ELEMENTS FROM ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS IN ANATOLIAN SELJUK ART

Özet

Öz Seljuks who came across Byzantine, Greek, Roman and Armcnian culturcs in Anatolia developed an original, many-sided and rich arclîitectural style of their own which, although mainly influenced by Islamic art and Central Asian tradition, nevcrthcless contains clements of earlier Anatolian civilizations, notably Roman and Byzan­ tine arts. In Anatolian Seljuk arehitecture, we thus find an intelligent and Creative synthesis of the nomadic art of their native Central Asia, pre-Seljuk Anatolian Islamic art and certain elements from Greek, Roman, Byzantine and Armenian arts.