Art experience of the people of Iran, Georgia, Armenia, the Arabian countries and Byzantium, and also became a basis for art of Turkey. In the end of 12-13 centuries cities were under construction of a stone (Konja, etc.), surrounded with powerful fortifications, with a citadel in the centre and the quarters often isolated from each other.
For cult architecture are characteristic clear harmony стереометрически accurate forms, distribution of compositions with and an open court yard or with the central hall blocked by a dome, wide application of 3-coal sails in overlappings.
From civil constructions (including elements of defensive architecture) especially well-known caravans-sheds and baths. In decorative furnish the leading part reliefs with geometrical , stylised vegetative (sometimes figured) motives and inscriptions played, the facing tiles of dark blue and green tones quite often making the whole ornamental mosaics.
Working over a decor, masters usually left a part of a wall smooth that gave special plasticity.
During this period there was also a woodcarving (strict geometrical ornaments) and a book miniature, art , weaving, art processing of metal.
If the architecture of Turkey in 14 first half has been connected 15 centuries mainly with building skills time 15-16 centuries are peculiar to architecture of the end first of all creative reconsideration of the Byzantian traditions.
Intensively cities where building prevailed grew. Developing type of a dome cult building, Turkish masters of the end 15-16 centuries (first of all Sinan) created grandiose complete, is strict spatial compositions: at the same time the architectural form was picturesquely enriched by set of the arches, niches and windows, and internal premises were sated with ornamental lists and the inlaid marble panels.