The Leighton House Museum in London was once home to the Victorian artist Frederic Leighton. Over the course of 30 years, the house was built to Leighton's specifications and eventually included the Arab Hall, which showcased a gold dome and elaborate mosaics constructed of Islamic tiles. (Image courtesy of Context Travel on flickr.)
Instructor(s)
Prof. Nasser Rabbat
MIT Course Number
4.619
As Taught In
Fall 2014
Level
Graduate
Course Description
Course Features
Course Description
This seminar offers a critical review of scholarship on Islamic architecture through close reading of scholarly texts, museum exhibitions, and architectural projects. It also tackles methodological and historiographical questions about the field's formation, genealogy, recent expansion, and its evolving historical and theoretical contours.