the masterwork of the great Ottoman architect Sinan

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• Mimar Sinan — خواجه معمار سنان آغا Born c. 1489/1490 Ağırnas, Kayseri, Central Anatolia Died July 17, 1588( …   Wikipedia

• Sinan — /si nahn /, n. 1489? 1587, Turkish architect, esp. of mosques. * * * ▪ Ottoman architect also called  Mimar Sinan (“Architect Sinan”) , or  Mimar Koca Sinan (“Great Architect Sinan”)  born April 15, 1489, Ağırnaz, Turkey died July 17, 1588,… …   Universalium

• Selim, Mosque of — ▪ mosque, Edirne, Turkey Turkish  Selimiye Cami,         in Edirne, Tur., mosque, considered to be the masterwork of the great Ottoman architect Sinan, completed in 1575. The sanctuary is a large square space, covered by a dome supported by… …   Universalium

• Islamic arts — Visual, literary, and performing arts of the populations that adopted Islam from the 7th century. Islamic visual arts are decorative, colourful, and, in religious art, nonrepresentational; the characteristic Islamic decoration is the arabesque.… …   Universalium