A Study Of Ottoman Narratives On Architecture

Author : Selen Bahriye Morkoç
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 470 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Architecture
ISBN : STANFORD:36105215352001

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A Study of Ottoman Narratives on Architecture by Selen Bahriye Morkoç Pdf

It is widely accepted that documents on Ottoman architects are rare and that little is known about the architectural practice in the Ottoman world. A group of texts that have appeared between sixteenth and eighteenth centuries, however, form an exception to this general assumption. While these texts have been cited and referred to in diverse previous studies on Ottoman architecture, they have not been the topic of a major interpretative approach before. A Study of Ottoman Narratives on Architecture: Text, Context and Hermeneutics is the first interpretive and comparative research monograph to feature these texts as its main theme. This is the first translation of these works that contextualizes and interprets their importance in English. The first text is a group of five documents that date back to the sixteenth century. They comprise memoirs and building lists written in prose and verse which belonged to prominent Ottoman architect Sinan. The second text was written under the influence of the first group of documents and is in a similar format. It comprises a memoir dedicated to Sedefkar Mehmed Ağa, who worked as the chief imperial architect in the seventeenth century, and also provides information on architectural terms and makes comparisons between architecture and music. The third text is different from the first two: it is a monograph about the Selimiye Mosque written in prose in the eighteenth century by Dayezade Mustafa, who was a complete outsider to architecture. While the three texts have quite different historical and thematic contexts their point in common is their rendering of architecture through narratives. From a hermeneutical perspective, the book compares narratives of the texts with contemporary historiography on Ottoman architecture. History and Ideas Series, No.

Author : AhmetA. Ersoy
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781351576017

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Architecture and the Late Ottoman Historical Imaginary by AhmetA. Ersoy Pdf

While European eclecticism is examined as a critical and experimental moment in western art history, little research has been conducted to provide an intellectual depth of field to the historicist pursuits of late Ottoman architects as they maneuvered through the nineteenth century?s vast inventory of available styles and embarked on a revivalist/Orientalist program they identified as the ?Ottoman Renaissance.? Ahmet A. Ersoy?s book examines the complex historicist discourse underlying this belated ?renaissance? through a close reading of a text conceived as the movement?s canonizing manifesto: the Usul-i Mi?mari-i ?Osmani [The Fundamentals of Ottoman Architecture] (Istanbul, 1873). In its translocal, cross-disciplinary scope, Ersoy?s work explores the creative ways in which the Ottoman authors straddled the art-historical mainstream and their new, self-orientalizing aesthetics of locality. The study reveals how Orientalism was embraced by its very objects, the self-styled ?Orientals? of the modern world, as a marker of authenticity, and a strategically located aesthetic tool to project universally recognizable images of cultural difference. Rejecting the lesser, subsidiary status ascribed to non-western Orientalisms, Ersoy?s work contributes to recent, post-Saidian directions in the study of cultural representation that resituate the field of Orientalism beyond its polaristic core, recognizing its cross-cultural potential as a polyvalent discourse.

Author : Heghnar Watenpaugh
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2004-09-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9789047404224

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The Image of an Ottoman City by Heghnar Watenpaugh Pdf

This urban and architectural study of Aleppo reconstructs the city’s evolution over the first two centuries of Ottoman rule and proposes a new model for the understanding of the reception and adaptation of imperial forms, institutions and norms in a provincial setting.

Author : Machiel Kiel
Publisher : Variorum Publishing
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UOM:39015025216832

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Studies on the Ottoman Architecture of the Balkans by Machiel Kiel Pdf

Author : Alyson Wharton
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2015-02-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780857738134

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The Architects of Ottoman Constantinople by Alyson Wharton Pdf

The Balyan family were a dynasty of architects, builders and property owners who acted as the official architects to the Ottoman Sultans throughout the 18th and 19th centuries. Originally Armenian, the family is responsible for some of the most famous Ottoman buildings in existence, many of which are regarded as masterpieces of their period – including the Dolmabahçe Palace (built between 1843 and 1856), parts of the Topkap? Palace, the Ç?ra?an Palace and the Ortaköy Mosque. Forging a unique style based around European contemporary architecture but with distinctive Ottoman flourishes, the family is an integral part of Ottoman history. As Alyson Wharton's beautifully illustrated book reveals, the Balyan's own history, of falling in and out of favour with increasingly autocratic Sultans, serves as a record of courtly power in the Ottoman era and is uniquely intertwined with the history of Istanbul itself.

Author : Doğan Kuban
Publisher : Antique Collectors Club Dist
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Architecture, Islamic
ISBN : 1851496041

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Ottoman Architecture by Doğan Kuban Pdf

This is the most comprehensive and wide-ranging survey of Ottoman Architecture ever produced. It extends to over 700 pages and is illustrated with over 1000 fabulous illustrations, plans of buildings, maps and drawings. The author is a leading authority on the subject having taught throughout the United States, in Paris and in Istanbul. Whilst this work will become an invaluable reference tool to students, its appeal will also be broadened due to the high quality of its photographs, many of which were commissioned for the publication. In particular the reader will be impressed by the the superb interiors of buildings often decorated by stunning Iznik tiles. Ottoman Architecture developed in parallel with the political structure of the Ottoman Empire. Located at the intersection of Asia and Europe it was influenced by the numerous competing traditions of Islam, China, the Mediterranean and Byzantine worlds. Building on its early development particularly in Bursa and Edirne at the end of the 14th Century, the Ottoman world reached its high point during the so called Classical period 1437-1703 notably under the Sultans Suleyman 1st and Selim 2nd. The finest architectural achievements were undoubtedly the works of the court architect Sinan 1489-1588. It is these works that form the core of this spectacular book. This book, unlike any other, also seeks to survey the extensive building works of the Ottomans throughout their Empire which extend to Damascus, Cairo and as far as the Holy Cities of Mecca and Medina. AUTHOR: Professor Kuban has held various academic positions in the USA, Italy and Turkey. He was a founding member of the Turkish Commission of the International Council of Monuments and Sites. He holds many awards and has written many works of reference. He has also written numerous articles and research publications. SELLING POINTS Comprehensive survey of the huge wealth of Ottoman architecture Extensive and highly illustrated text by a leading authority Wide appeal for the serious student as well as the arm chair traveller ILLUSTRATIONS 1000 colour illustrations

Author : John Freely
Publisher : WIT Press
Page : 465 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781845645069

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A History of Ottoman Architecture by John Freely Pdf

This text is focused on the history of the extant buildings in the Republic of Turkey. The book begins with a brief history of the Ottoman Empire and develops by outlining the mains features of Ottoman architecture and discusses the biography of the great Ottoman architect Sinan.

Author : Godfrey Goodwin
Publisher : Johns Hopkins University Press
Page : 530 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UOM:39015012222983

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A History of Ottoman Architecture by Godfrey Goodwin Pdf

Author : Mary Roberts,Samuel Williams
Publisher : Modern Muslim World
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2023-06-30
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1463241704

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Ottoman Architecture by Mary Roberts,Samuel Williams Pdf

An illustrated overview of Ottoman architecture.

Author : Suna Cagaptay
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2020-11-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781838605513

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The First Capital of the Ottoman Empire by Suna Cagaptay Pdf

From 1326 to 1402, Bursa, known to the Byzantines as Prousa, served as the first capital of the Ottoman Empire. It retained its spiritual and commercial importance even after Edirne (Adrianople) in Thrace, and later Constantinople (Istanbul), functioned as Ottoman capitals. Yet, to date, no comprehensive study has been published on the city's role as the inaugural center of a great empire. In works by art and architectural historians, the city has often been portrayed as having a small or insignificant pre-Ottoman past, as if the Ottomans created the city from scratch. This couldn't be farther from the truth. In this book, rooted in the author's archaeological experience, Suna Çagaptay tells the story of the transition from a Byzantine Christian city to an Islamic Ottoman one, positing that Bursa was a multi-faith capital where we can see the religious plurality and modernity of the Ottoman world. The encounter between local and incoming forms, as this book shows, created a synthesis filled with nuance, texture, and meaning. Indeed, when one looks more closely and recognizes that the contributions of the past do not threaten the authenticity of the present, a richer and more accurate narrative of the city and its Ottoman accommodation emerges.

Author : Aptullah Kuran
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Architecture
ISBN : IND:30000065141974

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Sinan by Aptullah Kuran Pdf

Author : Birgit Krawietz,Florian Riedler
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 443 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2019-12-16
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783110635157

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The Heritage of Edirne in Ottoman and Turkish Times by Birgit Krawietz,Florian Riedler Pdf

Modern scholarship has not given Edirne the attention it deserves regarding its significance as one of the capitals of the Ottoman Empire. This edited volume offers a reinterpretation of Edirne’s history from Early Ottoman times to recent periods of the Turkish Republic. Presently, disconnections and discontinuities introduced by the transition from empire to nation state still characterize the image of the city and the historiography about it. In contrast, this volume examines how the city engages in the forming, deflecting and creative appropriation of its heritage, a process that has turned Edirne into a UNESCO heritage hotspot. A closer historical analysis demonstrates the dissonances and contradictions that these different interpretations and uses of heritage produce. From the beginning, Edirne was shaped by its connectivity and relationality to other places, above all to Istanbul. This perspective is employed at many different levels, e.g., with regard to its population, institutions, architecture, infrastructures and popular culture, but also regarding the imaginations Edirne triggered. In sum, this multi-disciplinary volume boosts urban history beyond Istanbul and offers new insight into Ottoman and Turkish connectivities from the vantage point of certain key moments of Edirne’s history.

Author : Zeynep Çelik
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2023-11-10
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780520337510

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The Remaking of Istanbul by Zeynep Çelik Pdf

Author : Çi_dem Kafescio_lu
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780271027760

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Constantinopolis/Istanbul by Çi_dem Kafescio_lu Pdf

"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.

Author : Ünver Rüstem
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2019-04-02
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780691190549

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Ottoman Baroque by Ünver Rüstem Pdf

A new approach to late Ottoman visual culture and its place in the world With its idiosyncratic yet unmistakable adaptation of European Baroque models, the eighteenth-century architecture of Istanbul has frequently been dismissed by modern observers as inauthentic and derivative, a view reflecting broader unease with notions of Western influence on Islamic cultures. In Ottoman Baroque—the first English-language book on the topic—Ünver Rüstem provides a compelling reassessment of this building style and shows how between 1740 and 1800 the Ottomans consciously coopted European forms to craft a new, politically charged, and globally resonant image for their empire’s capital. Rüstem reclaims the label “Ottoman Baroque” as a productive framework for exploring the connectedness of Istanbul’s eighteenth-century buildings to other traditions of the period. Using a wealth of primary sources, he demonstrates that this architecture was in its own day lauded by Ottomans and foreigners alike for its fresh, cosmopolitan effect. Purposefully and creatively assimilated, the style’s cross-cultural borrowings were combined with Byzantine references that asserted the Ottomans’ entitlement to the Classical artistic heritage of Europe. Such aesthetic rebranding was part of a larger endeavor to reaffirm the empire’s power at a time of intensified East-West contact, taking its boldest shape in a series of imperial mosques built across the city as landmarks of a state-sponsored idiom. Copiously illustrated and drawing on previously unpublished documents, Ottoman Baroque breaks new ground in our understanding of Islamic visual culture in the modern era and offers a persuasive counterpoint to Eurocentric accounts of global art history.