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040			_beng _cau _dAU
049			_aAlfaisal Main Library
050			_aNA1370.W43 2024
100			_4WHARTON, ALYSON
245			_aARCHITECTS OF OTTOMAN CONSTANTINOPLE _bTHE BALYAN FAMILY AND THE HISTORY OF OTTOMAN ARCHITECTURE
264			_aLONDON _bI B TAURIS _c©2024
300			_a272 pages
336			_2rdacontent _atext _btxt
337			_2rdamedia _aunmediated _bn
338			_2rdacarrier _avolume _bnc
500			_aNOT HANDLED ON AP-RECENT REPRINT
520			_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
655		0	_aPrint books. _2local _94
700			_4WHARTON, ALYSON
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