2013- 2015 OUR COMMON EUROPEAN ROOTS MEETINGS AND TOPICS 4th project meeting - 28th September – 3rd October 2014 at Liceo Classico Dante Alighieri, Ravenna, Italy Topic : “Historical heritage: the remains of the past”.

1. TURKISH
ARCHITECTURE

2. In their homeland in Central Asia, Turks lived
in dome-like tents appropriate to their natural
surroundings, and they were nomads. These
tents later influenced Turkish architecture
and ornamental arts.

3. At the time when the Seljuk Turks first came to Iran,
they encountered an architecture based on old
traditions. Integrating this with elements from their
own traditions, the Seljuks produced new types of
structures. The most important type of structure they
formulated was the" medrese"( Muslim theological
schools) .

5. Another area in which the Seljuks contributed to
architecture is that of tomb monuments.

6. The Ribati- Serif and The Ribati Anasirvan are examples of
surviving 12th century Seljuk Caravanserais, where travelers
would stop over for the night.

7. In Seljuk buildings, brick was generally used, while
the inner and outer walls were decorated in a material made
by mixing marble, powder, lime and plaster.

8. Turkish architecture reached its peak during the
Ottoman period. Ottoman architecture, influenced by
Seljuk, Byzantine and Arab architecture, came to
develop a style all of its own.

9. With the establishment of the Ottoman empire, the
years 1300–1453 constitute the early or first
Ottoman period, when Ottoman art was in search
of new ideas. This period witnessed three types of
mosques: tiered, single-domed and subline-
angled mosques.

10. A single – domed mosque

11. A tiered mosque

12. A mosque

13. Inside of a mosque

14. The buildings constructed in Istanbul between the capture of
the city and the construction of the mosque of Sultan Bayezit
are also considered as the works of the early period.
Among these are the mosques of Fatih (1470),
the mosque of Mahmutpasa and Topkapi Palace.

17. Selimiye Mosque in Edirne by Mimar Sinan

18. The Yeni (New) Mosque in İstanbul

19. The Ottomans integrated mosques into the
community and added soup kitchens,
theological schools, hospitals, Turkish
baths and tombs.

20. A Turkish bath(Türk Hamamı)

21. A Turkish bath(Türk Hamamı)

22. The master architect of the
classical period, Mimar Sinan,
was born in 1492
in Kayseri and died
in Istanbul in the year 1588.
Sinan started a new era in the
world architecture, creating
334 buildings in various cities.
His style was to have a
considerable influence on
future epochs.

23. Mimar Sinan's first important work was the
Sehzade Mosque in İstanbul completed in 1548.

25. Mimar Sinan’s third masterpiece, The Selimiye mosque, was
built in Edirne during the years 1568-74, when Sinan was in
his prime as an architect.The mosque, together with
its complex, was included on UNESCO's World Heritage
List in 2011.

26. AYNALIKAVAK PALACE
( İSTANBUL)

27. The Aksaray Valide mosque in Istanbul is an example of the
mixture of Turkish art and Gothic style.

30. The Gazi Institute of Education by architect
Kemalettin; example of the Turkish Republic era.

31.  During this period, Sedat Hakki Eldem built
the Istanbul Science-Literature Faculty and
Emin Onat designed Atatürk's Mausoleum
in Ankara.

34. Sedat Hakki Eldem built the Istanbul Science-Literature Faculty, 1933

35. Turkish art refers to all works of visual art
originating from the geographical area of what
is present day Turkey since the arrival of the
Turks in the Middle Ages. Turkey also was the
home of much significant art produced by
earlier cultures, including the Hittites, Ancient
Greeks, and Byzantines.
Turkish Art

36. The 16th and 17th centuries are generally
recognised as the finest period for art in the
Ottoman Empire, much of it associated with the
huge Imperial court. Apart from Ottoman
architecture and Ottoman illumination of
manuscripts the most important media were in
the applied or decorative arts rather than
figurative work. Pottery, especially İznik pottery,

37. İznik pottery

38. hardstone
carvings,
Turkish
carpets and
textiles
were all
produced to
extremely
high
standards.

39. Turkish wood carving art

40. Other Turkish art ranges from traditional Ebru
(The art of marbling on paper, or 'ebru' in
Turkish, is a traditional decorative form
employing special methods) to Western style
paintings.

41. Ebru

42. Turkish Miniature
Painting

45.  It was only in the 19th century that a Turkish painting
movement in the Western sense occurred, with the
founding by Osman Hamdi Bey of the Academy of
Fine Arts (now the Mimar Sinan University. School of
Fine Arts). The Sultans began to bring foreign
painters, mostly Italian or French, to live as court
painters, and Turkish painters were sent abroad to
learn from European masters. Among the best known
of the early Ottoman painters are Osman Hamdi Bey,
Seker Ahmet Pasha, Hoca Ali Riza, Sevket Dag ,
Ahmet Ziya and Halil Pasha.
Turkish Artists

54. SADRİ ÇALIK