Pre-Islamic Motives in the Interior of Umayyad Palaces Quseir Amra and Mshatta (661-750 A.D.)
Alshurman Ali Salem Hussein, Orlov Igor Ivanovich
Stroganov Moscow State Academy of Design and Applied Arts
Lipetsk State Technical University
Submitted: 10.10.2022
Abstract. The article analyses interior decorative elements in Quseir Amra and Mshatta Palaces in Jordan in the aspect of interaction of regional historical and cultural traditions. The authors reveal the specificity of palace interior space in the context of ideological and artistic programs of a multicultural and multi-confessional region, and herein lies the scientific originality of the study. The findings allow concluding that religious and cultural syncretism played a key role at the early stage of Muslim community development, which determined the uniqueness of Umayyad architecture. Multiculturalism and multi-confessionalism promoted artistic solutions based on a synthesis of recent and ancient artistic traditions.
Key words and phrases: исламская культура, Иордания, замок Кусейр Амра, замок Мшатта, фрески, Islamic culture, Jordan, Quseir Amra Palace, Mshatta Palace, frescoes
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