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- PublisherYapı-Endüstri Merkezi Yayınları
- Publication date2000
- ISBN 10 9757438855
- ISBN 13 9789757438854
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages216
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Fountains in Ottoman Istanbul.
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Yapi Endüstri Merkezi Yayinlari, Istanbul, 2000
ISBN 10: 9757438855
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Soft cover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. Paperback. Pbo. Oblong large 8vo. (24 x 22 cm). In English. 216 p. Color ills. Many excellent studies of the fountains of Istanbul have been carried out in the past, and these provide valuable documentation and inventories of the city's fountains which are disappearing steadily one by oneo complement its predecessors by encompassing all the fountains built in the Ottoman Empire's last capital between the fifteenth and twenthieth centuries, presented in chronogical order, in the framework of a consistent typological analysis, and accompanied by photographs, drawings and other available visual documentation. The authors examine changes in style in Ottoman architecture over these five centuries in the context of fountains, so contributing not only to literature specifically on the subject of fountains, but also to the evolution of the Ottoman architectural identity, thereby filling an serious gap in literature on the subject. Seller Inventory # 026092
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Fountains in Ottoman Istanbul.
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Yapi Endüstri Merkezi Yayinlari, Istanbul, 2000
ISBN 10: 9757438855
ISBN 13: 9789757438854
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Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Paperback. Pbo. Oblong large 8vo. (24 x 22 cm). In English. 216 p. Color ills. Many excellent studies of the fountains of Istanbul have been carried out in the past, and these provide valuable documentation and inventories of the city's fountains which are disappearing steadily one by oneo complement its predecessors by encompassing all the fountains built in the Ottoman Empire's last capital between the fifteenth and twenthieth centuries, presented in chronogical order, in the framework of a consistent typological analysis, and accompanied by photographs, drawings and other available visual documentation. The authors examine changes in style in Ottoman architecture over these five centuries in the context of fountains, so contributing not only to literature specifically on the subject of fountains, but also to the evolution of the Ottoman architectural identity, thereby filling an serious gap in literature on the subject. Seller Inventory # 022316
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Soft cover. Condition: New. KARA PILEHVARIAN, NURAN - NUR URFALIOGLU - LUTFI YAZICIOGLU Fountains in Ottoman Istanbul. Istanbul: Yapi Endustri Merkezi Yayinlari, 2000. Oblong 4to., 216 p., color and b/w ills. Paperback. New ISBN: 9789757438854 CATALOG: Architecture & Urban studies KEYWORDS: Fountain Istanbul - Constantinople Architecture Ottoman architecture Turkish architecture water Endowing money for the construction of a fountain and a water supply line to it was an act of piety which played an important role in Ottoman life. Hardly a sultan, sultan's mother, sultan's daughter, grand vezir, or other august personage did not endow a fountain in expression of their economic, social and political standing, and fountains became an important part of the architectural tradition. Fountains were decorative features of both outdoor public spaces like squares, and intimate indoor spaces in private dwellings, and they reflected the architectural taste and styles of their time. Surviving documents show that in the sixteenth century in particular the Ottoman government favoured supplying public fountains rather than private homes with mains water. This made the local fountain an indispensable focal point of every neighbourhood. In these introverted neighbourhoods, with their wooden houses with jettied upper storeys, deadend streets, and lanes reflecting their organic evolution, the fountain shaped their unique character. The human scale organic streets wound and turned their way to the mosque square, which was always characterised by a fountain as well as a coffee house and spreading plane tree casting welcome shade. In Istanbul, as in every Turkish city in the past, the local fountain was a hub of social intercourse. Istanbul was never at any time a city with abundant water sources close at hand, but from the sixteenth century onwards, as the water system was improved and extended, the government began to permit water to be piped into private mansions in the city and along the Istanbul Strait. The luxury of piped mains water was a privilege requiring a royal patent, and ordinary people were still largely dependent on neighbourhood public fountains for their water, augmented by that obtained from wells and cisterns. Seller Inventory # 2141
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