Comparing Islamic and Arabic Architecture Essay -- Compare Contrast

comparing Islamic and Arabic ArchitectureWorks Cited MissingThe Hagia Sophia church and the Suleymaniye mosque be separated by a thousand historic period but atomic number 18 tied together eternally. One representing the achievement of the Christian- problematic empire and the other representing the expertness of the Islamic-Ottoman empire and its architect Sinan. Two empires that had very little in habitual other than their architecture and country. In earlier annals the Dome of the contr everywheresy represented the Islamic empires attempt to rival the newly defeated Byzantine empire and its architectural achievements such as the Holy Sepulchre. As history often 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 result is that one finds in the Suleymaniye mosque the inspiration of the Hagia Sophia as well as the distinctive Islamic qualities that Sinan bro ught to it.The Hagia Sophia, the Suleymaniye, and Sinan By most accounts the Hagia Sophia was first build mingled with 532 and 537 by Isodorus of Miletus and Anthemis of Tralles for the Emperor Justinian during the Byzantine Empires control over the region and its capital Constantinopole.The present Hagia Sophia is the result of six building periods, the first two being the periods in which its basic structure was formed. A thousand years after 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 being the focus of the complex. Sinan, who created over 400 w... ...e designers achieved this formally particularly with the use of unuseding by having shafts of light placed rhythmically at different heights. This was not Sinan1s intention in designi ng the Suleymaniye Complex. The description of the launch into the complex found in Sinan An variation by Hans G. Egli reflects clarity rather than mystery Twenty steps finished the dark 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 some(prenominal) 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.