SUMMARY LION FIGURES IN ANATOLIAN SELJUK ARCHITECTURE

Year 1969, Issue: 13, 0 - 0, 01.01.1969

Gönül Önel

https://doi.org/10.1501/andl_0000000117

Abstract

Lion is a protective animal which has been rcprcscntcd as symbol of sovercignty and strength in various styles and forms in old Eastern Art and in Egyptian art, as well as, among the Hittite, Urartian, Phrygian, Lydian, Grcck, Roman, Byzantine and Armenian Arts of Anatolia1. Our interest, here, is the salicnt charactcristics of lions cncountered in Anatolian Seljuk Architecture. Lion appears with the most abundant specimens and forms in the rich figural design world of Anatolian Seljuk Architecture. Lion, alone, has been engravcd as statue among thesc various figures, even though reliefs stili consti- tute the majority of lion designs. As the rcmaining original specimens indicate, lion engravings werc generally double and symmetrical in many han, castle and bridgc constructions. We will examine closcly thesc lion figures, made of stone, in Anatolian Seljuk Architecture undcr the following basic groups : statues, gutters, corbels and reliefs.

Keywords

ANATOLIAN, SELJUK, ARCHITECTURE

References

• Ankara Üniversitesi- Ankara Anadolu ( Anatolia) Üniversitesi