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Mimar Sinan also known as Koca Mi'mâr Sinân Âğâ,was the chief Ottoman architect,engineer,mathematician for sultans Suleiman the Magnificent,Selim II and Murad III. He was responsible for the construction of more than 300 major structures,including the Selimiye Mosque in Edirne,the Kanuni Sultan Suleiman Bridge in Büyükçekmece,and the Mehmed Paša SokolovićBridge in Višegrad,as well as other more modest projects such as madrasa's,külliyes,and bridges. His apprentices would later design the Sultan Ahmed Mosque in Istanbul and the Stari Most bridge in Mostar.
The Rüstem Pasha Mosque is an Ottoman mosque located in the Hasırcılar Çarşısıin the Tahtakale neighborhood of the Fatih district of Istanbul,Turkey,near the Spice Bazaar. Named after Rüstem Pasha,who served as Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire under Sultan Suleiman I,it was designed by the Ottoman imperial architect Mimar Sinan and completed in around 1563.
Johnnetta Betsch Cole is an American anthropologist,educator,museum director,and college president. Cole was the first female African-American president of Spelman College,a historically black college,serving from 1987 to 1997. She was president of Bennett College from 2002 to 2007. During 2009–2017 she was Director of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of African Art. Cole served as the national chair and 7th president for the National Council of Negro Women from 2018 to 2022.
Ottoman architecture is an architectural style or tradition that developed under the Ottoman Empire over a long period,undergoing some significant changes during its history. It first emerged in northwestern Anatolia in the late 13th century and developed from earlier Seljuk Turkish architecture,with influences from Byzantine and Iranian architecture along with other architectural traditions in the Middle East. Early Ottoman architecture experimented with multiple building types over the course of the 13th to 15th centuries,progressively evolving into the classical Ottoman style of the 16th and 17th centuries. This style was a mixture of native Turkish tradition and influences from the Hagia Sophia,resulting in monumental mosque buildings focused around a high central dome with a varying number of semi-domes. The most important architect of the classical period is Mimar Sinan,whose major works include the Şehzade Mosque,Süleymaniye Mosque,and Selimiye Mosque. The second half of the 16th century also saw the apogee of certain decorative arts,most notably in the use of Iznik tiles.
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The Şehzade Mosque is a 16th-century Ottoman imperial mosque located in the district of Fatih,on the third hill of Istanbul,Turkey. It was commissioned by Suleiman the Magnificent as a memorial to his son Şehzade Mehmed who died in 1543. It is sometimes referred to as the "Prince's Mosque" in English. The mosque was one of the earliest and most important works of architect Mimar Sinan and is one of the signature works of Classical Ottoman architecture.
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Classical Ottoman architecture is a period in Ottoman architecture generally including the 16th and 17th centuries. The period is most strongly associated with the works of Mimar Sinan,who was Chief Court Architect under three sultans between 1538 and 1588. The start of the period also coincided with the long reign of Suleiman the Magnificent,which is recognized as the apogee of Ottoman political and cultural development,with extensive patronage in art and architecture by the sultan,his family,and his high-ranking officials.
Tulip Period architecture was a stage in Ottoman architecture in the early 18th century. New types of decoration were introduced into the existing classical style of Ottoman architecture and new types of buildings,such as stand-alone fountains and libraries,became important landmarks. The style is most closely associated with the Tulip Period (1718-1730),a period of peace during the reign of Ahmed III when architectural patronage increased in Istanbul after a relative lull in the late 17th century. However,the new style was also present at the beginning of Ahmed III's reign and continued to be evident after him in the 1730s. The introduction of European influences in Ottoman culture and architecture eventually led to the creation of the Ottoman Baroque style in the 1740s.
Ottoman Baroque architecture,also known as Turkish Baroque,was a period in Ottoman architecture in the 18th century and early 19th century which was influenced by European Baroque architecture. Preceded by the changes of the Tulip Period and Tulip Period architecture,the style marked a significant departure from the classical style of Ottoman architecture and introduced new decorative forms to mostly traditional Ottoman building types. It emerged in the 1740s during the reign of Mahmud I (1730–1754) and its most important early monument was the Nuruosmaniye Mosque,completed in 1755. Later in the 18th century,new building types were also introduced based on European influences. The last fully Baroque monuments,such as the Nusretiye Mosque,were built by Mahmud II in the early 19th century,but during this period new European-influenced styles were introduced and supplanted the Baroque.
