Umayyad
Period of the Umayyad caliphate, the first Islamic dynasty; following defeat by the Abbasids, the survivors founded a branch that ruled in Spain.
Umayyad
Period of the Umayyad caliphate, the first Islamic dynasty; following defeat by the Abbasids, the survivors founded a branch that ruled in Spain.
Basics to get you started
The Umayyads, an introduction
The vibrant visual cultures of the Islamic West, an introduction
Arts of the Islamic world: The early period
Paintings in the early Islamic world
Mosaics in the early Islamic world
Gold in the Qur’an
Mosque architecture, an introduction
Common types of mosque architecture
About chronological periods in the Islamic world
Arts of the Islamic world
Works of Art
Artists
Pyxis of al-Mughira, possibly from Madinat al-Zahra, AH 357/ 968 C.E., carved ivory with traces of jade, 16 x 11.8 cm (Musée du Louvre, Paris; photo: Steven Zucker, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)
