Gülru Necipoğlu is a leading scholar in the arts and architecture of the pre-modern Islamic world, with a focus on the Mediterranean. Her work explores aesthetic cosmopolitanism and transregional connections between early modern Islamic empires, such as the Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal. Necipoğlu also delves into artistic exchange with Byzantium and Renaissance Europe, as well as methodological and historiographical questions in the modern construction of Islamic art. Her research deeply investigates pre-modern architectural practice, plans, and ornamental aesthetics, illuminating the visual cultures of the Islamic world.
Muqarnas, the well-respected annual of Islamic art and architecture, is sponsored by the Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture at Harvard U. and MIT. The 20th volume features 12 articles on topics that include geometry in a 9th-century Koran, the defense of alchemy in a Mongol era manuscript, t
Mimar Koca Sinan (c 1489 1588), the Great Architect Sinan', was appointed chief royal architect to the Ottoman court by Sultan Suleyman I in 1539. The author uses published and unpublished primary sources to illuminate the cultural setting in which Sinan's monuments were produced, received and... číst celé