Hagia Sophia and Ottoman architecture
Hagia Sophia and Ottoman architecture
Author(s): Elisabeth PiltzSubject(s): Cultural history
Published by: AV ČR - Akademie věd České republiky - Slovanský ústav and Euroslavica
Summary/Abstract: The domed cathedral basilica Hagia Sophia in Istanbul was imitated by five mosques during the Ottoman classicism, Fatih, the mosque of Sultan Mehmet II Fatih, the Conqueror, Sehzade, Bayezidiye, the Suleymaniye, built by Sinan for Sultan Suleyman the Magnificent and Selimiye in Edirna, great cultural architectural complexes. They speak an Islamic idiom with a pronounced Greek accent.
Journal: Byzantinoslavica - Revue internationale des Etudes Byzantines
- Issue Year: LXXII/2014
- Issue No: 1-2
- Page Range: 293-309
- Page Count: 17
- Language: English
- Content File-PDF
