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THE REVIEW OF ‘THE STYLE OF SİNAN’S DOMED STRUCTURES’

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   THE REVIEW OF ‘THE STYLE OF SİNAN’S DOMED STRUCTURES’    Introduction    Sinan; one of the best architects of the world history. Many native and foreign historian wrote and spoke about him. Today’s architects still speak his marvellous architecture skill. But there are still his aspects stayed in shadow. Doğan Kuban talks about his talents on architecture, which is not appreciated enough by humanity, in the article of ‘The Style of Sinan’s Domed Structures’. He mentions that Architect Sinan is the creator and developer of Ottoman Architecture Style thanks to his innovations on domed structures. He explains the origin of Sinan’s works respectively and correlates with his art. Also, he compares Sinan’s style with other architectural styles and separates his art from others.    Review    Kuban enlightens the claim that Sinan copies Hagia Sofia in his works. Against people who ignore intelligence and talent of him, he shows how ...
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BASILICA CISTERN

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    BASILICA CISTERN     History    The remarkable medieval age building of Istanbul is the Basilica Cistern that refreshed people throughout the centuries near Hagia Sofia. It was built by the order of Byzantine Emperor Justinian I in between the years of 527 and 565. This huge underground water tank reminds the building settled underground with its aesthetic marble columns so native people called it as ‘Yerebatan Cistern’.    The original name of cistern stems from the Roman basilica that stands above cistern once. There is a belief that the basilica was built in the 3rd or 4th century B.C. Nika insurrections demolished Constantinople in 532 A.D. Emperor Justinian wanted to rebuild the basilica, but it does not exist today.   The Basilica Cistern used for the water needs of inhabitants and Byzantine palace that emperor resides at the Byzantium times. After the conquest of Istanbul in 1453, the usage of cistern continued for a short tim...
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CONTRAST

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CONTRAST Contrast is often the magical key ingredient to making your designs ‘pop’, which is a (sometimes frustrating) demand from many design clients. In a very basic definition, contrast is the degree of difference between two  or more elements of your design . Some common forms of contrast are dark vs. light, thick vs. thin, large vs. small, etc. Contrast has a great effect on readability and legibility as well, it’s a big reason why you see novels and many other publications printing in black text on a white background. Imagine if they printed using light grey on a white background. The contrast would be very low and the type hard to read. So, if you’re using type, make sure you bump up that contrast.
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