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- Title
SULTAN I. ALAEDDİN KEYKUBAD'IN İNŞA ETTİRDİĞİ KERVANSARAYLARDAKİ FİGÜRLÜ SÜSLEMELER.
- Authors
DURSUN, Şükrü
- Abstract
The trade, which began to develop by gaining acceleration with Sultan Kılıcarslan II (1155-1192) in the Anatolian Seljuk State, reached to top with breakthroughs of Sultan Alaeddin Keykubad I (1220-1237) and his declaring mobilization in one sense. The caravansaries, which were built by Keykubad and the significant figures of the period and were important indicators of trade, became significant works in terms of their architectures and ornamentations. Especially, Keykubad's hans, called Sultan, in Aksaray and Kayseri are monumental regarding their size and ornamentation. Although these works offer unique beauties with their ornamentations, Alara Han, built by Keykubad, has fewer ornamentations than these two works. As can be seen in the surviving works, ornaments with various figures in almost every building type were allowed during the period of Alaeddin Keykubad I. The palaces built by the order of the Sultan are especially the buildings having figured ornamentation most in this period. However, we cannot achieve the same ratio in caravansaries built by the Sultan in terms of figured ornamentation. The figured ornamentations in these buildings have been examined and published by some researchers. However, it was found out in our study that there are more figured ornamentations than mentioned in publications, and some figures were added in restorations. This study discussed the figured ornamentations, which were disappeared but their existences were traced by their remains and assumptions, nearly unknown ones, added in restorations, mentioned in publications, and their symbolic meanings were addressed.
- Subjects
KAYSERI (Turkey); ARCHITECTURE; PALACES; COMMERCE
- Publication
Journal of Art History / Sanat Tarihi Dergisi, 2019, Vol 28, Issue 2, p357
- ISSN
1300-5707
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.29135/std.584194