Sinan, Mimar

Japanese: シナン(英語表記)Sinan, Mimar
Sinan, Mimar
[Birth] Around 1490 Kayseri
Died: July 17, 1588. A leading architect of the Ottoman Empire in Constantinople. He was active under Suleiman I and Selim II. He is said to have designed approximately 360 buildings, including 79 mosques and 34 palaces. For his mosques, he modeled his work on the Hagia Sophia, a representative example of 6th-century Byzantine architecture, and created unique spaces with large domes and their supporting structures. His major works include the Şehzade Mosque in Istanbul (1543-48), the Suleiman Mosque (1550-57), and the Selimiye Mosque in Edirne (1569-75).

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Japanese:
[生]1490頃 カイセリ
[没]1588.7.17. コンスタンチノープル
オスマン帝国を代表する建築家。スレイマン1世とセリム2世のもとで活躍した。79のモスク,34の宮殿をはじめ約 360に及ぶ建築を設計したといわれる。モスクでは,6世紀のビザンチン建築を代表するハギア・ソフィアを範とし,大ドームとその支持機構によって独創的な空間を創造した。主要作品はイスタンブールのシェフザーデ・モスク(1543~48),スレイマン・モスク(1550~57),エディルネのセリミエ・モスク(1569~75)など。

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