Sinan: architect of Süleyman the Magnificent and the Ottoman Golden Age

Sinan was the greatest architect of the Ottoman Golden Age of the sixteenth century when the Ottoman Empire reached its zenith of power and magnificence. His style marks the apogee of Turkish art. Under Suleyman the Magnificent and his succcessor Selmi II, Sinan designed hundreds of buildings: mosqu...

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Main Authors: Freely, John 1926-2017 (Author), Burelli, Augusto Romano 1938- (Author)
Other Authors: Güler, Ara 1928-2018 (Photographer)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London Thames & Hudson 2015
Edition:Reduced format edition
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Summary:Sinan was the greatest architect of the Ottoman Golden Age of the sixteenth century when the Ottoman Empire reached its zenith of power and magnificence. His style marks the apogee of Turkish art. Under Suleyman the Magnificent and his succcessor Selmi II, Sinan designed hundreds of buildings: mosques, palaces, tombs, mausolea, hospitals, schools, caravanserai, bridges, aqueducts and baths, many of them presented and analysed in this book. In his greatest works, he adapted Byzantine and Islamic styles to produce something quite new: a centralized organization of absolute space unhindered by pillars or columns and covered by a soaring dome. An architect of genius in a dynamic new empire expanding into both Asia and Europe, he was a true man of the Renaissance
Physical Description:141 Seiten Illustrationen
ISBN:9780500343111

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