Artwork Search
Arts in Southeast Asia Database
Masjid Abdul Gaffoor
Keywords : Masjid
| Site common name | Masjid Abdul Gaffoor |
|---|---|
| Type of artwork | Architecture |
| Province/City | Singapore |
| State | Singapore |
| Country | Singapore |
| Geographic Coordinates Decimal degree | Lat : 1.304167 Long : 103.853611 |
| History of production | Masjid Abdul Gaffoor is located in a merchant village of Indian-muslim. Originally, it was made of wood and tiles. Later, in 1797, Abdul Gaffoor, the caretaker, renovated the area around the Masjid by building a lot of row houses, which generated a lot of money for the construction of a new masjid. In 1817, a new Masjid was built under the supervision of Abdul Gaffoor. However, in 1829, when he died, the construction had not been finished and was later finsihed when his son took over the project. |
|---|---|
| Art | This masjid is highly influenced by the western culture in terms of the Roman arch of Loggia system, the patterns and the dome. The front part is decorated in Baroque style, while an artificial tower is used to decorate instead of a throphy in Baroque art. This small tower is the only thing that represents Islam in this Masjid. |
| Period | Historical Period |
| Art period | British Colonization Period |
| Age | 24-25 Centuries BE. |
| Religion | Islam |
| Type of License | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND) |
|---|---|
| Rights | Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre |
| Date of record creation | 2015-02-00 |
| Record creator | Chedha Tingsanchali |
