The Central Islamic Lands — History STD 11 Humanities — Question
CBSE BoardEnglish MediumSTD 11 HumanitiesHistoryThe Central Islamic Lands8 Marks
Question
How were Islamic architectural forms different from those of the Roman Empire?
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Answer
Roman Empire Architectural Forms: The Romans emperors were great builders. Solidity and magnificence of conception are two important features of their architecture e.g. city of Rome.
They introduced two architecture features, the arch and cupolas or domes.
Art of painting murals was highly developed so much so that some of their murals practically covered the whole wall.
Their buildings were multistoried with one row of arches standing over another, examples- Pompeys Theatre.
Inventors of concrete and could firmly cement, bricks and stones together, examples- pantheon.
Islamic Architectural Forms:
The Islamic art right forms Spain to central Asia showed some basic architectural features horseshoe arches, bulbous domes small minarets, twisted columns and open courtyard.
Religious buildings– mosques, shrines and tomb were the greatest architectural symbols of this world.
Another features was decorative forms of writing e.g. calligraphy and arabesque i.e geometric and vegetal designs, to decorate architecture, and manuscripts.
The places were modeled on Romans and sasanian architectural features e.g. palace at Baghdad. They were richly decorated with sculptures, mosaics and paintings.
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