Sinan

Fülszöveg

SX NAN
ARTHUR STRATTON
Sinan abdür-Mennan, the great 16th
century Ottoman architect, was a slave
and a soldier. First a Janissary and then
commanding officer of the Sultan's
bodyguard, he was made Royal Chief
Architect by Sultan Siileyman the Mag-
nificent. In fifty years, until his death at
ninety-nine, Sinan built more buildings
than any other architect who has ever
lived. All the best still stand, among
them the Imperial Friday Mosques. "In
such buildings" Arthur Stratton says,
"history and the man who built them
come to life."
In this brilliantly written book Mr.
Stratton conveys the rich, complex tex-
ture of the Ottoman world. Sinan is both
history and biography, as well as a
detailed, perceptive study of a monu-
mental artistic achievement.
Born in 1911 in Massachusetts,
Arthur Stratton has had an extraordi-
narily varied life. In 1940, as an ambu-
lance driver in France, he was the first
foreign volunteer to be decorated by the
French Armies in... Tovább

Fülszöveg

SX NAN
ARTHUR STRATTON
Sinan abdür-Mennan, the great 16th
century Ottoman architect, was a slave
and a soldier. First a Janissary and then
commanding officer of the Sultan's
bodyguard, he was made Royal Chief
Architect by Sultan Siileyman the Mag-
nificent. In fifty years, until his death at
ninety-nine, Sinan built more buildings
than any other architect who has ever
lived. All the best still stand, among
them the Imperial Friday Mosques. "In
such buildings" Arthur Stratton says,
"history and the man who built them
come to life."
In this brilliantly written book Mr.
Stratton conveys the rich, complex tex-
ture of the Ottoman world. Sinan is both
history and biography, as well as a
detailed, perceptive study of a monu-
mental artistic achievement.
Born in 1911 in Massachusetts,
Arthur Stratton has had an extraordi-
narily varied life. In 1940, as an ambu-
lance driver in France, he was the first
foreign volunteer to be decorated by the
French Armies in World War II; and
two years later he was badly wounded
at Bir Hakeim in the Libyan desert.
After his recovery he taught English at
Robert College in Istanbul and there he
saw and learned the legend of Sinan. He
has returned to the Bosphorus many
times; and he has traveled widely, living
in India, Greece, and Madagascar. His
most recent book was The Great Red
Island, a biography of Madagascar. Vissza