20 Nov 08

Paradise Found: Islamic Architecture & Art

Segment 9 (10:03 min) India

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5 Comments

  1. #1 CS
    on Nov 22nd, 2008 at 4:39 am

    I absolutely love this! I spend the first 14 years of my life in the most islamic fundamentalist state in Malaysia and unfortunately its influence on me had been largely negative. As non-muslim we were the minority and the only way to appreciate anything Islam was to become one which of course came with a host of stigma and implications. I did a few courses in interior architecture in college but it wasn’t until I saw how beautiful and intricate the Islamic art and architecture were in Egypt and Morocco, that I was completely bowed over. I want to find some time to study it a bit more in the future, preferably before I go to Central Asia or Africa again.

  2. #2 shapeshift
    on Nov 22nd, 2008 at 10:31 am

    Yes, I think it was Spain, Turkey and Tunisia for me that triggered the admiration for Islamic architecture and a curiosity for the cultures that brought it about. Another gorgeous and related documentary is is When the Moors Ruled in Spain.

  3. #3 Redroom Studios
    on Nov 23rd, 2008 at 12:15 pm

    even though time is very short for me these days, I couldnt pass up this topic. For me Islamic art is one of the great jewels of human history! This was a very good documentary but only touched the tip of the iceberg with the several examples mentioned here…

    I really love the romance of that mud brick structure in Mali, though I didnt realize that it was sucha young structure. It reminded me of the 500 year old mudbrick city of Shibam in Yemen. Do you know of this place?

  4. #4 shapeshift
    on Nov 23rd, 2008 at 12:52 pm

    Yes, the Shibam mudbrick city is fascinating. I can’t believe it goes back for 500 years.

    Yes, I think we love Islamic architecture because it brings that whole romance of the imagery of 1001 nights.

  5. #5 ann
    on Nov 27th, 2008 at 1:12 pm

    hehe…I had to come back and view this today….it was Thanksgiving day last year I arrived in Istanbul….and like everyone else, i have a major weakness for Islamic architecture…. :-)

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