AN ASSESSMENT OF THE MEDIEVAL PERIOD FIGURED GUTTERS IN ANATOLIAN TURKISH ARCHITECTUR

The figures, which started to be seen in the nomadic communities in the Central Asian steppes, spread to Asia Minor and Central Europe, and were depicted in Central and Inner Asia in pre-Islam times and became a style. With the spread of Islam and the migration of the Turks to Anatolia, the figures...

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Autor principal:	Fatmagül SAKLAVCI
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:62917ed83d9c4005a4395ecd5bb02e562021-11-24T09:20:32ZAN ASSESSMENT OF THE MEDIEVAL PERIOD FIGURED GUTTERS IN ANATOLIAN TURKISH ARCHITECTUR2148-416310.29228/JASSS.47217https://doaj.org/article/62917ed83d9c4005a4395ecd5bb02e562021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://jasstudies.com/index.jsp?mod=tammetin&makaleadi=d23058c9-76d8-4e1c-a271-2181a6a62a33.pdf&key=47217https://doaj.org/toc/2148-4163The figures, which started to be seen in the nomadic communities in the Central Asian steppes, spread to Asia Minor and Central Europe, and were depicted in Central and Inner Asia in pre-Islam times and became a style. With the spread of Islam and the migration of the Turks to Anatolia, the figures used as decoration elements in various arts such as architecture, miniature and tile were also used in gutter, bearing the traces of past beliefs. In the Anatolian Seljuk architecture, lion, dragon, sheep / ram, human and horse figures were engraved on the gutters in the buildings. The most common figure in gutter designs is the lion. The lion figure represents the positive side in opposing concepts such as good-evil, light-dark, bravery-cowardice, it is considered to be of heavenly origin and it is believed to come from itself. The dragon figure, which represents water resources, rain clouds and is an astrological element in Turks living in the east of Central Asia, is the symbol of water, abundance, fertility and rebirth as in Turkish Chinese mythology. Aries and sheep are usually the symbols of calmness, peace, abundance and fertility after Islam, and the ram is a symbol of strength, power and courage. It was used as a talisman and protector in the form of masks, busts and rosettes in stone decorations of the Anatolian Seljuk period. The horse, an important figure in Turkish culture, is the name of a year in the Turkish calendar with a zodiac and twelve animals. These figures, which take place in Turkish Islamic art, continued to bear the traces of different cultures before Islam, with some innovations. These spiritual meanings, which Islamic beliefs attribute to water and thus to the water flowing from the gutters, combined with the symbolic meanings of the figures and took shape in the gutters. Until today, most of the gutters have been damaged and their replicas have been placed in their places.Fatmagül SAKLAVCIFırat Universityarticlemedievalanatolian seljukfigureguttericonographySocial SciencesHSocial sciences (General)H1-99DEENFRTRJournal of Academic Social Science Studies , Vol 14, Iss 86, Pp 439-465 (2021)
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description	The figures, which started to be seen in the nomadic communities in the Central Asian steppes, spread to Asia Minor and Central Europe, and were depicted in Central and Inner Asia in pre-Islam times and became a style. With the spread of Islam and the migration of the Turks to Anatolia, the figures used as decoration elements in various arts such as architecture, miniature and tile were also used in gutter, bearing the traces of past beliefs. In the Anatolian Seljuk architecture, lion, dragon, sheep / ram, human and horse figures were engraved on the gutters in the buildings. The most common figure in gutter designs is the lion. The lion figure represents the positive side in opposing concepts such as good-evil, light-dark, bravery-cowardice, it is considered to be of heavenly origin and it is believed to come from itself. The dragon figure, which represents water resources, rain clouds and is an astrological element in Turks living in the east of Central Asia, is the symbol of water, abundance, fertility and rebirth as in Turkish Chinese mythology. Aries and sheep are usually the symbols of calmness, peace, abundance and fertility after Islam, and the ram is a symbol of strength, power and courage. It was used as a talisman and protector in the form of masks, busts and rosettes in stone decorations of the Anatolian Seljuk period. The horse, an important figure in Turkish culture, is the name of a year in the Turkish calendar with a zodiac and twelve animals. These figures, which take place in Turkish Islamic art, continued to bear the traces of different cultures before Islam, with some innovations. These spiritual meanings, which Islamic beliefs attribute to water and thus to the water flowing from the gutters, combined with the symbolic meanings of the figures and took shape in the gutters. Until today, most of the gutters have been damaged and their replicas have been placed in their places.
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title	AN ASSESSMENT OF THE MEDIEVAL PERIOD FIGURED GUTTERS IN ANATOLIAN TURKISH ARCHITECTUR
title_short	AN ASSESSMENT OF THE MEDIEVAL PERIOD FIGURED GUTTERS IN ANATOLIAN TURKISH ARCHITECTUR
title_full	AN ASSESSMENT OF THE MEDIEVAL PERIOD FIGURED GUTTERS IN ANATOLIAN TURKISH ARCHITECTUR
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AN ASSESSMENT OF THE MEDIEVAL PERIOD FIGURED GUTTERS IN ANATOLIAN TURKISH ARCHITECTUR

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