Explore: Seljuk Decoration And Ornament

well as tile decoration. While the Seljuk Sultanate declined and ended in the late 13th century, architecture continued to flourish and diversify under

decoration was largely a continuation of earlier Seljuk styles in Anatolia as well as other predominant styles of decoration found in Islamic art and

centuries. They decorated the inner walls and friezes of Seljuk palaces, together with other ornamented stucco ornaments, concealing the wall behind them. The

feeling for form and scale; structural inventiveness, especially in vault and dome construction; a genius for decoration with a freedom and success not rivaled

persisted and continued to evolve under these new rulers. Decoration in Anatolian Seljuk architecture was concentrated on entrance portals, windows, and mihrabs

example of a geometric ornament, an early example of double domes, and one of the earlier tomb towers that appeared in the Seljuk era of medieval Iran,

stucco carved in high relief, especially in the decoration of mihrabs during the periods of Seljuk and Mongol domination. Among the most notable examples

originated in northeastern Iran and that it was further developed in subsequent Great Seljuk architecture, as seen in the Seljuk domes of the Great Mosque of

brickwork or glazed ceramic decoration up the level of their balconies. Ottoman architecture followed earlier Seljuk models and continued the Iranian tradition

a distinct Seljuk style of architecture and artwork. It was common practice for Seljuk buildings to be lined in glazed brick and ornamented with a decorative