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Sinan Biography, Ottoman Architect - Britannica
Most celebrated of all Ottoman architects, whose ideas, perfected in the construction of mosques and other buildings, served as the basic themes for virtually all later Turkish.
http://www.britannica.com/biography/Sinan
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Ottoman Empire - Art and Architecture
Ottoman art and architecture were a vibrant synthesis of Turkish, Middle Eastern, and Mediterranean styles.
https://www.boundless.com/art-history/textbooks/boundless-art-history-textbook/islamic-art-11/the-ottom-safavid-and-mughai-dynasties-83/ottoman-empire-415-7111/
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Ottoman Architecture, Islamic Empire Architecture - Quatr.us
Ottoman architecture - Islamic Empire Architecture
http://quatr.us/islam/architecture/ottoman.htm
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Early Ottoman Architecture, The Classical Era of Ottoman Architecture - Academi
By George Manginis in Ottoman Archaeology and Ottoman Empire.
http://www.academia.edu/8796731/_Early_Ottoman_Architecture_Constantinople_Istanbul_The_Classical_Era_of_Ottoman_Architecture_and_Topkapi_Palace_2010
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Qantara: The Influence of Hagia Sophia on Ottoman Architecture
The type of the small square-plan mosque, topped with a dome taking shape very low on the walls and covering the entire space, is characteristic of Ottoman architecture. New, more complex and monumental forms appeared with the expansion of the Ottoman Empire. During the fourteenth century, Ottoman mosques featured increasingly large central domes covering larger interior volumes.
http://www.qantara-med.org/qantara4/public/show_document.php?do_id=706&lang=en
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Architect Sinan (Koca Mimar Sinan) - Turkish Culture
Sinan is considered the greatest Ottoman architect of the Ottoman Empire's Architectural heritage. It is generally assumed that Sinan was born in the year 1490.
http://www.turkishculture.org/architecture-403.htm
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BBC News: The Ottoman Architect Who Linked East and West
Jonathan Glancey explains how historic links between Istanbul and the West can be seen through the Ottoman architecture that spans three continents.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/8512512.stm
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Sinan: A Great Ottoman Architect and Urban Designer - Muslim Heritage
Sinan, called Mimar Sinan (Architect Sinan) and Mimar Koca Sinan (Great Architect Sinan), is the most celebrated of all Ottoman architects. In this article by Dr. Rabah Saoud, his architectural models are characterised. These models that perfected in the construction of mosques and other buildings, served as the basic themes for virtually all later Ottoman religious and civic architecture.
http://muslimheritage.com/article/sinan-great-ottoman-architect-and-urban-designer
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Cosmic Motifs and Elements in Seljuk and Ottoman Architecture - Muslim Heritage
In all communities, religious architecture is shaped in conformity with the functions required by the religious doctrine and the meanings and contents of beliefs required by creeds. The form and order of a sanctuary is also shaped in accordance with the religious principles and ritual essentials of said religion.
http://www.muslimheritage.com/article/cosmic-motifs-elements-seljuk-and-ottoman-architecture
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Ottoman Architecture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ottoman architecture is the architecture of the Ottoman Empire which emerged in Bursa and Edirne in 14th and 15th centuries.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_architecture
