Sinan: Architect of Süleyman the Magnificent and the Ottoman Golden Age - Hardcover

Freely, John; Romano Burelli, Augusto

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 050034311X ISBN 13: 9780500343111

Publisher: Thames and Hudson Ltd, 2015

Synopsis

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 Süleyman 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.

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About the Author:

John Freely has taught physics and the history of science at Bogazici University (formerly Robert College) in Istanbul since 1960, with sojourns in New York, Boston, London, Athens, Oxford and Venice. He is the author of over forty books. Augusto Romano Burelli was the Director of the Department of Architectural Design at the Academy of Fine Arts in Venice from 1991 to 1997. His particular interests are Sinan, and the architecture of Schinkel, Unger and Behrens in Berlin. Ara Guler is one of Turkey's - indeed the world's - greatest photographers.

About this edition

• Publisher: Thames and Hudson Ltd
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 050034311X
• ISBN 13: 9780500343111
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 144