The Blue Mosque

by Terry Davis

Title

The Blue Mosque

Artist

Terry Davis

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Digital Art - Digital Art, Photo Painting, Photography

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The Blue Mosque, as it is popularly known, was constructed between 1609 and 1616 during the rule of Ahmed I. Hand-painted blue tiles adorn the mosque’s interior walls, and at night the mosque is bathed in blue as lights frame the mosque’s five main domes, six minarets and eight secondary domes. It sits next to the Hagia Sophia, another popular tourist site in Istanbul, Turkey.

The Sultan Ahmed Mosque has five main domes, six minarets, and eight secondary domes. The design is the culmination of two centuries of Ottoman mosque development. It incorporates some Byzantine Christian elements of the neighboring Hagia Sophia with traditional Islamic architecture and is considered to be the last great mosque of the classical period. The architect, Sedefkâr Mehmed Ağa, synthesized the ideas of his master Sinan, aiming for overwhelming size, majesty and splendor. It has a forecourt and special area for ablution. In the middle it has a big fountain. On the upper side it has a big chain. The upper area is made up of 20000 ceramic tiles each having 60 tulip designs. In the lower area it has 200 stained glass windows.

I had the great privilege of visiting this magnificent building in 2002 and took this photograph as we were approaching it. I had a simple camera at the time and was unable to get any quality images of the inside which was fairly dark. I added a light blue texture to highlight the name of this mosque and one of its lovely color.

IMAGE FEATURED IN:
The 1000 Views group 06/30/21
The ABC group 01/04/20
The Philanthropic Artists group 03/26/19
The No Place Like Home group 03/15/19
The Lady Photographers and Artists group 03/08/19
The Images That Excite You group 03/05/19
The Road to Self Promotion group 03/05/19

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March 2nd, 2019

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