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Sinan's Screens: Networks of Intersecting Polygons in Ottoman Architecture (video)

Date of this Version

2014

Document Type

Article

Citation

Video of a lecture presented at Gathering for Gardner, Atlanta (2014).

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Hosted at Youtube

Abstract

Abstract: An often overlooked characteristic of Sinan's architectural production of the 16th century is the use of low screening walls and windows carved of marble with pierced openwork or tracery to let in light and allow for air circulation. Typically these screens display polygonal networks often with intersecting polygons.

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