Anadolu'daki Mihrapların Dili

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Renda, Günsel

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The mihrab, usually a concave and very often heavily decorated niche found in a mosque on the qiblah wall directed toward Mecca, is one of the fundamental elements in Islamic religious architecture. The form of the mihrab and the type of decoration varied from place to place within centuries, depending on the available local material and the regional artistic tradition. Ömür Bakırer's book on the Anatolian mihrabs (in Turkish with an English summary) comprises a thorough study of the 13th century mihrabs in Anatolia where the different forms are distinguished and an analysis is made of its component elements and decoration. To establish a ground for comparison, the author discusses extensively in the first chapter, the mihrabs built between the 8th and 14th centuries in Islamic countries outside of Anatolia. The second chapter and the following detailed catalogue in the book cover eighty nine Anatolian mihrabs classifying their architectural and decorative elements, Ömür Bakırer's classification shows that the primary material in the Anatolian mihrabs is cutstone. Second in popularity is mosaic-faience, a technique extensively used in Seljuqid Anatolia long before other Islamic countries. As far as the type of mihrab used in Anatolia, the most common is in the form of a niche set in a rectangular framework. In the Anatolian mihrap the stalactited half dome is a predominent element. The mihrap without a crowningarch is more common in Southeastern Anatolia whereas that with a crowning arch resting on the engaged columns, is more often found in Central and Eastern Anatolia. Most of the mihrabs are covered with decoration and the distribution of geometric and floral interlaces and bands with inscription follow a certain scheme. Geometric and floral interlaces and sometimes inscription bands alternate on the bands of the framework. Anatolian mihrabs differ from those in other Islamic countries mainly by their predominating geometric ornament.

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/51272

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ODTÜ Mimarlık Fakültesi Dergisi

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G. Renda, “Anadolu’daki Mihrapların Dili,” ODTÜ Mimarlık Fakültesi Dergisi, vol. 3, no. 2, pp. 311–315, 1977, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: http://jfa.arch.metu.edu.tr/archive/0258-5316/1977/cilt03/sayi_2/311-315.pdf.