Nobody doubts that the contemporary art of Turkey has arrived on the international stage: Hale Tengers work has been bought by the Pompidou Centre; ...
This beautiful book allows the reader to appreciate the complexities and subtleties of Ottoman art and architecture as a whole, while simultaneously learning more ...
The book presents important research conducted by the scholar Rowland J. Mainstone. It's aim is to explain how Justinian's architects succeeded in creating a ...
With a unique history stretching back nearly three millennia, Istanbul is the only city in the world that stands astride two continents: Europe and ...
The mosques of Istanbul represent the splendour of Islamic architecture. Their central domes, rising above the skyline of the city, convey both the ideals ...
The fifteenth-century architect Sinan (1489-1588) was a master mosque builder who employed perfect proportions to create astonishing lightness in architecture--especially in his gravity-defying cupolas. ...