ISLAM

Art

Places of Worship

Mosques

PURPOSE: religious area where...

• Muslims pray
• Discuss specific topics
• Teach students about their religion; Islam.
• Help or needs

APPEARANCE:

• Open area
• Tall walls closing the area to form a circle
• Cube shaped "Black Stone" (said to have fallen from heaven.) in the middle of the courtyard.
• Decorated ceilings and walls
• Calligraphy printed all around the dome.

HISTORICAL IMPORTANCE:

• Mosque was Muhammad's home.

GEOMETRIC DESIGN:

ARCHITECTURE:

CALIGRAPHY:

ISLAM

Introduction

Spiritual Celebrations, Festivals, and Rituals

• The Islamic religion was founded by the prophet Mohammad.
• Muslims are the people who follow Islam.
• Islam is the second largest religion out of the three top monotheistic religions. (Christianity, Judaism, Islam.)
• There are approximately 1.5 billion muslims in the world. That is about 1/7 of the entire world!

Scriptures and Spiritual Texts