Architecture and Material Politics in the Fifteenth-century Ottoman Empire
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- Author: Patricia Blessing, Stanford University, California
- Date Published: August 2022
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- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9781316517604
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In this book, Patricia Blessing explores the emergence of Ottoman architecture in the fifteenth century and its connection with broader geographical contexts. Analyzing how transregional exchange shaped building practices, she examines how workers from Anatolia, the Mediterranean, the Balkans, and Iran and Central Asia participated in key construction projects. She also demonstrates how drawn, scalable models on paper served as templates for architectural decorations and supplemented collaborations that involved the mobility of workers. Blessing reveals how the creation of centralized workshops led to the emergence of a clearly defined imperial Ottoman style by 1500, when the flexibility and experimentation of the preceding century was levelled. Her book radically transforms our understanding of Ottoman architecture by exposing the diverse and fluid nature of its formative period. It also provides the reader with an understanding of design, planning, and construction processes of a major empire of the Islamic world.
Read more- Includes Ottoman architecture in Istanbul, Anatolia, and the Balkans, providing readers with insights into Ottoman architecture in different parts of the Empire
- Analyses how Ottoman construction sites functioned, providing readers with an understanding of design, planning and construction processes in a major empire of the Islamic world
- Includes detailed analysis of buildings, building inscriptions, and poetry, demonstrating to readers how architecture and text were intertwined
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'… extremely learned and scholarly … Recommended.' J. M. Bloom, Choice
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- Date Published: August 2022
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9781316517604
- length: 296 pages
- dimensions: 280 x 223 x 19 mm
- weight: 1.05kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Introduction: Material politics of architecture in a fluid empire
1. Imperial and local horizons: Looking east and west
2. Immersive space: Empire building and the ottoman frontier
3. Under the influence: Creating cosmopolitan architectures
4. Building paradise: Afterlife and dynastic politics
5. An ottoman aesthetic consolidation C. 1500
Conclusion
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