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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Istanbul, Marmara, Turkeyen_US
dc.coverage.temporalca. 1453-1853 (inclusive)en_US
dc.creatorSinanen_US
dc.date1453-1853en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-03-27T16:29:44Z
dc.date.available2013-03-27T16:29:44Z
dc.date.issued1453-1853en_US
dc.identifier202913en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 1017en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/110868
dc.descriptionHarem, the large northeast garden, view into the garden, depicting the west wall; The next major additions to the Topkapi Palace (Second Court) took place under Suleyman (reigned 1520-1566), when certain ceremonial parts of the palace were rebuilt on a larger scale, and the palace infrastructure was enlarged to support the burgeoning administrative bureaucracy of the empire. Major additions, evidently completed under the supervision of the Grand Vizier Ibrahim Pasha, included the building of the Council Hall (Divan) and the neighbouring Inner Treasury in the Second Court. Under Selim II (reigned 1566-1574) the great Ottoman architect Sinan built his first important additions to the palace. New baths for the Sultan were erected and decorated with Iznik polychrome tiles of the highest quality. In 1574, after the kitchens in the Second Court were destroyed by fire, Sinan began the gigantic kitchens that still constitute the largest single structure in the palace. Other additions made to the Harem in this period were substantially altered later. In the reign of Murad III (1574-1595) the palace attained its present form with the construction (date uncertain) by Sinan of the Privy Chamber (now known as the Chamber of the Sacred Mantle). Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.groveart.com/ (accessed 1/28/2008)en_US
dc.format.mediumstone; wood; tileen_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectarchitectural exteriorsen_US
dc.subjectdecorative artsen_US
dc.subjectrulers and leadersen_US
dc.subjectMehmed II, Sultan of the Turks, 1432-1481en_US
dc.subjectOttoman Empire and its heritageen_US
dc.subjectSuleyman I, Sultan of the Turks, 1494 or 5-1566en_US
dc.subjectOttoman (style)en_US
dc.titleTopkapi Palace; Second Courten_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode1A3-I-T-TP-2-F3en_US
vra.culturalContextIslamic Turkishen_US
vra.techniqueconstruction (assembling)en_US
vra.worktyperoyal palaceen_US
vra.worktypehistoric siteen_US
dc.contributor.displaySinan (Turkish architect, ca. 1500-1588)en_US


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