[]
Your ongoing selection
Asset(s) Assets
Your quote 0

Your selection

Clear selection
{"event":"pageview","page_type1":"catalog","page_type2":"image_page","language":"en","user_logged":"false","user_type":"ecommerce","nl_subscriber":"false"}
{"event":"ecommerce_event","event_name":"view_item","event_category":"browse_catalog","ecommerce":{"items":[{"item_id":"MEP1266660","item_brand":"other","item_category":"photo","item_category2":"no_copyright","item_category3":"standard","item_category4":"luca_mozzati","item_category5":"not_balown","item_list_name":"search_results","item_name":"hypostyle_chamber_by_fatimid_craftsmen_from_972_10th_century_marble_and_sandstone","item_variant":"undefined"}]}}
Metadata Block (Hidden)

Contact us for further help

High res file dimension

Search for more high res images or videos

Hypostyle chamber, by Fatimid craftsmen, from 972, 10th century (marble and sandstone)

Hypostyle chamber, by Fatimid craftsmen, from 972, 10th century (marble and sandstone)
Asset - General information
Permissions
More info
Permission required for non-editorial use (inc book and magazine covers). Please contact us
Usage restrictions from our Content Partners
More info
Not available to clients invoiced in Italy
Largest available format 4961 × 3653 px 15 MB
Dimension [pixels] Dimension in 300dpi [mm] File size [MB]
Large 4961 × 3653 px 420 × 309 mm 14.9 MB
Medium 1024 × 754 px 87 × 64 mm 989 KB
Leave the work to our dedicated Account Managers
License details
Your details
*
*
*
*
*
IMAGE number
MEP1266660
Image title
Hypostyle chamber, by Fatimid craftsmen, from 972, 10th century (marble and sandstone)
Auto-translated text View Original Source
Photographer
Luca Mozzati
Location
Mosque of Al-Azhar, Cairo, Egypt
Medium
marble and sandstone
Date
972 AD (C10th AD)
Image description

Detail. Sight of the hypostyle chamber of al-Azhar mosque, the oldest in Cairo, seat of a theology school (madrasa) considered the second oldest university in the Eastern world; single columns or couples, of various heights, shapes and materials, alternate in the large prayers hall in which one sees the seats for worshipers, all facing east, to the Mihrab in the background right. Maestranze fatimidi Al-Azhar Mosque, Cairo, Egypt

Photo credit
Mondadori Portfolio / Bridgeman Images
Image keywords
10th century / Cairo / Egypt / Africa / North Africa / chandelier / light / room / interior / decoration / electric light / mosque / spirituality / art / middle eastern art / sculpture / capital / devotion / column / foreshortening / travel destination / niche / beam / stone / carpet / perspective / religious architecture / plank / architecture / famous place / worship / islamic art / colonnade / sacred building / arabic architecture / egitto / bas-relief / marble / little column / prayer / no people / red carpet / mediterranean / tourism / sandstone / islam / horizontal / al-mu'izz li-din allah

Similar Images