metropolitan Museum of Art's website.
Material/Medium
stone (worked rock)
marble (rock)
Reproduction Type
jpeg
Copyright Statement
©2013 Lawrence Technological University. These images may be used for personal or educational purposes. They are not available for commercial purposes without the explicit permission of LTU.
ID Number
N1SYDAM2-7706I8A1
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