The Painting of the Six Kings is a fresco found on the wall of Qasr Amra, a desert castle of the Umayyad Caliphate located in modern-day Jordan. It depicts...
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responsible for documenting the frescoes in an Umayyad castle at Qasr Amra, including the famous Painting of the Six Kings and provided the illustrations for a...
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Qusayr 'Amra (category 8th-century establishments in the Umayyad Caliphate)
needed] The painting of the six kings includes King Roderick of Spain, whose short reign (710–712) has been taken to date of the image, and possibly the building...
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Jordanian art (redirect from Art of Jordan)
Painting of the Six Kings, (damaged) Quasyr 'Amra The origins of modern art in Jordan have their roots in the 1920s and 1930s when a small number of artists...
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Umayyad rule in North Africa (category History of the Middle East)
Ifriqiya was a province of the Umayyad Caliphate (661–750) during the historical period in which it ruled the Maghreb region of North Africa (excluding...
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Desert castles (redirect from Desert Castles of Jordan)
during the early Abbasid period) Islamic architecture List of castles in Jordan Painting of the Six Kings Umayyad architecture Khouri, R.G., The Desert...
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The Adoration of the Kings is a large oil-on-oak painting by Jan Gossaert (born Jean Gossart, also known as Jan Mabuse), dated to 1510–15, depicting the...
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Alois Musil (category Academic staff of the University of Vienna)
of Qusayr 'Amra, now famous for its figurative Islamic paintings. In the process of trying to steal the now-famed Umayyad fresco Painting of the Six Kings...
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Wisdom King (redirect from Five Wisdom Kings)
deities known as Herukas are found in Tibetan Buddhism. The female counterparts of Wisdom Kings are known as Wisdom Queens (Sanskrit (IAST): Vidyārājñī...
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Indian painting Indian painting has a very long tradition and history in Indian art. The earliest Indian paintings were the rock paintings of prehistoric...
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