Includes bibliographical references (pages 496-502) and index.
Contents:
Before the capture of Bursa -- Bursa: the first mosques -- Bursa: the green mosque and after -- From Edirne to Istanbul -- Prelude to the grand manner: Beyazit II -- Sinan: the rise to greatness -- Sinan: the master -- Powers decline -- Prelude to change -- Baroque and after -- Ottoman house.
Summary:
This extensively illustrated survey shows, through an analysis of style, history and religious symbolism, the Ottoman architecture to be a creative art, unique to its cultural background. NjBwBT
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