The City's Pleasures
Subtitle: Istanbul in the Eighteenth Century (Publications on the Near East, University of Washington)
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Published: July 15, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9780295986678
Subjects: Architecture; Asian studies; Poetry texts & anthologies; History Of Architecture; History Of Individual Cities; History; History - General History; History: World; Turkey; History - General; Middle East - Turkey; Middle Eastern; History / Middle East; Middle East studies; history; architecture; Middle East - General; 18th century; Istanbul (Turkey)
Description: "The City's Pleasures is the first historical investigation of the tremendous changes that affected the fabric and architecture of Istanbul in the century that followed the decisive return of the Ottoman court to the capital in 1703." "Examining novel forms, spaces, and decorative vocabularies; changing patterns of patronage; and new patterns of architectural perception, The City's Pleasures shows how these exposed and reinforced the internal dynamics that were played out between a society in flux and a state anxious to recreate an idea system of social hierarchies."--Jacket.