ARCHITECTS OF OTTOMAN CONSTANTINOPLE THE BALYAN FAMILY AND THE HISTORY OF OTTOMAN ARCHITECTURE
LONDON I B TAURIS ©2024Description: 272 pagesContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780755655137
- NA1370.W43 2024
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| NA1363 .B49 2014 Rebuilding Anatolia after the Mongol conquest : | NA1368 .B69 2001 Modernism and nation building : | NA1370 .R88 2019 Ottoman Baroque : | NA1370.W43 2024 ARCHITECTS OF OTTOMAN CONSTANTINOPLE THE BALYAN FAMILY AND THE HISTORY OF OTTOMAN ARCHITECTURE | NA1373.E55 J63 2013 Emre Arolat Architects : | NA1375 .C87 2010 Architecture in the Balkans from Diocletian to Süleyman the Magnificent / | NA1455 .B442 M569 2018 Architectural guide : |
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The Balyan family were a dynasty of architects, builders and property owners who acted as the official architects to the Ottoman Sultans throughout the 18th and 19th centuries. Originally Armenian, the family is responsible for some of the most famous Ottoman buildings in existence, many of which are regarded as masterpieces of their period - including the Dolmabahçe Palace (built between 1843 and 1856), parts of the Topkap? Palace, the Ç?ra'an Palace and the Ortaköy Mosque. Forging a unique style based around European contemporary architecture but with distinctive Ottoman flourishes, the family is an integral part of Ottoman history. As Alyson Wharton's beautifully illustrated book reveals, the Balyan's own history, of falling in and out of favour with increasingly autocratic Sultans, serves as a record of courtly power in the Ottoman era and is uniquely intertwined with the history of Istanbul itself