Great Mosque of Damascus
Title
Great Mosque of Damascus
Date
706-715
Date Created
October 27, 2014
Identifier
5965
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
mihrabs
Description
Interior view of minbar and mihrab at the Great Mosque of Damascus. "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. Gordon Bugbee Collection.
Material/Medium
marble (rock)
stone (worked rock)
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-ISL2-1711
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