The Composition-Joint Relation in the Anatolian Seljuk Art

While Anatolian Seljuk buildings were being constructed; there are different considerations such as the completion of the construction and subsequent made of the decorations or giving priority to the decoration and assemble it to the structure. It can be said that the examples given to support these views have deficiencies caused by being made up with unilateral perspective. For this reason, more accurate results will be achieved to evaluate the structure during the period in which it had been built by approaching the subject from a multi-faceted point of view. The portals are known to be the most frequently decorated parts of the Anatolian Seljuk structures. For this reason, it is important to approach the subject firstly in the context of portals. It is clear that both of these views, which can be expressed as building techniques, are also applicable. It can be said that the architect himself decides on this situation. It is a fact that the techniques that will provide faster results in terms of easier and serial production is giving priority to the decoration and assemble it to the structure afterwards. In order to achieve that it is necessary to apply the technique which can be defined as making the composition-joint relation of the decoration with the same height of composition height and height of stone blocks. Therefore, considering the results, it can be said that the decoration has previously been made on the constructions that we witness the composition-joint relation, and that the structure was made before for other constructions. However, comparing to the structures where the composition-joint relationship is seen, the structures in which this relationship is not seen have some errors in terms of the construction technique