• great mosque of bursa
• 1400
• hypostyle with several domes 
• fountain in middle
•  bursa used to be the capital of the ottoman empire
• bursa is known for its silk

• 1 large dome with 2 semi domes on sides - ex. suleymaniye 
• 1 large dome with 4 semi domes at 45* angles - ex. selimye
• 1 large dome 4 semi domes at 90* with four small domes in the corners - ex. fatih mosque 

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• suleymaniye mosque
• architect mimar sinan
• 1 large dome with two semi domes 
• istambul 
• was for kanuni sultun suleyman 

process of finding poor smart boys and training them to be soldeirs and b/c educated

mimar sinan was one of these b/c a significant arc

• ss. sergius and bacchus 
• istanbul
• 527 ad
• modeled after hagia sophia (little)

• selimiye mosque
• in edirne
• grander 
• thinner columns 
• sultun selim
• arc was mimar sinan
• on large dome with four semi domes on sides
• let in a ton of light with clerestory windows 

next to hagia sophia

ottoman mosque

• most of the monumental architecture is left from the time of the timurids (14-15 c)
• hypostyle (roofed space divided with a series of columns on a grid)
• often ribbed elongated, azure-blue domes
• multicolored tile work
• monumental arched portal flanked by tapering minarets
• figural art is present in seljuk ---but only present in non mosque
• main areas known for tile work
• iznik (white and blue)
• kutanya (red white and blue)

• a space with one side open and three sides enclosed with a roof
• can be inside or outside
•  

• a plan type used in mosque and madrasa arc
• 4 iwans surround a courtayrd 
• often used in medieval islamic madrasa
• the largest iwan is the prayer hall
• and the side iwans are sleeping rooms and other spaces

• char minar mosque
• bukhara uzbekistan 16th c
• fatter minarets due to the available materials
• central asian arc
• high contrast with ottoman pencil thin minaret

bukhara uzbekistan 18th c

wooden mosque intractly carved

many colors painted

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• kalon mosque 
• bukhara uzbekistan 14th c
• blue tile dome
• portals significant entrance
• greek syle minaret 
• intricat brick work and on minaret shows workman ship 
• makes a pattern and relif with the brick pattern

• divan beg madrassa 
• bukhara 17th c
• figural depitctions
• bright colors
• intricate pattern
• glazed tiles
• designed like a puzzle instead of a gird
• ex. head is one tile piece

white and blue tile 11-12 c

like using six and eight pointed star tiles

sitting in buddhist position

like blue and white

have figural art, just not in mosques

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• masjid-i jami
• isfahan iran
• beautiful brick work
• muqarnas
• subsitution of the hypostyle plan with the four iwan plan
• use of vaults and domes
• use of muqarans on squinches and domes
• intricate brick patterns 

isfahan iran

beautiful glazed tile in bright yellow and blue

• ali qapi palace
• isfahan safavid iran 17th c
• safavid is an islamic dynasty
• non-religious building
• cut outs in walls traped noise to create echo
• adds volumen to space
• acoustic quality

• chihil sutun pavilion
• isfahan safavid iran 17th c
• perisan garden precedent to taj mahal
• means 40 columns there are only 20 in actualiy but the reflection makes it 40
• was used for ceremonial purposes
• very famous
• lion heads at base of columns
• bright color painting represents a ceremony

agra india 17th c

arc and craftsmen where from the ottoman empire 

built for sultuns deceased wife

• istanbul became capital of empire
• palace was made
• each sultun had a builidng build so see dif styles
• issues of multple wives
• bedroom b/c significant
• glazed blue and white tiles

14th c

hypostyle

portals stone

not glazed tiles take cuse for seljuk arc

great portals are brick  work glazed tiles then central asian 

if not either of those materials it is not cen asian islamic

ottoman arc

ottoman empire dif regions and ethnicities

armenians are craftsmen and artisans

• turkish bath
• modeled after roman bath
• cold and warm and hot section
• choice of material marble, stone takes time to heat but keeps the heat inside
• thick walls utalized to create space for steam inside walls to keep the room warm and humid