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Stucco in the Islamic Word

For an introduction and overview of the topic including an extensive bibliography, see the article 'Stucco - Islam' (by J. Gierlichs) in the Enciclopedia dell Arte Medievale, Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Roma, XI, 2000, S. 18-24 https://www.academia.edu/20104154/Stucco_Islam

So far works of Stucco from  Morocco (Fes, Marrakesh, and Tinmal), Egypt (Cairo), from Turkey / Türkiye (Ankara, Ayas, Istanbul, Kubadabad), Palestine (Khirbat al Mafjar), Iran (esp. from Farumad, Forumad), Tajikistan (Chulbuk/ Khulbuk/ Khul'buk/ Hulbuk, Dushanbe), Uzbekistan (Bukhara, Samarkand) and Yemen (Dawran), more to come ...

See e.g. the excellent stucco works of the Mosque in Tinmal

A selection of images below, more to come ...

Tuesday, 03 May 2022