. A short history of art . nd before the close of the seventh century had not onlybecome a powerful nation themselves, but had carried thefaith of Islam by the might of the sword from the AtlanticOcean to the Ganges. As pictures and images were forbidden by the Koran, theartistic genius of the Arabians found a vent in style of their architecture was more or less modified bythe character of the buildings already existing in the differ-ent countries that they conquered; but the general plans ofmosques, the use of the pointed arch, and an elaborate andbeautiful system of surface-
. A short history of art . nd before the close of the seventh century had not onlybecome a powerful nation themselves, but had carried thefaith of Islam by the might of the sword from the AtlanticOcean to the Ganges. As pictures and images were forbidden by the Koran, theartistic genius of the Arabians found a vent in style of their architecture was more or less modified bythe character of the buildings already existing in the differ-ent countries that they conquered; but the general plans ofmosques, the use of the pointed arch, and an elaborate andbeautiful system of surface-decoration, are the commonproperty of all the Mohammedan styles. A Mohammedan mosque had four essential parts:— 1st. The mihrab, or large hall for prayers. 2d. The kiblah, or holy place, where the Koran was kept. 3d. A court containing a fountain for the ablutions ofthe faithful. 4th. One or more slender towers, called minarets, fromthe top of which the muezzin, or priest, gave the summon?for prayer four times a day. 156. oo OO ;?o 4-> O O T3 && 3 o
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