01596nam a22002177a 450000500170000000800410001702000310005804000160008905000200010510000200012524501000014526400310024530000140027633600260029033700280031633800270034450000370037152009260040865500240133470000200135820251217114717.0251217b        |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a9780755655137c(paperback)  bengcaudAU  aNA1370.W43 2024  4WHARTON, ALYSON  aARCHITECTS OF OTTOMAN CONSTANTINOPLEbTHE BALYAN FAMILY AND THE HISTORY OF OTTOMAN ARCHITECTURE  aLONDONbI B TAURISc©2024  a272 pages  2rdacontentatextbtxt  2rdamediaaunmediatedbn  2rdacarrieravolumebnc  aNOT HANDLED ON AP-RECENT REPRINT  aThe 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 0aPrint books.2local  4WHARTON, ALYSON