Constantinopolis/Istanbul cultural encounter, imperial vision, and the construction of the Ottoman capital
"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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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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University Park, Pa. :
Pennsylvania State University Press,
Ã2009.
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| Series: | Buildings, landscapes, and societies ;
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Table of Contents:
- 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.
