A NEW POINT OF VIEW TOWARD TOKAT GÖK MEDRESE WITH REGARD TO ITS STYLISTIC FEATURES

• Main Author: Fazilet KOÇYİĞİT
• Format: Article
• Language: deu
• Published: Institut für die Welt der Türken 2015-08-01
• Series: Zeitschrift für die Welt der Türken
• Subjects: Tokat; Gök Medrese (Blue Madrasa); Adornment; Style; The Art of Anatolia in Mediaeval Age
• Online Access: http://www.dieweltdertuerken.org/index.php/ZfWT/article/view/691/691

Gök Medrese (Blue Madrasa) which is named after its turquoise colored tiles has been dated at different years by the researchers because its construction inscription has not reached today. Even though researchers has not reached at a consensus about the structure’s construction date, they agree that the structure was commissioned by Pervane Muiniddun Suleyman. Gök Medrese, whose adornments have undergone serious degradations and most of the tiles has fallen and couldn’t reach the present day, is now used as a museum. Besides the tile examples in the building, stone embellishment examples which include carving, inlaying, colored stone flemished cross were used as adornment techniques. The structure’s embellishment components can be found on the portal, main iwan’s interior part, court riwaq arches’ surface, and arch corners. These components are three types: geometric, vegetal ornament and calligraphy. The structure has a rich embellishment program and its embellishment and stylistic features are contributory factors for dating the structure. In this article, it was tried to make an reassessment of the building’s construction with a new viewpoint reagarding particularly its stylistic characteristics.