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Tulip Era History

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The aim of this essay is to investigate the impact of the Tulip Period of the Ottoman Empire, on the architecture of the Nuruosmaniye Mosque in Istanbul. The focus of this Extended Essay is on the architecture and the history of the Nuruosmaniye Mosque. To give a better understanding of the aims of this essay, I have explained what architecture is. I have analyzed the history of the Nuruosmaniye Mosque and I have demonstraeted the impact of the Tulip Period of the Ottoman Empire on this significant landmark.I arranged a trip to İstanbul to see the subject of my essay, the Nuruosmaniye Mosque first hand, therefore I have personally experienced the atmosphere of this historical building. During this trip I have taken …show more content…

Ahmet III was the Sultan and Damat İbrahim Pasha (From Nevşehir) was the Grand Vizier. This period is known as the beer and skittles period. The Tulip Period takes its name from the tulips which were growing in Istanbul and soon its fame sprawled all around the world. This period falls under the period of regression.
Sultan Ahmet III had a sensitive and a kind soul and because of that he worked with Damat İbrahim Paşa in harmony. During the Tulip Period the art visited the ottomans. Sultan Ahmet III built a lot of libraries and fountains. He encouraged his architects to adopt the Baroque style and implement it on the buildings.
The architecture on the Tulip …show more content…

This mosque constructed in Tulip Period. In that period Ottomans were constructing a lot of magnificent buildings because according to the Sultans of the era those buildings were showing the power of the Ottoman and because of this reason they were using a lot of motives on their buildings. As I mentioned in my essay the Rococo era and the Baroque style were much exaggerated in terms of motifs and patterns. In the Tulip Period the architects influenced by those styles and they implied those styles on the mosque and in here on

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