Questions to Consider

1. What are the five basic types of Islamic art listed in you text?
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2. What do each of these types mean in the Muslim faith and as decoration in mosques and palaces?

3. Name the palace that is an example of the height of Moorish art in Spain?

4. What natural elements do the Arabs use in their architectural composition?

5. For what reason do the Arabs seldom if never use human figures in their religious spaces?

6. What are minarets?

7. What are collonades?

8. What usual ceilings do you find in the palace in Granada? ( see the Saudi Aramco website)?