Berlin STEP Class Gallery Walk
Fatimids Art and Culture: Welcome to the Fatimid Gallery Welcome to our virtual Fatimid Art Gallery! Imagine that you are visiting a museum displaying treasures from Fatimid Cairo over 1,000 years ago. Today, you will become museum explorers. At each gallery station, you will discover a different aspect of Fatimid art and culture. Your challenge is not simply to describe what you see, but to think like historians:
Artworks
- Gold pendant, Egypt — Jewellery such as this filigree pendant reflects the superb craftsmanship of goldsmiths working in Egypt and Syria during the Fatimid period. This pendant was fitted with enamel and semi-precious stones. The colourful enamel plaque may have been imported from Byzantium and attached separately.
- Ewer, Egypt — This delicate ewer is just 2 mm thick, and is covered with carved designs. The body is decorated on both sides with the motif of a bird alighting on the back of what seems to be a gazelle. This scene is surrounded by scrolls of palmettes and the whole design is set in a frame, as though covered by a textile.
- Façade, al-Aqmar Mosque, Cairo, Egypt (1125) — Built during the caliphate of al-Amir, this mosque is constructed of brick with stone facing and heavily decorated with inscriptions and sculptural features.
Gold pendant, Egypt
Ewer, Egypt
Façade, al-Aqmar Mosque, Cairo, Egypt
1125Immersive Experience
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