How does the design of the Islamic Mosque and Cultural Center in Rome demonstrate how twentieth-century architects reconciled modernity with Islamic cultural traditions?
What will be an ideal response?
The ideal Answer should include:
1. Iraqi architect, Sami Mousawi, and the Italian firm of Portoghesi-Gigliotti used clean modern lines, exposing the structure while taking full advantage of opportunities for ornament.
2. The prayer hall's columns are made of concrete with an aggregate of crushed Carrara marble.
3. The columns are topped with abstract capitals in the form of plain rings that support a dome of concentric circles.
4. There are references to the interlacing ribs of the mihrab dome in the Great Mosque of Córdoba, the great domed spans of Sinan's prayer halls, and to the simple palm-tree trunks that supported the roof of the Mosque of the Prophet in Medina.
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a. the interior space. b. the aesthetic unity of Greek temples. c. engaged columns. d. all of these. e. none of these.
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