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

1. Verfasser: Kafescioğlu, Çiğdem.
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, 2009.
Umfang/Format: xxxii, 295 p. : ill., maps ; 27 cm.
Schriftenreihe: Buildings, landscapes, and societies ; 5
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Inhaltsangabe:
  • 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.