Artwork and Architecture of the Muslim Empire:BUI Words:-calligraphy-a type of visual art related to writing-Arabesque- and ornamental design of intertwined flowing lines found in decorationsArtwork:-the Muslims used artwork to reflect their cultural values-Allah is the center of the Muslims so they also did a lot of their artwork based on the idea of him-They repeated a lot of things in art (geometric designs which is called arabesqueArt in Religion:-the Muslim people did art in floral and shaped designs because they thought basing artwork off of people was a sin and was forbidden in the Qur'anArchitecture:-The first buildings that were built in the Islamic Empire were designed by Greek architects-Because the Greeks were building Islamic mosquess, and not Christian churches, they were able to experiment with different designs-Through this they created a new Islamic style-In the late 700's A.D the new Arab rulers marked their territory by building great mosques such as the KairouanKairouan-mosque which would be like or churchesMath used-Geometry:-they used shapes to build architecture (buildings)-Spherical Trigonometry was also used to created right triangles-They used the binomial theorem to help them build pyramidsFamous Buildings:-The Sacred Mosque is located in the city of Mecca. It's a place where Muslims went to worship-It was also called Al-Masjid al-Haram a Wuadrangle surrounded by stone wallsDome of rock:-Muslim temple of Jerusalem-The Doe of the Rock is in the centre of a greater Muslim shrine, known as the Haram ash Sharif (Noble Sanctuary)Muslim Calligraphy:-Cursive styles were easier to write and read and soon replaced the earlier geometric style-Based on Arabic Scripe-Calligraphy is the most respected form of Islamic Art-The Arabic Script was the means of transmission to the Qur'anMuslim Empire: Math and ScienceAl-Khwarizmi:-He was born before 780 in Baghdad, Iraq, and died before 850. He was a mathematician and astronomer who invented tthe Hindu-Arabic numerals and the concepts of algebra. He lived in Baghdad under the caliphate of al-muhamIbn Al-Haytham:-first scientist and the father of optics_born in Basra, Iraq in 965-made great contributions to science-named the physicist in medieval Europe-Most famous work was Kitab al-Manazir (Book of Optics)-book of optics was a seven volume book on the experiments that Ibn performed on the theories of opticsAstronomy:-They found a huge amount of stars-Alderbaran-altair-Muslims pray before daybreak and before dawn predict planetary positions and eclipsesal-jabr:-it means algebra. it refers to the process of moving a subtracted quantity to the other side of an equation. if you looked at al-jabrs book it would look nothing like the algebra we do today. it is written in prose. none of the symbols we use today are in the book.Optics:-Kitb al-Manazir- the book of optics-written by a man known as Alhazen-Invention of the caer-ALhazen created system of adding the first natural 100 numbers-he introduced motion and transformation into geometry-his work greatly influence many
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