#  HAA 12M - Monuments of Islamic Architecture 

 





 Semester:   Fall 

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 Year offered:  2022 

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 Link: [Course Website](https://courses.my.harvard.edu/psp/courses/EMPLOYEE/EMPL/h/?tab=HU_CLASS_SEARCH…) 

 

 

 

 David Roxburgh, Gulru Necipoglu-Kafadar

 An introduction to key monuments and cities - Baghdad, Cairo, Cordoba, Isfahan, Istanbul, Samarqand - from the historical Islamic lands, ca. 650-1650 C.E., from Spain to India. Various building types are treated - e.g., mosques, palaces, schools, tombs, and shrines - as well as the factors that shaped them, whether artistic, cultural, socio-religious, political, or economic. Different methods of studying architecture are introduced in the course of the lectures.



 

 



 

 See also:- [ Fall 2022 ](/class-term/fall-2022)
- [ undergraduate ](/class-type/undergraduate)