The Art And Architecture Of Ottoman Istanbul

Synopsis

Discusses The History Of The City, From The Conquest Of Constantinople By The Ottomans In 1453 Up To The Beginning Of The 20th Century When The Ottoman Empire Was Finally Dismantled Following The First World War. This Historical Background Appears Alongside Descriptions And Illustrations Of Ottoman Architecture, Regalia, Textiles, Books, Ceramics, Calligraphy And Paintings. Throughout, Yeomans Presents The Exhilarating Alternative Of Ottoman Art, With Its Meaning Expressed Principally Through Non-figurative Form Rather Than Through The Symbol Systems And Narrative Of Western Art.--page 4 Of Cover. The Turks, The Ottomans And The Conquest Of Constantinople -- Mehmet The Conqueror And The Rise Of Istanbul -- Forming A Classical Style : The Architecture Of Beyazit Ii And Selim I -- The Architecture Of Sinan -- Ottoman Ceramics -- Ottoman Textiles -- Consolidation And Decline : Architecture In The Seventeenth Century -- Between East And West : Ottoman Baroque And Rococo Architecture In The Eighteenth Century -- Calligraphy, Illumination And Miniatures -- The Triumph Of Europe : Westernization In Nineteenth-century Architecture. Richard Yeomans. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [251]-255) And Index.