Constantinopolis/Istanbul : cultural encounter, imperial vision, and the construction of the Ottoman capital / Çiğdem Kafescioğlu.

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Kafescioğlu, Çiğdem, author. aut

Title & Author:

Constantinopolis/Istanbul : cultural encounter, imperial vision, and the construction of the Ottoman capital / Çiğdem Kafescioğlu.

Publication:

Description:

xxxii, 295 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm

Series:

[Buildings, landscapes, and societies ; 5]

Notes:
Series statement from jacket.
Includes bibliographical references (266-282) 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.

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.

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Table of contents
Table of contents
Book review (H-Net)
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description
Inhaltsverzeichnis

ISBN:

9780271027760 (hardback)
0271027762

Subject:

Architecture, Ottoman Turkey Istanbul.
Islamic architecture Turkey Istanbul.
Architecture and state Turkey Istanbul History 15th century.
Architecture and state Turkey Istanbul History 16th century.
Architecture ottomane Turquie İstanbul.
Architecture islamique Turquie İstanbul.
Architecture Politique gouvernementale Turquie İstanbul Histoire 15e siècle.
Architecture Politique gouvernementale Turquie İstanbul Histoire 16e siècle.
21.62 history of architecture.
Architecture and state
Architecture, Ottoman
Buildings
Islamic architecture
Architektur
Umbau
Islamitische bouwkunst.
Politieke aspecten.
Istanbul (Turkey) Buildings, structures, etc.
Istanbul (Turkey) In art.
Turkey Istanbul
Istanbul
Konstantinopel
Osmanisches Reich

Form/genre:

works of art.
Art
History
Œuvres d'art.

Added entries:

Buildings, landscapes, and societies ; 5.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 272366
Call No.: BIB 205663
Status: Available

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