The image of an Ottoman city : : imperial architecture and urban experience in Aleppo in the 16th and 17th centuries / / by Heghnar Zeitlian Watenpaugh.

• Superior document: The Ottoman Empire and its heritage, v. 33
• Author: Watenpaugh, Heghnar Zeitlian.
• Year of Publication: 2004
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Ottoman Empire and its heritage ; v. 33.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (346 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

This urban and architectural study of Aleppo, a center of early modern global trade, draws upon archival and narrative texts, architectural evidence, and contemporary theoretical discussions of the relation between imperial ideology, urban patterns and rituals, and architectural form. The first two centuries of Ottoman rule fostered tremendous urban development and reorientation through judiciously sited acts of patronage. Monumental structures endowed by Ottoman officials both introduced a new imperial architecture from Istanbul and incorporated formal elements from the local urban visual language. By viewing the urban and social contexts of these acts, tracing their evolution over two centuries, and examining their discussion in Ottoman and Arabic sources, this book proposes a new model for understanding the local reception and adaptation of imperial forms, institutions and norms.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations; Abbreviations and Frequently Cited Sources; Note on Dates and Transliteration; Acknowledgments; Chapter One Introduction; Chapter Two The Aleppine Context; Chapter Three The Construction of a Monumental Corridor: The Great Complexes of the Sixteenth Century; Chapter Four The Decentering of Patronage: Dervish Lodges and Endowments of the Seventeenth Century; Chapter Five The Ottomanization of the Past; Chapter Six The Image of an Ottoman City; Chapter Seven Epilogue; Glossary; Bibliography; Index