000			nam a22 7a 4500
999			_c2202 _d2202
020			_a9780195660463
082			_a720.92 R6322 S _b102083
100			_aRogers J M
245			_aSinan: _bMakers of Islamic Civilization
250			_a1st ed.
260			_aNew Delhi _bOxford University Press _c2006
300			_a133
500			_aThe buildings of Sinan (c. 1490-1588) are ranked with the finest of Renaissance Europe. He was born in Cappadocia, probably into a Greek Christian family. Drafted into the Janissaries during his adolescence, he rapidly gained promotion and distinction as a military engineer. He was appointed Court Architect in 1538, and held that post for the most productive brilliant half-century in Ottoman architecture. His palaces, mosques, fountains, hospitals and tombs completely changed the face of the Ottoman capitals, Istanbul and Edirne. Though little is known of Sinan's personal life, J.M. Rogers has reconstructed his professional biography from his practice and that of the Court Architects after him. The detailed building accounts of Sulemaniye in Istanbul - one of Sinan's greatest mosques - demonstrate his masterly coordination of planning, quantity surveying, workforce management, and design and implementation of waterworks, that enabled this vast project to be completed in just seven years
650			_aSinan, Mimar, 1489 or 1490-1588
650			_aTurkey
650			_aIslamic architecture
650			_aArchitecture, Ottoman
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