HAA 222N - Transregional Connections of Early Ottoman Architecture

Semester: 

Spring

Offered: 

2023

Gulru Necipoglu

Examines architectural cosmopolitanism in the early Ottoman polity straddling Asia and Europe, by focusing on artistic interactions with neighbors (Byzantium, Latin West, Anatolian principalities, Mamluks in Syria-Egypt, Timurid-Turkmen Iran). Ottoman urban centers (including Iznik, Bursa, Edirne, Amasya, Konya), monuments, and architectural ornament considered from a connective transregional perspective.

Note: Enrollment is capped at 15. Please submit a paragraph alongside your petition outlining why you are interested in taking the course. Petitions should without exception be submitted no later than Monday, January 16th. Petitions will be approved by the end of day on Wednesday, January 18th.