Art is not Created Exnihilo: Order, Space & Form in the Work Sinan & Palladio

The aim of this paper is to discuss the concept of order, space and form in the aesthetic language of two 16th century architects: Sinan Abd al-Mannan (d. 1588) and Andrea di Petro della Gondola aka Andrea Palladio (d. 1580). Sinan and Palladio were both engaged in a lasting search for an aesthetic language firmly grounded in order, space and form. However, both Sinan and Palladio were also influenced by Byzantine and Roman building traditions, the projects they completed in the period 1540-1580 reflect an architectural style, which was unmistakably a part of the political, social and cultural Renaissance and Ottoman milieu. Because the Renaissance and Ottoman epochs during which both men lived were ideologically different, we use this as means to interrogate the meaning of order, space and form?