A history of Ottoman architecture
This text is focused on the history of the extant buildings in the Republic of Turkey. The book begins with a brief history of the Ottoman Empire and develops by outlining the mains features of Ottoman architecture and discusses the biography of the great Ottoman architect Sinan
History
437 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
9781845645069, 1845645065
662401913
The Ottoman Turks and their architecture
Early Ottoman architecture in North-western Anatolia
Ottoman architecture in Turkish Thrace
The conqueror's city
Topkapi Sarayi
The emergence of classical Ottoman architecture
Süleyman the Magnificent and Sinan, the early buildings
The Süleymaniye
Sinan's later works in Istanbul
Sinan's contemporaries and successors in the classical tradition
The eighteenth century: from classical to Baroque
The last Ottoman century