The architecture of the Islamic culture developed specifically during the rule of the Ottomans and Safavids. Islamic art and architecture among the Islamic Ottomans was characterized by a vibrant combination of both Persian and Turkish designs. In addition, styles and patterns used in mosques and Islamic areas of religious worship and learning were also adopted from the Mediterranean and Byzantine cultures. On the other hand, the Safavid forms of architecture were developed a lot from Iranian culture during the 16th century. There are a lot of diverse similarities and differences that are seen in analyzing the Ottoman and Safavid forms of architecture. This paper is an essay that describes the development of Ottoman and Safavid forms of architecture by focusing on the similarities and differences.
The forms of architecture during the Ottoman
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A lot of these buildings showed their concerns for the Islamic culture and Islamic traditions. Also, they incorporated Persian designs to make motifs such as the Achaemenid and Tehran designs. The analysis of the Ottoman and Safavid forms of architecture shows that there are a lot of similarities and differences. One of the differences is that the Ottomans and Safavids existed during different dynasties. The Ottomans ruled during the early 16th century before the Safavids took over. The architectural designs of the Ottomans were comprised of natural settings such as plant and floral designs with no forms of human figures. Whereas the Safavids used human beings as their figures of decorative art in architectural designs. Nevertheless, both of these empires somehow relied on foreign forms of art such as those drawn from the Turkish, Persian and Iranian people. In fact, some Islamic experts found that the Ottoman empire was founded by some Turkish tribes long before the Ottoman ruled as a