Question
Compare details of Italian architecture of this period with Islamic architecture.
Solution
The comparisons are:
(i) Both styles took care of decoration.
(ii) Beautiful buildings were constructed under the patronage of both styles.
(iii) Arch and pillars were the key features of both the styles.
(iv) Under the patronage of Italian architecture style, beautiful cathedrals and monasteries were constructed while large and magnificent mosques were constructed in the Islamic style of architecture.
While western Europe was being reshaped by feudal bonds and unified under the Latin Church, and eastern Europe under the Byzantine Empire, and Islam was creating a common civilisation further west, Italy was weak and fragmented.
