Exam 1

Question 1

Answer 1

Audience Hall or Chamber of Petitions

• at the Topkapi Saray, Istanbul
• It was further in through the several gates that sectioned off the Topkapi Saray; the further back, the more important you were
• Sultans = rulers of justice
• Sultan only one who sits
• No images of humans or animals b/c Islam

Question 2

Answer 2

Kulliye of Suleyman

• Istanbul
• 1551-1558
• Built by Sinan and Sultan Suleyman the magnificient
• Complex w/ mosque in center–hospitals, schools, soup kitchens, burial for previous sultan, etc
• Shows the sultan is benevolent & Muslim

Question 3

Answer 3

Interior of Mosque in Kulliye of Suleyman

• Very similar to the Hagia Sophia (which was built as a church, changed into a mosque) but w/ more light (Hagia Sophia = shadowy)
• Light fixture down low to make the space less central (b/c mosques do not need centers)

Question 4

Answer 4

Friday Mosque in Isfahan, Persia

• begun 8th century
• Created by Sha Abaas II
• Iwans = only decorated areas
• No images b/c Islam
• Type of Mosque that was meant for large Friday gatherings
• Emphasis on central, public space

Question 5

Answer 5

Isfahan Map

• “Garden City” b/c along the silk route; green, oasises in the desert
• begun 1598
• built by Sha Abaas II - Timurid Empire
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Question 6

Answer 6

Ali Qapu or Sublime Porte

• on Maydan-e Shaa, Isfahan, Persia
• Ideal that if the Sha was visable, the people knew him, they’d be loyal to him

Question 7

Answer 7

Chehel Sotun or Hall of 40 Columns

• Isfahan, Iran (Persia)
• Pavillion used as audience chamber
• Sits in the middle of four walled gardens
• Had faces in decorations (which was unusual)

Question 8

Answer 8

Humayun’s Tomb

• Dehli, India
• 1570 CE
• Timurid Empire Tomb to Ackbar’s father
• Fourfold garden with building that imitated Safavid style with chhataris (Indian domes)
• Looks like muslim style but incorporates Indian
• Considered starting point of Mughal architecture

Question 9

Answer 9

Jama Masjid (Friday Mosque)

• In the Citadel of Fatephur Sikri
• 1571-85 CE
• Combined chatris with Timurid and Safavid styles
• Both awesome/grand and for the people
• Had a tomb for honoring the man who foretold the birth of his son
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