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| Great Mosque, Djenne, Mali, current plan 1909 |
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Belief in Allah and the Prophet Muhumman
Religion in the Central Sudan area.
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"Messenger of God" or Al-Amin
Prophet
recieves divine revalations from Arch-Angel Gabriel. (These revalations are eventually documented in the Koran.) |
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The Book of Islam
The revalations of Allah as they were revealed to Muhummed by Arch-Angel Gabriel. |
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Structure at/in Mecca |
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Islamic structure for congregational worship. Fridays.
-usually made out of mud in the Western Sudan. Masjid-"Place of prostration" |
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| large halls with wide, arched entrances |
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multi-columned hall
(Great Mosque, Mali?) |
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St. Peter's Basilica, Rome, Italy: Bramante's Scheme, 1506, Michaelangelo's campaign, 1546-64 Carlo Maderno's plan & facade 1607-12 |
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| Gianlorenzo Bernini, Piazza St. Peter, Vatican, Rome, c. 1656-57. |
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| Francesco Borromini, San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane, Rome, 1638-41 (structure) 1665-67 (facade) |
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| ethnographic v. aesthetic display |
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| difference between an art museum and an anthropology display. |
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| (Perani & Smith Fig. 5.19) |
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| Olowe of Ise, Veranda Pillars Yoruba Couryard at Ikerre, Nigeria before 1938. |
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Early State-Society in the Eastern Guinea Coast.
10th-18th Centuries
City-States
Yoruba Pillars |
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Ancient city in Yoruba
center of the universe and the source of Yoruba tradition
Through royal patronage, Ife led to the tradition of "court arts" |
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| One of 16 ledder God's below Olodumare, founder of Ife and first Yoruba King (Oni) |
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| deities who serve as intermediaries between Olodumare and humans. |
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| vital force of women (an energy of action) |
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evoking wisdom
system consulted for advice in fixing earthly problems.
Like HP. |
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| The principle Christian church in a diocese. |
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A round vault used to cover a circular space, usually.
e.g. Chiswick exception? |
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| the wall that supports the dome |
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| circular opening, usually as windows or at the apex of a dome. |
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| juncture of curved surfaces of a vault, sometimes purely decorative. |
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a turret-like structure positioned on the roof of a dome.
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