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16th Century Ottoman Architecture.

Publication: Architectural Science Review
Publication Date: 01-SEP-08
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: 16th Century Ottoman Architecture.(The Age of Sinan: Architectural Culture in the Ottoman Empire)(Book review)

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The Age of Sinan: Architectural Culture in the Ottoman Empire, by Gulru Necipoglu. Princeton University Press, 41 William St., Princeton NJ 08540-5237, USA, 2006. 592pp, illus., index. Price US$ 99.50 Hbk.

Gulru Necipoglu's The Age of Sinan provides an excellent scholarly survey of the works of the celebrated Ottoman architect Sinan (1489-1588). It differs sharply from the conventional linear accounts that classify Sinan's mosques in a chronological way and challenges the existing literature, which individualises Sinan by separating his works from the socio-political contexts of their time. Mimar Koca Sinan, the Great Architect Sinan, is the most renowned Islamic architect known in the west who worked under the patronages of...

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