Slide Title
Preview
Date
3-1980
Description
The exterior of the Dome of the Rock, adorned with both marble and mosaic, was covered during the Ottoman Empire in, “magnificent Turkish tiles” (Ettinghausen, 16). In this photograph, which shows the Temple Mount, on which the building is located, you can see the restored marble columns that frame one of the four entrances to the dome.
Creator 1 Role
Photographer
Subject Headings
Architecture -- Religious architecture -- Israel -- Jerusalem; Architecture, Islamic;
Country Name
Israel
City Name
Jerusalem
Recommended Citation
Smolski, Chet, "Jerusalem: Dome of the Rock" (1980). Smolski Images. 707.
https://digitalcommons.ric.edu/smolski_images/707
Keywords
dome of the rock, islamic architecture, religious architecture, historic
Notes
Ettinghausen, Richard, Grabar, Oleg and Jenkins-Madina, Marilyn. Islamic Art and Architecture 650-1250. (New Haven: yale University Press, 2001) pp. 16-19