Eine Plattform für die Wissenschaft: Bauingenieurwesen, Architektur und Urbanistik
Eine Plattform für die Wissenschaft: Bauingenieurwesen, Architektur und Urbanistik
“Jeux de miroir”
Architecture of Istanbul and Cairo from Empire to Modernism
This chapter argues that in the centuries following the incorporation of Egypt into the Ottoman Empire, both Cairo and Istanbul remained distinctive but related and, at times, even mirrored each other. For both cities, architecture was a primary symbol of sovereignty. In the sixteenth century the sense of decorum became integral to Ottoman society through the codification of architectural forms under the chief architect Sinan that led to a visual network of relations within Istanbul and between the provinces. Cairo, filled with “many more monumental Islamic structures” than Istanbul, must have played an important role in this and stimulated the creation of an exclusively Istanbulite tradition. The Ottoman imperial buildings in Cairo, commissioned by sultans, governors, and a queen mother emphasized Ottoman majesty while employing a range of Cairene architectural forms and decorations. The connections between the cities were singled out by the seventeenth‐century Ottoman traveler Evliya Celebi as a striking trait of their relationship.
“Jeux de miroir”
Architecture of Istanbul and Cairo from Empire to Modernism
This chapter argues that in the centuries following the incorporation of Egypt into the Ottoman Empire, both Cairo and Istanbul remained distinctive but related and, at times, even mirrored each other. For both cities, architecture was a primary symbol of sovereignty. In the sixteenth century the sense of decorum became integral to Ottoman society through the codification of architectural forms under the chief architect Sinan that led to a visual network of relations within Istanbul and between the provinces. Cairo, filled with “many more monumental Islamic structures” than Istanbul, must have played an important role in this and stimulated the creation of an exclusively Istanbulite tradition. The Ottoman imperial buildings in Cairo, commissioned by sultans, governors, and a queen mother emphasized Ottoman majesty while employing a range of Cairene architectural forms and decorations. The connections between the cities were singled out by the seventeenth‐century Ottoman traveler Evliya Celebi as a striking trait of their relationship.
“Jeux de miroir”
Architecture of Istanbul and Cairo from Empire to Modernism
Flood, Finbarr Barry (Herausgeber:in) / Necipoğlu, Gülru (Herausgeber:in) / Avcıoğlu, Nebahat (Autor:in) / Volait, Mercedes (Autor:in)
A Companion to Islamic Art and Architecture ; 1122-1149
21.08.2017
28 pages
Aufsatz/Kapitel (Buch)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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