The Effect of the Use of Iwans in Medieval Islamic Monuments on Spatial Integration and Configuration

DAĞ GÜRCAN, Ayşenur

The iwan, one of the architectural elements used during the medieval Islamic period had a symbolic, functional and semantic value. The iwan is an architectural form that is closed on three sides and one open side mostly covered with vaults (Bier2003; Grabar19872021; Peker1991). The iwan was used madrasas, baths, khanqah, tombs, caravanserais and mosques by the Karakhanid, Ghaznavid and Seljuk dynasties, which are associated with the Iranian tradition with a Central Asian extension. Mamluks, Anatolian Seljuks, Ilkhanid and Timurid, Ottomans, Safavid continued this construction tradition. As a c ...Daha fazlası

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