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Constantinopolis/Istanbul : cultural encounter, imperial vision, and the construction of the Ottoman capital / Çiğdem Kafescioğlu.
Series: Buildings, landscapes, and societies ; 5.Publication details: University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, c2009.Description: xxxii, 295 p. : ill., maps ; 27 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780271027760 :
- 0271027762 :
- Architecture, Ottoman -- Turkey -- Istanbul
- Islamic architecture -- Turkey -- Istanbul
- Architecture and state -- Turkey -- Istanbul -- History -- 15th century
- Architecture and state -- Turkey -- Istanbul -- History -- 16th century
- Istanbul (Turkey) -- Buildings, structures, etc
- Istanbul (Turkey) -- In art
- NA1370 .K34 2009
Contents:
Summary: "Studies the reconstruction of Byzantine Constantinople as the capital city of the Ottoman empire following its capture in 1453, delineating the complex interplay of socio-political, architectural, visual, and literary processes that underlay the city's transformation"--Provided by publisher.
Between Edirne and Kostantiniyye: the city's first Ottoman years -- Constructing the city: architecture and its audiences -- The urban program and Mehmed II's foundation -- The patronage of the new ruling elite -- Memory, space, and vision in constructions of the Ottoman capital city -- Representing the city: Constantinople and its images -- Istanbul inhabited -- Epilogue: a picture from circa 1537.
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American University in Dubai | American University in Dubai | Main Collection | NA 1370 .K34 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 5051828 |
Series statement from jacket.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Between Edirne and Kostantiniyye: the city's first Ottoman years -- Constructing the city: architecture and its audiences -- The urban program and Mehmed II's foundation -- The patronage of the new ruling elite -- Memory, space, and vision in constructions of the Ottoman capital city -- Representing the city: Constantinople and its images -- Istanbul inhabited -- Epilogue: a picture from circa 1537.
"Studies the reconstruction of Byzantine Constantinople as the capital city of the Ottoman empire following its capture in 1453, delineating the complex interplay of socio-political, architectural, visual, and literary processes that underlay the city's transformation"--Provided by publisher.
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