Constantinople: Istanbul's Historical Heritage - Softcover

Yerasimos, Stephane

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0841600627 ISBN 13: 9780841600621

Publisher: H F Ullmann, 2008

Synopsis

This impressive book reveals the inheritance of a fascinating city before the readera??s eyes. Christened a??Constantinoplea?? by Constantine the Great, the city successively served as the capital of the Byzantine and Ottoman empires and commanded a key position between Occident and Orient for more than sixteen centuries. The wealth of cultural treasures that characterise the face of Constantinople today reflects this rich history. The Hagia Sophia stems from the early Christian era; the Middle Ages bequeathed churches and monasteries rich in mosaics as well as illuminated Manuscripts and icons; and the cultural renaissance following the conquest of the city by Mehmed II in 1453 brought magnificent palaces and mosques, calligraphic treasures, and book and mini- ature paintings inspired by Persian and Arabic forms. The buildings of the Ottoman baroque period and nineteenth-century architecture complete the excep- tional cityscape Istanbul boasts today. Richly illustrated and studded with selected literary documents, this book conveys a living experience of Constantinople in all its various aspects.

About this edition

• Publisher: H F Ullmann
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0841600627
• ISBN 13: 9780841600621
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 400