The Accidental Palace : The Making of Yıldız in Nineteenth-Century Istanbul /

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This book tells the story of Yıldız Palace in Istanbul, the last and largest imperial residential complex of the Ottoman Empire. Today, the palace is physically fragmented and has been all but erased from Istanbul's urban memory. At its peak, however, Yıldız was a global city in miniature and t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Türker, Deniz (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2023]
Colección:Buildings, landscapes, and societies.
Temas:
Abdülhamid > II, > Sultan of the Turks, > 1842-1918 > Palaces.
Yıldız Sarayı (Istanbul, Turkey) > History.
1800-1899
Architecture, Ottoman > Turkey > Istanbul > History > 19th century.
Palaces > Landscape architecture > Turkey > Istanbul > History > 19th century.
Royal gardens > Turkey > Istanbul > History > 19th century.
ARCHITECTURE / History / Romanticism.
Architecture, Ottoman.
Royal gardens.
Turkey > Istanbul.
Islamic art & architecture.
Ottoman art & architecture.
Ottoman palaces.
Tanzimat.
Yıldız.
chalets and cottages.
empire and representation.
garden and landscape studies.
gender and representation.
global architecture.
history of prefabrication.
nineteenth-century photography and the Middle East.
Electronic books.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Notes on Transliterations and Translations
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1 Sultan Abdülhamid II's Yıldız Palace
  • Chapter 2 Yıldız Kiosk and the Queen Mothers
  • Chapter 3 Yıldız and Its Gardeners
  • Chapter 4 The Architecture of Yıldız Mountain
  • Chapter 5 The Last Photograph Album of the Hamidian Palace
  • Coda: Palace Mosque, Palace Theater
  • Notes
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index

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