Ottoman Baroque: The Architectural Refashioning of Eighteenth-Century Istanbul

Synopsis

A New Approach To Late Ottoman Visual Culture And Its Relationship With The West. Introduction -- Setting The Scene : The Return To Istanbul -- Pleasing Times And Their Pleasing New Style : Mahmud I And The Emergence Of The Ottoman Baroque -- A Tradition Reborn : The Nuruosmaniye Mosque And Its Global Audiences -- The Old, The New, And The In-between : Stylistic Consciousness And The Establishment Of Tradition -- At The Sultan's Threshold : The Architecture Of Engagement As New Imperial Paradigm -- Conclusion. Ünver Rüstem. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.