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Turkish & Syrian Cities: Culture and Architecture Mr. Breault

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Turkish & Syrian Cities:Culture and Architecture

Mr. Breault

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City Plan: Damascus Syria

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Istanbul, Turkey

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Mosques

Central to traditional Middle Eastern cities?

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Suleymaniye Mosque, Istanbul, Turkey

•Built by the Ottoman Emperor Suleymaniye the Magnificent•Designed by Sinan (1550-1557)•Into Symmetrical forms and domes, influenced by Italian architecture

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Sinan: Like a Boss• 94 large mosques (camii),• 57 colleges,• 52 smaller mosques (mescit),• 48 bath-houses (hamam).• 35 palaces (saray),• 22 mausoleums (türbe),• 20 caravanserai (kervansaray; han),• 17 public kitchens (imaret),• 8 bridges,• 8 store houses or granaries• 7 Koranic schools (medrese),• 6 aqueducts,• 3 hospitals (darüşşifa)

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Umayyad Mosque, Damascus, Syria

• Corinthian columns inside• Byzantine features•Most impressive mosque ever built (706-715)

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Minaret of Jesus ^

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Mosque Courtyard

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Before you go in, a few rules:

• Remove your shoes!

• Women, cover your heads, shoulders, and legs!

• No photographing people praying or otherwise disturbing them!

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What happens inside of a mosque?

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Rüstem Pasha Camii

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What do you NOT see inside the mosques that you DO see in most

kinds of churches?

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Why is this one different?

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Design and Art

• The depictions of human forms could be considered idolatry, a sin

• Primary forms of Islamic Art are– Ceramics

– Architecture

– Calligraphy

– Geometric patterns

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Artwork

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The simple neighborhood mosq

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Friday Prayer inside a small mosque

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Other Faiths

• 97% of the people of Turkey are Muslim

• Syria:– 87% Muslim

– 10% Christian

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Hamam

• A hamam is a Turkish bath (like a spa), once used all over the Middle East and Eastern Europe

• Why provide a public bath?– Because regular people didn’t have indoor baths

and plumbing

– Also a good place to socialize

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The Souk

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Grand Bazaar, Istanbul

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For Sale• Cloth• Clothing (used and new)• Headscarves• Jewelry• Fruit• Beans and rice• Nuts• Olives• Fish• Beef & chicken• Coffee• Tea• Soap• Souvenirs• Hookahs (tobacco pipes)

• Shoes (used and new)• Dishes• Pots and pans• Silverware• Live chickens, chicks, and

ducklings• Puppies• Rabbits• Plants• Plants food/fertilizer• Seeds• Animal food• Baby turtles• Antiques• Flags

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Caravan Saray

• These building housed traveling merchants & traders, as well as their animals

• Served as business centers

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The Silk Road

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The Door in the Wall

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Public vs. Private Spaces

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New Uses for Old Buildings

• Many caravan sarays and large private homes have been converted to other uses, including hotels, office and retail spaces, and restaurants

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Where the other half lives

Just like any city, Middle Eastern cities have affluent neighborhoods and poor ones.

Many affluent neighborhood contain well-maintained buildings and older ones are filled with crumbling ones.

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The Heart of the European Quarter:Istiklal Caddesi

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Poor/Immigrant Neighborhood

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New Neighbors


Flee from Idolatry

Flee from Idolatry

Moving Depictions Company Profile 2013

Moving Depictions Company Profile 2013

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Chapter 4. Sin Cycle Serving God Did Evil (Backslid) (Backslid) Forsook God Idolatry Idolatry God Disciplines Greatly Distressed GroaningprayingGroaningpraying.

The Problem of Idolatry

The Problem of Idolatry

Zin 2013 Narrative Depictions

Zin 2013 Narrative Depictions

En idolatry

En idolatry

Tis Mad Idolatry

Tis Mad Idolatry

DEPICTIONS OF PROPHET SOLOMON

DEPICTIONS OF PROPHET SOLOMON

Confronting the Idolatry of Family

Confronting the Idolatry of Family

Greek Idolatry

Greek Idolatry

New World Pagan Idolatry 2

New World Pagan Idolatry 2

Recent Depictions

Recent Depictions

Spirit of Idolatry

Spirit of Idolatry

Christian idolatry and The christian mohammedans.

Christian idolatry and The christian mohammedans.

Future kitchen depictions

Future kitchen depictions

Idolatry – Alien Gods, deceptive entry of idolatry into Church.

Idolatry – Alien Gods, deceptive entry of idolatry into Church.

Literary Depictions of Hell

Literary Depictions of Hell

Contemporary depictions of race

Contemporary depictions of race

Christian Idolatry: The Idolatry and worship of Libertas

Christian Idolatry: The Idolatry and worship of Libertas

Depictions of 'Home"

Depictions of 'Home"