Ottoman Baroque : the architectural refashioning of eighteenth-century Istanbul
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Published
Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2019].
Status
Central - Adult Nonfiction
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Published
Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2019].
Format
Book
Physical Desc
xi, 324 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (some color) ; 29 cm
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 294-312) and index.
Description
With 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-Ünver Rüstem 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. Rüstem 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 a wealth of primary sources, he demonstrates that this architecture was in its own day lauded by Ottomans and foreigners alike for its fresh, cosmopolitan effect. Purposefully and creatively assimilated, the style's cross-cultural borrowings were combined with Byzantine references that asserted the Ottomans' entitlement to the Classical artistic heritage of Europe. Such aesthetic rebranding was part of a larger endeavor to reaffirm the empire's power at a time of intensified East-West contact, taking its boldest shape in a series of imperial mosques built across the city as landmarks of a state-sponsored idiom. Copiously illustrated and drawing on previously unpublished documents, Ottoman Baroque breaks new ground in our understanding of Islamic visual culture in the modern era and offers a persuasive counterpoint to Eurocentric accounts of global art history. -- from Amazon.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
(2019). Ottoman Baroque: the architectural refashioning of eighteenth-century Istanbul . Princeton University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Rüstem, Ünver. 2019. Ottoman Baroque: The Architectural Refashioning of Eighteenth-century Istanbul. Princeton University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Rüstem, Ünver. Ottoman Baroque: The Architectural Refashioning of Eighteenth-century Istanbul Princeton University Press, 2019.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Rüstem, Ünver. Ottoman Baroque: The Architectural Refashioning of Eighteenth-century Istanbul Princeton University Press, 2019.
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