Mimar Sinan's İstanbul
Title | Mimar Sinan's İstanbul PDF eBook |
Author | Türkiye Turing ve Otomobil Kurumu |
Publisher | Türkiye Turing ve Otomobil kurumu |
Pages | 520 |
Release | 2016-07-01 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN | 9757641588 |
Mimar Sinan's Routes
The Age of Sinan
Title | The Age of Sinan PDF eBook |
Author | Gülru Necipoğlu |
Publisher | Reaktion Books |
Pages | 592 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN | 9781861892539 |
A major assessment of the works of celebrated Ottoman architect, Mimar Sinan (1489-1588). Presents a cultural and social history of Ottoman architecture in the early modern eastern Mediterranean world.
Turkish Art and Architecture in Anatolia & Mimar Sinan
Title | Turkish Art and Architecture in Anatolia & Mimar Sinan PDF eBook |
Author | Selçuk Mülayim |
Publisher | |
Pages | 332 |
Release | 2005 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN |
This book is an attempt to outline the development of art and architecture in Anatolia. While covering the works made possible by this genius who holds an unsurpassed position in the history of Turkey, as well as the handicrafts of the same period, each in their own sections, the book tries to highlight both the architectural currents existing prior to Sinan and those architectural creations in Post-Sinan periods that remained faithful to his legacy. The final section rounds out by discussing such traditional art forms as woodworking, metal working, tilemaking, cloth, miniatures, carpets, hat (calligraphy) and tezhip ("gold gilding" or "illumination"), which served as complementary elements of architecture.
The Architect's Apprentice
Title | The Architect's Apprentice PDF eBook |
Author | Elif Shafak |
Publisher | Penguin |
Pages | 434 |
Release | 2015 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 052542797X |
"During the height of the Ottoman Empire twelve-year-old Johan arrived in Istanbul to become an animal tamer to the white elephant Chota, befriend the sultan's beautiful daughter, and become an apprentice to Sinan, the empire's chief architect. As they build masterpieces, dangerous undercurrents begin to emerge, with jealousy erupting among Sinan's four apprentices"--
Sinan
Title | Sinan PDF eBook |
Author | Reha Günay |
Publisher | |
Pages | 200 |
Release | 1998 |
Genre | Architects |
ISBN |
Sinan
Title | Sinan PDF eBook |
Author | Aptullah Kuran |
Publisher | |
Pages | 326 |
Release | 1987 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN |
Sinan
Title | Sinan PDF eBook |
Author | John Freely |
Publisher | Thames & Hudson |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2015 |
Genre | Architects |
ISBN | 9780500343111 |
Sinan was the greatest architect of the Ottoman Golden Age - when the Empire reached its zenith of power and magnificence. His style marks the apogee of Turkish art and this volume is a magnificent testament to the achievement of a man who stamped his imprint on an entire culture Beginning as a military engineer and designer of fortifications, he was appointed Chief Imperial Architect in 1538. While Michelangelo was working on St. Peter's, Sinan completed the greatest of Turkish mosques, the Süleymaniye and the Selimiye. Under Süleyman the Magnificent and his successor Selim II, Sinan designed hundreds of buildings: mosques, palaces, tombs, mausolea, hospitals, schools, caravanserai, bridges, aqueducts and baths. As he himself said, 'with time each edifice became - with the help of Allah and thanks to the generosity and benevolence of the State - the very image of the world in the lands ruled by the Ottoman dynasty.' 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. Opulent colour photographs, many taken specially by Ara Güler for this publication, pay tribute to the extraordinary space and light of Sinan's buildings. Texts by the most important specialists in this field complement the handsome visual material and offer new interpretations of Sinan's art.