The tekke and the madrasa of the Castle of Mitilini, in: ONLINE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE The Ottoman Monuments in Greece Revisited, A Tribute to Machiel Kiel, Friday 4 -Sunday 6 November 2022 (original) (raw)

Suna ÇAĞAPTAY, M. ÇAĞHAN KESKIN Ιn the aftermath of the Timurid sack: Buildings and builders in Bursa While the use of alternating brick-and-stone masonry is a distinguishing feature in the early religious as well as nonreligious Ottoman buildings of Bursa, during the reign of Bayezid I the architectural culture shifted to stone-marble ashlar masonry. In this paper, we would like to argue that the Timurid sack of 1402 did not disrupt the Ottoman empire-building project so much as herald a continuation carried out with similar materials but an evolving vocabulary. The Ottoman project was resumed in full when Timur left Anatolia about a decade later in 1413 to pursue his longtime ambition of conquering Asia itself. The new architectural style included many borrowings from the Mamluk, Timurid, and local Anatolian-Balkan elements, as showcased by the Green (Yeşil) Convent-Masjid (1419-21) established by Mehmed I (r. 1413-21). Using a nuanced re-reading of the archival, epigraphic and visual evidence, we aim to chase the identity of the builders. Whatever the limitations of the Mamluks' work, it demonstrates that not just Byzantine but also other masons and builders added their efforts to Ottoman buildings through elevation and plan, decoration, and construction techniques. Indeed, a wide range of Mamluk, Timurid, and local Anatolian-Balkan elements also appear in the early fifteenth-century architecture of Bursa in the aftermath of the Timurid sack and during the interregnum period. Patricia BLESSING Bursa and beyond: On the fifteenth-century origins of Ottoman architecture This paper examines Ottoman architecture in the long fifteenth century, against the backdrop of major historical events such as Bayezid I's defeat against Timur in 1402, the interregnum, and Mehmed II's conquest of Constantinople in 1453. It argues against a teleological narrative that moves from the first extant Ottoman-sponsored monuments to the major intervention of Sinan in the mid-sixteenth century. Rather, the paper focuses on the diverse and multi-valent nature of the emerging Empire's building program. Paschalis ANDROUDIS Early Ottoman architecture in Greece. The so-called "Bursa" period The monuments of the early Ottoman architecture in Greece share some common elements such the cloisonné brickwork system (the use of alternating brick-and-stone masonry). The presence of this system which is a distinguishing feature in the early Ottoman buildings of Bursa, led some Greek scholars to speak about the "School of Bursa" in Greece and "buildings of small scale and rather provincial character in comparison with major works in the Northern Balkans, Bursa and Edirne". This paper will present some early Ottoman monuments in Greece that share some common, mainly external features that can be found in the buildings of Bursa and its sphere and why the term "Bursa period" in Greece should not be used any more.