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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Istanbul, Marmara, Turkeyen_US
dc.coverage.temporal1550-1557 (creation)en_US
dc.creatorSinanen_US
dc.date1550-1557en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-03-27T16:28:07Z
dc.date.available2013-03-27T16:28:07Z
dc.date.issued1550-1557en_US
dc.identifier202839en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 1014en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/110794
dc.descriptionThe southeast elevation; This large mosque and its surrounding complex were commissioned by Suleyman (reigned 1520-1566) and planned and constructed between 1550 and 1557 by the court architect Sinan. Widely recognized as one of the premier monuments of Ottoman architecture, it was built above the Golden Horn on a hilltop site, part of which had been occupied by the Eski Saray ('Old Palace'). The Suleymaniye is remarkable for its great size (the diameter of the dome is 26.2 m; the height of its crown is 53 m), its prodigious strength (the soffits of the four major arches are more than 4 m deep) and its ingenious system of geometric proportions. Some elements of the building, such as the great columns of the interior, are Classical or Byzantine spolia; the architectural inscriptions were designed by the great calligrapher Ahmad Karahisari; and the tile decorations represent the first major use in an Ottoman building project of polychrome underglaze-painted tiles from Iznik. Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.groveart.com/ (accessed 1/22/2008)en_US
dc.format.mediumstone; stained glassen_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectarchitectural exteriorsen_US
dc.subjectrulers and leadersen_US
dc.subjectSuleyman I, Sultan of the Turks, 1494 or 5-1566en_US
dc.subjectOttoman (style)en_US
dc.titleSuleymaniye Mosqueen_US
dc.title.alternativeSuleymaniye Camiien_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode1A3-I-T-MSS-A4en_US
vra.culturalContextIslamic Turkishen_US
vra.techniqueconstruction (assembling)en_US
vra.worktypemosqueen_US
dc.contributor.displaySinan (Turkish architect, ca. 1500-1588)en_US


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