Scholarly Sinan.(The Age of Sinan: Architectural Culture in the Ottoman Empire)(Book Review)

The Architectural Review | November 1, 2005| | Copyright

THE AGE OF SINAN, ARCHITECTURAL CULTURE IN THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE

By Gulru Necipoglu, London: Reaktion Books. 2005: [pounds sterling]60

Gulru Necipoglu has been the Aga Khan Professor of Islamic Art and Architecture at Harvard University since 1993. Her book on Sinan is a complete contrast to the countless coffee table books with stunning photographs of domed mosques and pointed minarets. This publication is a serious scholarly work carried out for over a decade and brings together many significant original sources, both published and unpublished. Born on 15 ...

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