Instructors: David Roxburgh and Gulru Necipoglu-Kafadar
An introduction to key monuments and cities - Baghdad, Cairo, Cordoba, Isfahan, Istanbul, Samarqand - from the historical Islamic lands, ca. 650-1650 C.E., from Spain to India. Various building types are treated - e.g., mosques, palaces, schools, tombs, and shrines - as well as the factors that shaped them, whether artistic, cultural, socio-religious, political, or economic. Different methods of studying architecture are introduced in the course of the lectures.