Klappentext Mimar Koca Sinan (c 1489 1588), the Great Architect Sinan', was appointed chief royal architect to the Ottoman court by Sultan Suleyman I in 1539. The author uses published and unpublished primary sources to illuminate the cultural setting in which Sinan's monuments were produced, received and experienced. Zusammenfassung Mimar Koca Sinan (c 1489 1588)! the Great Architect Sinan'! was appointed chief royal architect to the Ottoman court by Sultan Suleyman I in 1539. The author uses published and unpublished primary sources to illuminate the cultural setting in which Sinan's monuments were produced! received and experienced.

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Gulrü Necipoglu is the Aga Khan Professor of Islamic Art and Architecture and Director of the Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture at Harvard University. She is the editor of Muqarnas: An Annual of Islamic Visual Culture and author of Architecture, Ceremonial and Power (1991) and The Topkap Scroll: Geometry and Ornament in Islamic Architecture (1995).

Zusammenfassung
A monumental, definitive study of Mimar Koca Sinan (c. 1489-1588), 'the Great Architect Sinan', who was appointed chief royal architect to the Ottoman court by Sultan Suleyman I in 1539.