Masjid

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Masjid

Christiane Gruber

Related Terms:

  • Iwan (tall vaulted gateway)
  • Mihrab (concave niche in qibla wall)
  • Minbar (pulpit)
  • Qibla (mosque wall facing Mecca)
  • Salah (communal prayer)

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References:

Frishman, Martin and Hasan-Uddin Khan. The Mosque: History, Architectural Development and Regional Diversity. London: Thames & Hudson, 1994. 

Gruber, Christiane. “A Place for People to Pray and Birds to Sing,” The Conversation, June 5, 2020.

Holod, Renata and Hasan-Uddin Khan. The Contemporary Mosque: Architects, Clients, and Designs since the 1950s. New York: Rizzoli, 1997. 

Pedersen, Johannes et al. “Masd̲j̲id.” In Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition, edited by P. Bearman, Th. Bianquis, C.E. Bosworth, E. van Donzel, and W.P. Heinrichs. Leiden: Brill, 2012.

“Mosque.” In The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture, edited by Jonathan Bloom and Sheila Blair, vol. 2, 548-553. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009.

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Christiane Gruber, “Masjid,” Khamseen: Islamic Art History Online, published 1 July 2021.

Christiane Gruber is Professor of Islamic Art and Former Chair in the History of Art Department at the University of Michigan as well as Founding Director of Khamseen: Islamic Art History Online. Her scholarly work (available here) explores medieval to contemporary Islamic art, including figural representation, depictions of the Prophet Muhammad, manuscripts and book arts, architecture, and modern visual and material cultures. Her two most recent publications include The Praiseworthy One: The Prophet Muhammad in Islamic Texts and Images and The Image Debate: Figural Representation in Islam and Across the World, and her public-facing essays have appeared in Newsweek, The Conversation, New Lines, Jadaliyya, and Prospect Magazine, among others. Her current research projects include eco-Islamic art and architecture as well as the visual culture of the Nation of Islam.