THE FLORAL AND GEOMETRICAL ELEMENTS ON THE OTTOMAN ARCHITECTURE IN RHODES ISLAND

Abstract

The Ottomans had inherited the decorative elements preceding them, and did not contendwith such extent, but had developed and created at each of the Floral, geometric and writingadornments. The key features distinguishing Ottoman architecture in Rhodes (1523-1912AD)are the ornamental richness and the attention paid to the decorative side had beenincreasingly growing. Through what had reached us of the Ottoman period constructions, itwould be apparent to us the tendency to decoration and that such decorative material hadlargely varied. Such ornaments had been represented in a number of types:* Floral ornaments* Geometrical ornaments.