Turkey : from the Selcuks to the Ottomans / Henri Stierlin ; photos, Anne and Henri Stierlin ; English translation: Chris Miller
Ko?ln : Taschen, 2002. Edition Unstated. Fine paperback copy. Particularly well-preserved; tight, bright and clean. Item #446984
ISBN: 382281802X
Physical description; 240 pages : illustrations (colour), maps, plans ; 30 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (page 234) and indexes.
Contents; Introduction : Turkish expansion in the Middle East -- Anatolia under the Selcuks : the monuments of the Turkish sultans during the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries -- The caravan routes: the Anatolian staging-posts -- Early Ottoman architecture: developing new forms -- Su?leyman and the Totoman golden age: Sinan, architect to the sultan -- The culminating achievements of Sinan under Selim II : the Selimiye at Edirne -- An immense empire : the diffusion of the Ottoman style -- Conclusion: the originality of Turkish architecture. Subjects; Architecture Turkey. Architecture, Seljuk Turkey. Islamic architecture Turkey. Architecture, Ottoman Turkey. Islamic architecture Turkey. Turkey Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918 Architecture, Ottoman South-East Europe.
Mosques South-East Europe.
Price: €10.95