Comparing Islamic and Arabic Architecture Essay -- Compare Contrast

Comparing Moslem and Arabic ArchitectureWorks Cited MissingThe Hagia Sophia church and the Suleymaniye mosque are stranded by a thousand years but are fix together etern entirelyy. One representing the achievement of the Christian-Byzantine pudding stone and the early(a) representing the ability of the Islamic-Ottoman conglomerate and its architect Sinan. Two empires that had very little in common other than their architecture and region. In earlier history the Dome of the Rock represented the Islamic empires attempt to rival the newly defeated Byzantine empire and its architectural achievements such as the Holy Sepulchre. As history a good deal repeats itself, with similar political motives the Suleymaniye mosque became the Ottomans answer to the Byzantines great achievement in their area- the Hagia Sophia. The ending is that one finds in the Suleymaniye mosque the inspiration of the Hagia Sophia as well as the classifiable Islamic qualities that Sinan brought to it.The Hag ia Sophia, the Suleymaniye, and Sinan By most accounts the Hagia Sophia was first built amid 532 and 537 by Isodorus of Miletus and Anthemis of Tralles for the Emperor Justinian during the Byzantine Empires control oer the region and its keen Constantinopole.The present Hagia Sophia is the result of six building periods, the first two existence the periods in which its basic structure was formed. A thousand years afterward the Hagia Sophia was first constructed, when Constantinopole became Istanbul and the Ottomans gained control, Sinan designed the Suleymaniye Complex for the Sultan Suleyman the Lawgiver. The socioreligious complex, called a kulliye, was built over seven years between 1550-57 with the mosque beingness the focus of the complex. Sinan, who created over cd w... ...e designers achieved this formally particularly with the use of lighting by having shafts of light laid rhythmically at different heights. This was not Sinan1s intention in calculating the Suleymani ye Complex. The description of the entry into the complex found in Sinan An Interpretation by Hans G. Egli reflects clarity rather than mystery Twenty steps through the disastrous passage, the well-lit expanse of the mosque unfolds the space is felt as unified upon entry and all parts are clearly seen and understood(p34).Despite the many similarities between the Hagia Sophia and the Suleymaniye both have their separate places in architectural history. By taking the accomplishments of the church and fusing them with the well established Islamic architectural traditions the Suleymaniye Mosque went beyond being a product of inspiration and became an inspiration itself.