Architecture, Ceremonial, and Power: The Topkapi Palace in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries
(Part of the Architectural History Foundation Books Series)
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Today the Topkapi Palace in Istanbul seems a haphazard aggregate of modest buildings no longer capable of conveying imperial power. Yet it is one of the most celebrated of all Islamic palaces. Gulru Necipoglu brings together largely unpublished sources, both written and visual, along with information derived from the architectural remains to uncover the processes through which the meaning of the palace was once produced. She relocates the Topkapi...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0262140500
ISBN13:9780262140508
Release Date:January 1992
Publisher:MIT Press (MA)
Length:336 Pages
Weight:2.95 lbs.
Dimensions:1.1" x 8.3" x 10.3"
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