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Doğan Kuban
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An edition of The miracle of Divriği (2001)

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YKY
Language
English
Pages
230

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Subjects
Architecture, Seljuk, Art, Seljuk, Decoration and ornament, Seljuk, Mosques, Seljuk Architecture, Seljuk Art, Seljuk Decoration and ornament
Places
Divri{ği, Divriği (Turkey), Turkey

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Table of Contents

Foreword
Acknowledgements
Divriği Mosque in the Middle Ages
pt. I. Historic and cultural environment
Components of city culture
Structure
Settlement plan and basic architectural design
Mosque
Hospital
Tomb
Façades and portals of the structure
Minaret
Portals
Observations on structural techniques
Roof elements
pt. II. Ornamentalism
The Seljuk age
The universal ornamentation lexicon of the Seljuk period
Geometric ornamentation
Symbolic elements and content
Symmetry
pt. III. Ornamentation of Divriği
Portal North portal
The portal of the Hospital
The West portal of the mosque
The East window of the mosque
The design of the Mihrab Wall and the Mihrab
General Observations on Ornamentation
Observations on stone carving technique
Minbar
pt. IV. Basic artistic references of the Divriği ornamentations
Artists
pt. V. On Islamic ornamentation in the Middle Ages
pt. VI. A comparison between the plastic arts of Divriği and the art of the Middle Ages
The aesthetic dimensions of Divriği ornaments
Epilogue
Notes
Present-day condition of the structure and restoration problems
Chronology
Bibliography
Index

Edition Notes

"In The Miracle of Divriği, Doğan Kuban provides us with a detailed account and description of the Divriği Mosque and Hospital from historical, societal, and artistic perspectives and acquaints us with an architectural masterpiece that has been previously overlooked in world art history. This unmatched example of Anatolian art is rediscovered with new interpretations and is further enriched with original prints-drawings based on Divriği ornamentation forms by sculptor/painter Ali Teoman Germaner and by the photographs of Ara Gülerand Murat Germen." - Front jacket flap

"Translated by Nancy F. Öztürk - Hazem Abueseifan". - T.p. verso

Includes chronology (p. 221-222)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-224) and index

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İstanbul
Series
Yapı Kredi yayınları -- 1552, The arts series -- 76, Sanat (Yapı Kredi Yayınları (Firm)) -- 76

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Library of Congress
NA1363 .K8314 2001

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Pagination
230 p. :
Number of pages
230

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL17199724M
ISBN 10
975080290X
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4669471

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