Academic Catalog

AH543 ANATOLIAN SELJUK ARCHITECTURE(11-14TH CENTURIES)

Course Code: 8010543
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): 3(3-0)
ECTS Credit: 8.0
Department: History Of Architecture
Language of Instruction: English
Level of Study: Masters
Course Coordinator: Prof.Dr. ALÝ UZAY PEKER
Offered Semester: Fall or Spring Semesters.

Course Content

This course investigates Seljuk architecture in Anatolia (11-14th c.) in terms of its stylistic and semantic aspects. It surveys building types, regional features, landscape and symbolic meanings. This course will be constructive in promoting graduate research on history architecture in Anatolia and in creating an overall view on architecture culture in medieval Anatolia. Students will be acquainted with building types and their antecedents, landscape and sites, regional features and symbolic meanings of Seljuk architecture.