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A Comparative Study of facade of Jurjir Mosque of Isfahan and Al-Aqmar Mosque of Cairo
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Nazanin Enayati   |
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By Fatimid empire expansion in Egypt and North Africa, an art arose called Fatimid Art. Developing architecture, especially in the construction of small mosques, the emergence of a new social class and new sponsors, pay attention to build the mausoleum, creation or innovative use of Muqarnas can be mentioned as the characteristics of Fatimid art. Using the existing mosques and innovatively reconstructing them was an event observed in the mosques of Na'in and Isfahan in the art of Buyid in Iran. Using elements of Sasanian art in these buildings is obvious. In the middle of fifth century AH, there was a change in the construction of mosques and religious buildings in Egypt; Instead of building new Jameh mosques, the small mosques were built by sponsors other than of Caliphates, Including Al-Aqamar Mosque in Cairo. One of the features of these mosques is their decorative facade. The Jurjir Mosque is an example of small mosques built which was financed by resources other than government funds. The only high-rise and decorative façade has remained of this mosque that is a unique example of memorials in the east of the Islamic world. In this research, after studying each mosque separately and listing the characteristics of each; a comparative study has been carried out between them. On the one hand, the small size of both, the presence of numerous decorative arrays at facade of both mosques and having non-ruling founders are common features of these two buildings. However, stone is used in Al-Aqmar mosque and brick in Jurjir Mosque. The themes of the inscriptions and ornamental arrays in the facade of Al-Aqamar mosque refer to the Shiite concepts; while in the inscriptions of Jurjir mosque there is no mention of Imam Ali and no symbols representing the Shiite thought were found, although the elements of Sassanid art are seen in there. |
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| Keywords: Fatimid art, Buyids art, Al-Aqmar Mosque of Cairo, Jurjir Mosque of Isfahan, decorative facade |
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Type of Study: Research |
Received: 2023/08/16 | Accepted: 2020/03/19 | Published: 2020/03/19
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