Topkapi Palace: An Illustrated Guide to Its Life and Personalities - Couverture rigide

Goodwin, Godfrey

 
9780863560675: Topkapi Palace: An Illustrated Guide to Its Life and Personalities
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0863560679 ISBN 13 : 9780863560675
Editeur : Saqi Books, 2001

Synopsis

This guide to the palace of the Ottoman sultans in Istanbul takes the reader through all the rooms and gardens which are open to the public - and some that are not. It records the changes that the buildings have suffered through fire, earthquakes and the endless fight for space. Treasures, kaftans and furnishings are discussed as is food and drink. We pass through the Middle Gate and leave the horses neighing behind us. We then enter the courts of the sultan, visiting his Harem, his Throne Room or the private gardens and kiosks of his secret world. But above all, the book is about the thousands who lived in the saray and what they did and feared and saw, whether they were viziers, students or women. It is hoped that this will lead to a deeper understanding of this core of Ottoman life and that readers will meet the ghosts of the humblest and the grandest of the multiture: and, not least, that they will imagine the intense silence of the inner courts broken by the caged songbirds and the cry of the peacock.

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À propos de l?auteur

Godfrey Goodwin, who died in 2005, wrote many books including Topkapi Palace, The Private World of Ottoman Women and Sinan: Ottoman Architecture and its Values Today (all Saqi).

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Éditeur
Saqi Books
Date d'édition
2001
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0863560679
ISBN 13 
9780863560675
Reliure
Relié
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
223
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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