OTTOMANARCHITECTURE

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DOGAN KUBAN

Translated by

ADAIR MILL

Photography by

CEMAL EMDEN

ANTIQUE COLLECTORS' CLUB

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INTRODUCTION

OTTOMAN ARCHITECTURE BEFORE SiNAN

BOOK I / HISTORICAL CONDITIONS OF THE DEVELOPMENT

Chapter 1 Literature on the History of Ottoman Architecture

Chapter 2 Ottoman Cultural and Artistic Identity

Chap ter 3 The Historical Framework up to the Reign of Süleyman the Magnificent

Chapter 4 Settlement of the Nomads

Chapt I' 5 14th Century Ottoman Culture and the Building Programme

Chaprer 6 The Diversification of Ottoman Architecture in the Period of the Turcoman Principalities

Chapt I' 7 The Position of the Capital Cities in the History of Ottoman Arch itecture

Chapter 8 Religious Orders, Beys, Zaviyes and Imarets

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The Principal Building of Early Ottoman Architecture: The Zaviye

Single-Domed M osques

Ulucamis (Great Mosques)

A New Type of Ulucami: Üc;:~erefeli Mosque in Edirne

The Development of Building Types

Panorama of Pre-Conquest Ottoman Architecture

Architecture in the Context of the Conquest of Istanbul

The Palace Tradition Among the Turks and the Three Palaces of Mehmed the Conqueror

The Complexes of the Viziers and Grand Viziers

The Complexes of Bayezid 11

Selected Buildings from the Reigns of Mehmed the Conqueror and Bayezid 11

Foul' Important Buildings of the Süleyman the Magnificent Period Before Sinan

Architectural Decoration before Sinan

The Ottoman and Renaissance World in the Age of Transition

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OTTOMAN ARCHITECTURE AFTER SiNAN

BOOK 111 / SiNAN AND THE CLASSICAL OTTOMAN ARCHITECTURE

.hapter n The Historical Context from Süleyman the Magnificent to the Tulip Period (1520-1 720)

Chapter 24 The Life and Art of Sinan

Chapter 25 The First Buildings for the Family of Süleyman the Magnificent

Chapter 26 A Symbol of Ottoman Architecture: The Süleymaniye

Chapter 27 The Apogee: SeJimiye Mosque and us Camp/ex

Chaptor 28 Sinan's Spatial Endeavours

Chapter 2g A Selection of Sinan's Works

BOOK IV /THE OPENING TO EUROPE

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The Architectural Profession

Patrons, Pious Foundations and Public Works

The Successors to the Sehzade Mosque

Important Classical Buildings in Capital Istanbul (1588-1720)

Commercial Buildings

The Topkap. Palace

Architectural Decoration in the Classical Ottoman Period

Design Principles of Monumental Architecture

The Universal Status of Ottoman Domed Structures

Ottoman Architecture in the Context of Islamic Tradition and the Renaissance

Vernacular Architecture

The Historical Environment (1720-1920)

Stages of Westernisation in Ottoman Architecture

Tulip Period Architecture and Decoration

Rococo Ornamentation and Baroque

Architectural Activity during the Reign of Mahmud I

Architectural Activity during the Reigns of Mustafa 111, Abdülhamid land Selim III

Symbols of Westernisations in the 18th-19th Century: Barracks and Libraries

Wooden Palaces of the Last Period

Architecture in the Provinces (1520-1920)

Urban Architectural Components

19th Century Eclecticism and Other Trends from the Tanzimat to the Present Day

Christian and Foreign Architects and Their Works

The Great 19th Century Palaces

19th Century Religious Architecture

Westernisation in the Urban Dimension and the New Domestic Architecture

New Functions, New Buildings

From the Beginning of the 20th Century to the First World War

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CONCLUSION

Glossary

Footnotes

Bibi iography

Index