Architecture and material politics in the fifteenth-century Ottoman empire / Patricia Blessing, Princeton University.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Blessing, Patricia, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architecture, Ottoman--History--To 1500.

Architecture, Ottoman.

Architecture and society--Turkey--History--To 1500.

Architecture and society.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 284 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2022.

System Details:

Mode of Access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Imperial and local horizons : looking east and west

Immersive space : empire building and the Ottoman frontier

Under the influence : creating cosmopolitan architectures

Building paradise : afterlife and dynastic politics

An Ottoman aesthetic : consolidation circa 1500.

Notes:

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Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9781009042727 (ebook)

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.