Sectional analysis of pendentive dome mosques during Ottoman era= Analyse sectionalle des mosquees a dome pendentif pendant l'epoque Ottomane

This study analyses types of pendentive dome mosques based on their variations from sectional view of documented drawings. The scope of this study is limited to the mosques constructed in Ottoman period which refers to the pendentive dome mosque architecture. The methodology applies descriptive a...

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Main Authors: Sanusi, Ahmad Hassan, Mazloomi, Mehrdad, Spahic, Omer
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Language:English
Published: Canadian Academy of Oriental and Occidental Culture 2010
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spelling iium-33552012-07-22T07:11:32Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/3355/ Sectional analysis of pendentive dome mosques during Ottoman era= Analyse sectionalle des mosquees a dome pendentif pendant l'epoque Ottomane Sanusi, Ahmad Hassan Mazloomi, Mehrdad Spahic, Omer NA Architecture NA4100 Special classes of buildings This study analyses types of pendentive dome mosques based on their variations from sectional view of documented drawings. The scope of this study is limited to the mosques constructed in Ottoman period which refers to the pendentive dome mosque architecture. The methodology applies descriptive analysis to classify its variation. This analysis takes into account that the main dome plays important role in classifying the variation. There are 51 mosques selected for the case studies. The study found that five types of the pendentive dome mosques can be identified accordingly. The number, position and organization of the dome design become the determining factors that influence the categories. The analysis also finds that all main domes share similar position located at the center of the prayer hall. The number of main domes comprises two and three units in the third category and it has more than three units in fourth category whereas the number of main dome is not more than one unit in other categories. The dome with higher rank of category show higher quality in terms of aesthetical value leading to visual feeling of domination in section view. In overall, the rank of the mosque’s category besides corresponds to the level of its dome organization. The mosques in the higher ranked categories have more elaborated dome organization. This fits well with the logic of the hierarchy of importance to the corresponding category. Canadian Academy of Oriental and Occidental Culture 2010 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/3355/1/USMCanadaSanusi.pdf Sanusi, Ahmad Hassan and Mazloomi, Mehrdad and Spahic, Omer (2010) Sectional analysis of pendentive dome mosques during Ottoman era= Analyse sectionalle des mosquees a dome pendentif pendant l'epoque Ottomane. Journal of Canadian Social Science, 6 (5). pp. 124-136. ISSN 1923-6697 (O), 1712-8056 (P) http://cscanada.net/index.php/css/article/view/1108
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Sanusi, Ahmad Hassan
Mazloomi, Mehrdad
Spahic, Omer
Sectional analysis of pendentive dome mosques during Ottoman era= Analyse sectionalle des mosquees a dome pendentif pendant l'epoque Ottomane
description This study analyses types of pendentive dome mosques based on their variations from sectional view of documented drawings. The scope of this study is limited to the mosques constructed in Ottoman period which refers to the pendentive dome mosque architecture. The methodology applies descriptive analysis to classify its variation. This analysis takes into account that the main dome plays important role in classifying the variation. There are 51 mosques selected for the case studies. The study found that five types of the pendentive dome mosques can be identified accordingly. The number, position and organization of the dome design become the determining factors that influence the categories. The analysis also finds that all main domes share similar position located at the center of the prayer hall. The number of main domes comprises two and three units in the third category and it has more than three units in fourth category whereas the number of main dome is not more than one unit in other categories. The dome with higher rank of category show higher quality in terms of aesthetical value leading to visual feeling of domination in section view. In overall, the rank of the mosque’s category besides corresponds to the level of its dome organization. The mosques in the higher ranked categories have more elaborated dome organization. This fits well with the logic of the hierarchy of importance to the corresponding category.
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author Sanusi, Ahmad Hassan
Mazloomi, Mehrdad
Spahic, Omer
author_facet Sanusi, Ahmad Hassan
Mazloomi, Mehrdad
Spahic, Omer
author_sort Sanusi, Ahmad Hassan
title Sectional analysis of pendentive dome mosques during Ottoman era= Analyse sectionalle des mosquees a dome pendentif pendant l'epoque Ottomane
title_short Sectional analysis of pendentive dome mosques during Ottoman era= Analyse sectionalle des mosquees a dome pendentif pendant l'epoque Ottomane
title_full Sectional analysis of pendentive dome mosques during Ottoman era= Analyse sectionalle des mosquees a dome pendentif pendant l'epoque Ottomane
title_fullStr Sectional analysis of pendentive dome mosques during Ottoman era= Analyse sectionalle des mosquees a dome pendentif pendant l'epoque Ottomane
title_full_unstemmed Sectional analysis of pendentive dome mosques during Ottoman era= Analyse sectionalle des mosquees a dome pendentif pendant l'epoque Ottomane
title_sort sectional analysis of pendentive dome mosques during ottoman era= analyse sectionalle des mosquees a dome pendentif pendant l'epoque ottomane
publisher Canadian Academy of Oriental and Occidental Culture
publishDate 2010
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/3355/
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