Abbasid Palace
Title
Abbasid Palace
Date
ca. 1200
Identifier
5987
Creator2
Bugbee, Gordon (photograph)
Work Type
Single Built Works
Work Location
Iraq (nation)
Baghdad (inhabited place)
Style/Period
Abbasid
Subject
palaces
courtyards
Description
View of courtyard at Abbasid Palace in Baghdad, Iraq. "At its eastern courtyard façade, this impressive structure highlights a grand, barrel-vaulted iwan whose surface is ornately decorated in the Seljuk style with geometrically composed brick carved in arabesques. It also features two riverside gates flanking a blind iwan and lead into two passageways to the interior, creating a design which preserves privacy by not allowing visual access to the inner quarters of the school. This organization of the entrance plan is known as mabain, "that which is between." From the inside, the courtyard is bordered by a muqarnas-vaulted arcade surrounded by small chambers which would have been used by the students at the madrasa. This floor plan was probably duplicated on both stories. Opposite the magnificent iwan to the east, the western section of the court opened into a large hall that functioned as a musalla, a place to pray. This feature of the site provides further proof that it functioned as a madrasa rather than a palace,"--ArchNet.
Reproduction Type
jpeg
Reproduction Source
47
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
GPB-ISL2-1733
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