Normal görünüm MARC görünümü ISBD görünümü

Kafescioğlu, Çiğdem

Constantinopolis/Istanbul : cultural encounter, imperial vision, and the construction of the Ottoman capital / Çiğdem Kafescioğlu. - xxxii, 295 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm. - [Buildings, landscapes, and societies ; 5] . - Buildings, landscapes, and societies ; 5. .

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.

ISBN: 9780271027760 (cloth : alkaline paper) 0271027762

LCCN: 2009002611

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Architecture, Ottoman--Turkey--Istanbul.
Islamic architecture--Turkey--Istanbul.
Architecture and state--History--Turkey--Istanbul--15th century.
Architecture and state--History--Turkey--Istanbul--16th century.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Istanbul (Turkey)--Buildings, structures, etc.
Istanbul (Turkey)--In art.

LC Class. No.: NA1370 / .K34 2009

Dewey Class. No.: