Mosque

As he describes the construction of a fictional but typical Ottoman mosque of the late sixteenth century, acclaimed author/artist David Macaulay reveals that a mosque is just one part of a much larger complex of buildings, along the way describing the process clearly, demonstrating each step with his spectacular illustrations. The individual structures are modeled directly on existing examples built between 1540 and 1580 in and around Istanbul, Turkey, by Sinan, the most famous architect of the Ottoman Empire. Color illustrations throughout. W/Glossary. 96p.