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ARTH303 Final Exam - Art of the Islamic World
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ARTH303 Final Exam - Art of the Islamic World
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1. Who commissioned the Taj Mahal?
2. Fill in the blank. A(n) ________________ is a semicircular niche in the wall of a mosque that indicates the direction that Muslims should face when praying.
3. Mosques built by which of the following rulers are distinctive because of their absence of minarets?
4. Fill in the blank. Vaulted halls that are walled on three sides, known as ________________, became one of the basic units of the Islamic architecture during the Seljuk period.
5. This image depicts which Ottoman palace? Its construction began directly after the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople.
6. The interior and the exterior of which of the following Ilkhanid buildings was originally covered with brilliantly colored ceramic tiles?
7. Which nineteenth century Ottoman sultan's reforms brought about an increased fusion of Ottoman and European elements in Ottoman art and architecture?
8. This image shows the honeycomb-like vaulted ceiling of the Hall of the Abencerrajes in which of the following buildings?
9. Ishafan was the capital of which two Islamic dynasties?
10. Which of the following sultanates and/or empires were regular trading partners with the city of Venice?
11. Fill in the blank. This image depicts the _____________ of Suleiman the Magnificent.
12. Which of the following statements about Mughal architecture is false?
13. Which of the following was an artistic and cultural center of the Timurid Empire?
14. Which of the following is the Iranian term for a portal that projects over the facade of a building?
15. Art and architecture of which period was a fusion of Persian, Islamic, and East Asian traditions?
16. What was the capital of the Umayyad dynasty?
17. The mud-brick mausoleum of Sultan Sanjar occupies the center of the ruined city wall of Merv, the capital of which dynasty?
18. Which of the following were built along important trade routes by Islamic rulers and wealthy patrons to provide protection and lodgings to travelers?
19. Which of the following refers to Islamic religious laws and customs that govern every aspect of a Muslim's life?
20. The Oljeitu Tomb is all that remains of which of the following cities that was the capital of the Ilkhanids?
21. What city briefly served as the capital of the Abbasid caliphate from 833-883 and is an important source of information about Abbasid art and architecture?
22. This image depicts which Ottoman palace that is an example of neo-Baroque architecture?
23. Fill in the blank. The Ottoman Sultan Ahmed III's reign is also known as the _____________ period, due to the popularity of this flower in floral decorations that replaced the saz style of ornamentation.
24. This image depicts the dome of which mosque that was built by Timur in Samarkand after his conquest of Hindustan?
25. Which of the following statements about Timurid architecture is false?

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