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Mimar Koca Sinan (1489–1588), the most celebrated of all Ottoman Empire architects, is particularly renowned for his contributions to the cityscape of Istanbul. During his fifty-year career he designed hundreds of buildings, and his distinctive architectural idiom left its imprint on the terrain of a vast empire extending from the Danube to the Tigris. Sinan’s mosques are considered among his best work, and with their light-filled centralized domes, remain a testament to his inventive spirit and passion for experimentation. In this major study of Sinan’s extraordinary buildings, Gülru Necipoglu argues that Sinan’s rich variety of mosque designs sprang from a process of negotiation between the architect and his patrons, rather than from unrestrained formal experimentation. Using primary source material, Necipoglu describes how Sinan created a layered system of mosque types, reflecting social status and territorial rank.

mosques [buildings] --- Religious architecture --- Ottoman [style] --- History of civilization --- architecture [discipline] --- Sinan --- Turkey --- Mosques --- Architecture, Ottoman --- Design and construction --- History --- Sinan, --- Architecture, Ottoman. --- Architects --- Decoration and ornament, Architectural --- Mosques - Turkey - Design and construction - History - 16th century --- Sinan, - Mimar, - 1489 or 1490-1588