Prompt for the take-home final exam on the development of mosque architecture
get acquainted with the material in the PowerPoint. If you wish, you may bring more material from other sources, but the set of monuments in the PowerPoint is sufficient to trace the general trends in the development of congregational mosque architectures from the 7th to the 16th century. All the monuments in your
PowerPoint are discussed in your textbook and you should use it as your principal source of information.
Please address the following questions:
1. What are the major elements of early mosque buildings (for example Kufa) and where did they come from?
2. In the further discussion pay attention to the function and significance, the appearance and the development of such elements of mosque architecture as qibla wall, mihrab, minaret, minbar (mimbar), maqsura, entrance portal, and internal (courtyard) façade.
3. Finally, explain the origin (sources) of the architectural forms of Ottoman congregational mosques.
