tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post7923163179145281044..comments2024-02-11T03:50:53.613-05:00Comments on Counterlight's Peculiars: Sinan, the Unknown ArchitectUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-2791728825829462002011-06-07T05:51:22.438-04:002011-06-07T05:51:22.438-04:00Subject to John Y's corrections this is OK as ...Subject to John Y's corrections this is OK as far as it goes. To develop your subject of geometry perhaps you should look at the hexagon in square mosques: do these also present a resolution of 'ad quadratum'/'ad triangulum'?cnealehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04827423447179369180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-16344077065838713452011-06-05T22:55:47.899-04:002011-06-05T22:55:47.899-04:00Ahmet was Selim's fourth successor in direct l...Ahmet was Selim's fourth successor in direct line. Fifty years had passed and taste had declined. <br /><br />Suleiman is not known as "the Conqueror" in the West but as "the Magnificent." "The Conqueror" is the sobriquet of Mehmet II in all tongues (Fatih Mehmet in Turkish). <br /><br />In all these mosques one has the sense that the message is of one-ness. I admire them but, just as I find Palladio a little depressing after the joyous creativity of Jacopo della Quercia and the architects of Renaissance Italy, I find Sinan rather a bore after the asymmetric, often confusing richness and complication of the Seljuk traditions out of which the Ottoman grew, the mosques of Bursa, of the Three Balconies in Edirne, of the cities on the southwest coast. Invention is always more full of life than achieved perfection. (IMHO)John Yohalemnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-41459078359780007402010-03-08T03:45:31.075-05:002010-03-08T03:45:31.075-05:00Wonderful and fascinating!Wonderful and fascinating!Göran Koch-Swahnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00925549945659350649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-10151129464009276292010-02-23T14:53:08.289-05:002010-02-23T14:53:08.289-05:00We had to postpone our trip to Turkey. Glad I saw...We had to postpone our trip to Turkey. Glad I saw this post before we go at a later date. Nice reference with great illustrations. Thanks, prof!Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06090720645937634051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-71500574661622369442010-02-16T16:13:23.120-05:002010-02-16T16:13:23.120-05:00The interiors of Sinan's mosques are gorgeous....The interiors of Sinan's mosques are gorgeous. The tile work is exquisite. I like the great Suleiman mosque and the Selimiye Cami best. The exteriors of all the mosques, except for my two favorites, which seem more unified, are complicated and give me a feeling of eye-sensory overload, probably because I'm ignorant about the architecture of mosques.<br /><br />This is, indeed, a learning post. Thanks, Counterlight.June Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-12387757260322262692010-02-15T23:11:59.944-05:002010-02-15T23:11:59.944-05:00Thanks! I learn so much here!Thanks! I learn so much here!susan s.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03679099677585214433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-44836401827072844322010-02-15T20:36:47.659-05:002010-02-15T20:36:47.659-05:00The Blue Mosque was built by one of Sinan's st...The Blue Mosque was built by one of Sinan's students for Sultan Ahmed, who I think was Selim's successor. It is modeled on Sinan's Sezhade mosque.Counterlighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14345956180434795401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-22492430503848298132010-02-15T16:02:49.518-05:002010-02-15T16:02:49.518-05:00Is one of these the "Blue Mosque"? (That...Is one of these the "Blue Mosque"? (That's the one I always hear compared to Hagia Sophia---I believe it's close by?)JCFnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-14899185207592150642010-02-15T11:58:01.628-05:002010-02-15T11:58:01.628-05:00 I love it when you do posts about architectur... I love it when you do posts about architecture, Doug! I've only travelled outside the United States once, but I feel like I've taken a Grand Tour by the time I finish reading your articles.Rick+https://www.blogger.com/profile/03322574092020268536noreply@blogger.com