2/16 Mon: NO CLASS – Winter Holiday
2/18 Wed: Mosques, Monuments and Amsar
2/20 Fri: Settlement and the socio-economics of Dar al-Islam (the “Abode of Islam”)
Readings:
• Hillenbrand, R. 1982. “La Dolce Vita in early Islamic Syria: the evidence of the later Umayyad Palaces.” Art History 5:1, 1-35.
• Raymond, A. 2000. Cairo: City of History. Chapter 1 “Fustat, the First Capital”
• Grabar, Oleg. 1987. The Formation of Islamic Art. Ch. 3 “The Symbolic Appropriation of the Land.” and Ch. 4 “Islamic religious art: The Mosque”
• Website: The Noble Sanctuary http://www.noblesanctuary.com/
Class 12 - Early Islamic Settlement.pdf