Ottoman Baroque - The Architectural Refashioning of Eighteenth-Century Istanbul Rustem UnverPevná vazba
Ottoman Baroque - The Architectural Refashioning of Eighteenth-Century Istanbul Rustem UnverPevná vazba A new approach to late Ottoman visual culture and its place in the worldWith its idiosyncratic…
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Ottoman Baroque - The Architectural Refashioning of Eighteenth-Century Istanbul Rustem UnverPevná vazba
A new approach to late Ottoman visual culture and its place in the worldWith 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-- nver R stem 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.R stem 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