Bibliograph

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

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Label

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

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 266-282) and index

resource.governmentPublication

government publication of a state province territory dependency etc

Illustrations

platesmapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Constantinopolis / Istanbul

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

301705588

Responsibility statement

Çiğdem Kafescioğlu

Series statement

Buildings, landscapes, and societies, 5

Sub title

cultural encounter, imperial vision, and the construction of the Ottoman capital

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

Table Of Contents

Between Edirne and Kostantiniyye: the city's first Ottoman years -- Constructing the city: architecture and its audiences: 1. The urban program and Mehmed II's foundation. 2. The patronage of the new ruling elite. 3. 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

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