ID: 700002870 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700002870	Record Type: Built Work
Images: 1

Sultanahmet Camii (mosque (building); Mehmed Ağa (Ottoman architect, died 1622); 1609-1616; Istanbul (İstanbul, Türkiye, Asia, World, Top of the T...; )

Note: Major mosque of Istanbul built by Sultan Ahmed I on the site of the original Byzantine Great Palace. Known colloquially as the 'Blue Mosque' due to its colored tilework.

Titles:

Sultanahmet Camii (preferred,C,U,Turkish-P,,,English-P,L,)

Mosque of Sultan Ahmet I (C,U,English,,)

Blue Mosque (C,U,English,,)

Sultan Ahmet Camii (C,U,Turkish,,)

Sultan Ahmed Cami (C,U,Turkish,,)

Sultan Ahmed I Mosque (C,U,undetermined,U,U)

Sultan Ahmed Mosque (C,U,English,,)

Mosque of Ahmed I (C,U,English,,)

Cami-i Han Ahmed (C,U,Turkish,,)

Sultanahmed Camii (C,U,Turkish,,)

Birinci Ahmet Camii (C,U,Turkish,,)

Mavicami (C,U,Turkish,,)

Mavi Cami (C,U,Turkish,,)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

mosque (building) [300007544] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, ceremonial structures, religious structures, religious buildings)

Classifications:

architecture (preferred)

Creation Date: 1609-1616

Creator Display:

Mehmed Ağa (Ottoman architect, died 1622) [preferred,VP]

architect Mehmed Ağa (Ottoman architect and worker in mother of pearl, born 1540 or ca.1550, died 1622) [500322371]

Locations:

Current: İstanbul [7002473] İstanbul (province), Turkey (nation), Asia (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Address Note: 41°00′20″N 28°58′39″E

Display Materials: porphyry, red granite, pudding stone, and marble

	stone (worked rock) [300011176]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, rock (inorganic material), <rock by form>)

	porphyry [300011232]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, rock (inorganic material), igneous rock, <igneous rock by composition>, <igneous rock by composition: physical>)

	red granite [300011205]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, rock (inorganic material), igneous rock, <igneous rock by composition>, <igneous rock by composition: chemical>, acid igneous rock, granite (rock), <granite by color and composition>)

	pudding stone [300011431]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, rock (inorganic material), sedimentary rock, <sedimentary rock by form>, rudaceous rock, conglomerate)

	marble (rock) [300011443]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, rock (inorganic material), metamorphic rock)

Dimensions: unavailable

Cultures:

Ottoman (preferred)

General Subject:

architecture (preferred,isness)

religion and mythology (purpose)

Specific Subjects:

	Ahmed I (Ottoman ruler, 1590-1617) [500372684]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Built Works

.......... Built Works by class: religious, ceremonial, and funerary structures

Sources and Contributors:
Sultanahmet Camii	........ [VP]
	........ Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) n 92046853; accessed 28 June 2016
Mosque of Sultan Ahmet I	........ [VP]
	........ Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) accessed 28 June 2016
Blue Mosque	........ [VP]
	........ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) accessed 28 June 2016
	........ Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) accessed 28 June 2016
Sultan Ahmet Camii	........ [VP]
	........ Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) accessed 28 June 2016
Sultan Ahmed Cami	........ [VP]
	........ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) accessed 28 June 2016
Sultan Ahmed I Mosque	........ [VP]
	........ Grove Art Online (2008-) "Istanbul"; accessed 28 June 2016
Sultan Ahmed Mosque	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ Getty Museum, Authority file (2003-)
Mosque of Ahmed I	........ [VP]
	........ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) accessed 28 June 2016
Cami-i Han Ahmed	........ [VP]
	........ Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) accessed 28 June 2016
Sultanahmed Camii	........ [VP]
	........ Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) accessed 28 June 2016
Birinci Ahmet Camii	........ [VP]
	........ Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) accessed 28 June 2016
Mavicami	........ [VP]
	........ Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) accessed 28 June 2016
Mavi Cami	........ [VP]
	........ Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) accessed 28 June 2016

Subject: ....... [JPGM,VP]

....................... Grove Art Online (2008-) "Istanbul"; accessed 28 June 2016

....................... Sultanahmet Camii (2016) accessed 28 June 2016

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) accessed 28 June 2016
	..... Grove Art Online (2008-) accessed 28 June 2016