The city's pleasures : Istanbul in the eighteenth century / Shirine Hamadeh.

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Hamadeh, Shirine, author. aut

Title & Author:

The city's pleasures : Istanbul in the eighteenth century / Shirine Hamadeh.

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Description:

xii, 350 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 28 cm.

Series:

Publications on the Near East

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-340) and index.
Note on transliteration -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- The conquest of the Bosphorus -- Architecture, ceremonial, and exhibitionism -- Splash and spectacle -- Public spaces and public order -- In and out of the poetic canon -- Building histories in verse -- Fruits, flowers, and sensory pleasures -- East, west, and the appeal of novelty -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Glossary -- Selected bibliography -- Index.

Summary:

"The City's Pleasures is the first historical investigation of the tremendous changes that affected the fabric and architecture of Istanbul in the century that followed the decisive return of the Ottoman court to the capital in 1703." "Examining novel forms, spaces, and decorative vocabularies; changing patterns of patronage; and new patterns of architectural perception, The City's Pleasures shows how these exposed and reinforced the internal dynamics that were played out between a society in flux and a state anxious to recreate an idea system of social hierarchies."--Jacket.

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ISBN:

9780295986678 (cloth ; alk. paper)
0295986670 (cloth ; alk. paper)

Subject:

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Istanbul (Turkey) History 18th century.
Istanbul Geschichte Geschichte 1700-1800.
Istanbul Kunst Geschichte 1700-1800.
Istanbul Städtebau Geschichte 1700-1800.
İstanbul (Turquie) Histoire 18e siècle.
Turkey Istanbul
Istanbul
Osmanisches Reich

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

Publications on the Near East, University of Washington.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 266210
Call No.: BIB 197847
Status: Available

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