ACHAEMENID ARCHITECTURE IN SOUTH CAUCASUS AND THE BLACK SEA CULTURAL BASIN

Abstract

The Achaemenid architecture is the most exquisite art of this culture due to the artistic and technical features. New excavations in the cultural region of the Black Sea and the southern Caucasus represent accumulation of Achaemenid artistic evidences and the effects of the Persian Style on the architecture. It contains palaces, columned halls, Gates, and temples. Achaemenid palaces with pedestals in Pontus and Oluz Höyük other monuments from Sari Tepe, Gumbati, Benjamin, Qaracamirli, Samadlo, Sarikhe, Zikhiagora are identified. All of them have similar features as Achaemenid’s. They reveal a kind of concordance in structures and decorations. Whence there are a vast number of the Achaemenid architecture evidences, an extensive scientific investigation is discussed. The most important question of this research is to introduce the homogeneity state of the Achaemenid architecture in the area of research. It is a fundamental investigation Conducted by a descriptive – Analytic method and documentation based in quantitative method and analysis the evidences.

Keywords

• Achaemenid Architecture
• Cultural Region of the Black Sea
• Southern Caucasus
• Achaemenid Art

GÜNEY KAFKASYA VE KARADENİZ KÜLTÜR HAVZASI’NDA AKHAİMENİD MİMARİSİ

Abstract

Akhaimenid mimarisi, artistik ve teknik özelliklerinden dolayı bu kültürün en enfes sanatıdır. Kara denizin kültürel bölgesi ve Güney Kafkasya’da yapılan yeni kazılarda Akhaimenid artistik bulgular ve mimaride Pers etkileri bulunmuştur. Bu bulguların arasında saraylar, sütunlu salonlar, kapılar ve tapınaklar vardır. Pontos ve Oluz Höyükte ki, Akhaimenid saraylarda bulunan kaideler, Sari Tepe, Gumbati, Benjamin, Qaracamirli, Samadlo, Sarikhe, Zikhiagora da bulunan başka anıtların tamamında Akhaimenid etkileri görülmüştür. Bu yapılar yapım ve süsleme açısından bütünlük içerisindedir. Her ne kadar pek çok Akhaemenid mimari buluntu ve geniş bilimsel araştırmalar tartışılsada, önemli olan Akhaemenid devletinin mimarisinin homojen yapısının ortaya çıkartılmasıdır. Bu durum en azından çalışmamızın odağını oluşturan bölge için geçerlidir. Bu temel araştırma betimleyici-analitik yöntem kullanılarak ve dokümantasyon nicelik olarak incelenmiştir.

Keywords

• Akhaimenid Mimarisi
• Karadeniz Havzası
• Güney Kafkasaya
• Pers Stili

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