Sinan: Ottoman Architecture and Its Values Today

by Godfrey Goodwin

In this major contribution to an understanding of the development of Ottoman architecture, Godfrey Goodwin focuses on the work of one of the greatest 16th-century architects, Sinan Abdulmennan, showing how he revolutionized inherited Ottoman building methods--a tradition based on structure--by an awareness of the psychology of space.

Until Sinan, Ottoman architecture had been a reading of parts. He broke down the distinct forms that had created...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0863561721
• ISBN13: 9780863561726
• Release Date: February 2001
• Publisher: Saqi Books
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.5" x 11.8"