Tiled Kiosk
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| native_name = Çinili Köşk
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| caption = Front façade of the Tiled Kiosk
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| established = 1953
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| location = Alemdar Cad. Osman Hamdi Bey Yokuşu Sok. 34122, Gülhane Fatih, Istanbul
| type = Art museum
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| website = {{url|http://www.istanbularkeoloji.gov/}}
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The Tiled Kiosk ({{langx|tr|Çinili Köşk}}) is a pavilion set within the outer walls of Topkapı Palace and dates from 1472 as shown on the tile inscript above the main entrance.{{cite web |url=http://www.istanbularkeoloji.gov.tr/history |publisher=Istanbul Archaeological Museums |title=History |access-date=2013-03-27 }}{{cite book| title=Architecture, ceremonial, and power: The Topkapı Palace in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries| last=Necipoğlu| first=Gülru| year=1991| pages=[https://archive.org/details/architecturecere0000neci/page/213 213]| publisher=The MIT Press| location=Cambridge, Massachusetts| isbn=0-262-14050-0| url=https://archive.org/details/architecturecere0000neci/page/213}} It was built by the Ottoman sultan Mehmed II as a pleasure palace or kiosk. It is located in the most outer parts of the palace, next to Gülhane Park. It was also called Glazed Kiosk (Sırça Köşk).Davis, pg. 266
It was used as the Imperial Museum ({{langx|ota|Müze-i Hümayun}}, {{langx|tr|İmparatorluk Müzesi}}) between 1875 and 1891.Davis, pg. 268 In 1953, it was opened to the public as a museum of Turkish and Islamic art, and was later incorporated into the Istanbul Archaeology Museums, housing the Museum of Islamic Art. The pavilion contains many examples of İznik tiles and Seljuk pottery.
Architecture
The building has a Greek cross shaped groundplan and two storeys high,Fanny Davis. Palace of Topkapi in Istanbul. 1970. pg. 266-267. ASIN B000NP64Z2 although since the building straddles a declivity, only one floor is visible from the main entrance. The exterior glazed bricks show a Central Asian influence, especially from the Bibi-Khanym Mosque in Samarkand. The square, axial plan represents the four corners of the world and symbolizes, in architectural terms, the universal authority and sovereignty of the Sultan. As there is no Byzantine influence, the building is ascribed to an unknown Persian architect.Necipoğlu, pg. 214 The stone-framed brick and the polygonal pillars of the façade are typical of Persia. A grilled gate leads to the basement. Two flights of stairs above this gate lead to a roofed colonnaded terrace. This portico was rebuilt in the 18th century. The great door in the middle, surrounded by a tiled green arch, leads to the vestibule and then to a loftily domed court. The three royal apartments are situated behind, with the middle apartment in apsidal form.Necipoğlu, pg. 216
These apartments look out over the park to the Bosphorus. The network of ribbed vaulting suggests Gothic revival architecture, but it actually adds weight to the structure instead of sustaining it. The blue-and-white tiles on the wall are arranged in hexagons and triangles in the Bursa manner.Davis, pg. 267 Some show delicate patterns of flowers, leaves, clouds or other abstract forms. The white plasterwork is in the Persian manner.
On both wings of the domed court are eyvans, vaulted recesses open on one side.
Gallery
File:Tiled_Kiosk_exterior,_Istanbul_Archaeology_Museum.jpg|Tiled Kiosk entrance
File:Tiled Kiosk 1227.jpg|Tiled Kiosk detail entrance
File:Istanbul_PB076035raw_(4116523440).jpg|Tiled Kiosk detail entrance
File:Istanbul_PB076063raw_(4115900313).jpg|Tiled Kiosk detail entrance
File:Tiled Kiosk june 2018 6257.jpg|Tiled Kiosk detail entrance
File:Tiled Kiosk 2802.jpg|Tiled Kiosk fountain
File:Tiled Kiosk exhibit 523.jpg|Iznik monochrome ware plate
File:Tiled Kiosk exhibit 1796.jpg|Iznik monochrome ware plate
File:Tiled Kiosk exhibit 525.jpg|Iznik monochrome ware plate
File:Tiled Kiosk exhibit 528.jpg|Iznik monochrome ware mosque lamp
File:Tiled Kiosk exhibit 529.jpg|Iznik monochrome ware mosque lamp
File:Tiled Kiosk exhibit 531.jpg|Iznik monochrome ware mosque lamp
File:Tiled Kiosk exhibit 533.jpg|Mosque lamp in polychrome
File:Tiled Kiosk exhibit 534.jpg|Mosque lamp in polychrome
File:Tiled Kiosk exhibit 537.jpg|Iznik plate in polychrome
File:Tiled Kiosk exhibit 539.jpg|Tile in polychrome
File:Tiled Kiosk exhibit 544.jpg|Iznik tile in polychrome
File:Tiled Kiosk exhibit 545.jpg|Iznik tile in polychrome
File:Tiled Kiosk exhibit 553.jpg|Iznik ware in polychrome
File:DSC04425b1_Istanbul_-_Museo_arch._-_Padiglione_ceramiche_-_Foto_G._Dall'Orto_28-5-2006.jpg
File:Tiled mihrab niche in coloured glaze-technique, from Karamanoglu, in Tiled Kiosk collection istanbul.jpg|Tiled Kiosk mihrab
File:Istanbul Tiled Kiosk or Çinili Kösk May 2014 8607.jpg|Tiled Kiosk detail
File:Istanbul Cinili Museum 1780.jpg|Tiled Kiosk Çanakkale ware
File:Istanbul Cinili Museum 1784.jpg|Tiled Kiosk Çanakkale ware
Admission
The museum is closed on Mondays. Opening hours are 9:00 to 17:00.
References
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Literature
- Sir Banister Fletcher. A History of Architecture. Boston: Butterworths, 1987. {{ISBN|0-408-01587-X}}. NA200.F63 1987. discussion p611
- John Julius Norwich, ed. Great Architecture of the World. New York: Random House, 1975. {{ISBN|0-394-49887-9}}. NA200.G76. discussion, facade photo, p140.
- John D. Hoag. Islamic Architecture. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1977. {{ISBN|0-8109-1010-1}}. LC 76-41805. NA380.H58. plan drawing, fig427, p324. Goodwin, 1971.
External links
- [https://pbase.com/dosseman/cinili_kosk Over 150 pictures]
- [http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Chinli_Kiosk.html GreatBuildings.com | Tiled Kiosk]
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