november 9/2012

It was a nice day down by the nice stream, a nice bird sat making nice sands. The nice sun was up in the nice sky "oh , how nice to have such a nice day all to myself,' i thought

It was Friday and everything was favoring. The stream was trickle  and the beautiful blue bird sat making nice sands down by it. The enjoyable sunshine was up in the opining sky" oh, how great to have  such a benign day all to myself,' I thought

My favorite painting--mosque

Mosque

A mosque is a place of worship for followers of Islam. The Masjid Quba is the first mosque in Islam’s history. A lot of mosques have developed significantly since Quba mosque. The mosque also can be a center for information, education, and dispute settlement. The imam will lead the prayer in the mosque. The basic elements of a mosque are a mimbar, a pulpit, a maqsura, a dome, kibla walls, semidomes, weight towers, pier, and arch. These materials built the whole mosque. The whole mosque can be separate in three parts, which is courtyard, prayer hall, and minaret. 

The courtyard is like the dinging hall nowadays. The courtyard is a square, and there is a fountain in the middle of the courtyard. Sadirvans are necessary for ablutions before prayer. Also, they can clean their feet, hand, and face after prayer. The minarets will be built on four sides of the courtyard, and all the walls are holding by the arcades and porticos. On each side of the wall, there is a door in the middle of the wall except the the wall connect to the prayer hall. The top of the door is crooked, and the bottom of it is square. The whole elements in the courtyard should connect to the middle of the prayer hall. 

The prayer hall is the most important part of the mosque. The most important requirements  which was the kibla wall. It should face the  MECCA. At floor level in the center of the kibla wall was the mihrab. It’s a niche symbolizing the entrance to paradise. The kibla wall was placed perpendicular to the kibla, and the mihrab stood right on top of it. On the opposite side of the mihrab was the portal which is an entrance to the prayer hall. Next to the kibla walls, there are eight piers to hold the center of the prayer hall. On the eight piers, there are eight weight towers to separate the weights. Between each towers, there are also eight arches to hold the dome. The last part of the mosque are minarets. Different mosques have different number of minarets. At least every mosque will have one minaret, and the Quba Mosque has four minarets to call people every day for five times to pray. 

Painting

My painting is about a man studying in a room. The background of this picture is a wall with gray color. On the left corner of the wall there is a opening window. The window is only showed about 2/3,and we can see the two mullions on the right side. The window is  about 1/6 of the picture. We can see the ocean, three mountain, and the sky through the window. In front of the window, there is a black  circular desk. A short black trunk is holding the whole desk, and the bottom of the trunk it will separate in four small roots. There is a book and some flowers on the desk. The desk is full of the left side of the painting. On the right side of painting, there is a man sitting on a chair. His right hand is holding a pencil and putting in the right edge of the desk. Putting the pencil in his mouse, he is thinking. With his left hand, he is putting on a opening book which is on his knees. He wears black suit, white shirt, and black shoes. He has black hair, and he is facing the window. The man is covering the whole right side of the page. The chair which is sitting by the man has four roots. There a another chair with some book on it is behind the man, and it just show 2/3 of the chair.