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Sinan

Rogers, J. M. author

2006

Overview

\"The buildings of Sinan (c. 1490-1588) are ranked with the finest of Renaissance Europe. He was born in Cappadocia, probably into a Greek Christian family. Drafted into the Janissaries during his adolescence, he rapidly gained promotion and distinction as a military engineer. He was appointed Court Architect in 1538 and held that post for the most productive, brilliant half-century in Ottoman architecture. His palaces, mosques, fountains, hospitals and tombs completely changed the face of the Ottoman capitals, Istanbul and Edirne.\" \"Though little is known of Sinan's personal life, J.M. Rogers has reconstructed his professional biography from his practice and that of the Court Architects after him. The detailed building accounts of Suleymaniye in Istanbul - one of Sinan's greatest mosques - demonstrate his masterly coordination of planning, quantity surveying, work force management, and design and implementation of waterworks, that enabled this vast project to be completed in just seven years.\"--Jacket.

• Publisher: I.B. Tauris in association with the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies
• Subject: Sinan, Mimar, 1489 or 1490-1588. / Architects Turkey Biography. / Islamic architecture Turkey.
• ISBN: 184511096X, 9781845110963

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
NA 1373 .S5 R64 2006	1	BOOK	ARTS