Main entry:

Barillari, Diana.

Title & Author:

Istanbul 1900 : art nouveau architecture and interiors / Diana Barillari, Ezio Godoli.

Publication:

New York : Rizzoli, 1996.

Description:

228 pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm

Notes:
Translated from the original version of the same name.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-226).
Pierre Loti, Claude Farrere and Art Nouveau in Istanbul -- The 19th-Century Renewal of Istanbul -- The Presence of Western Architects in Istanbul -- The Training of Architects in Istanbul -- Art Nouveau and the First Turkish National Style -- Orientalism in the Architecture of Istanbul in the Second Half of the 19th Century -- "L'Architecture Ottomane": Getting Away from Europe -- Developments in Neo-Ottoman Architecture in the Work of Alexandre Vallaury -- Raimondo D'Aronco: Restoration and Experiments with the Islamic-Ottoman Architectural Language -- Raimondo D'Aronco's Buildings and Projects for the Yildiz Complex -- The Early 1900s: The Triumph of Art Nouveau -- Architecture and "Spirit of the Place": Reflections on Ottoman Themes -- Villa Design: Modernising the Tradition -- Classical Epilogue -- The Architect's Profession in Istanbul During the Art Nouveau Years -- Art Nouveau Architecture in Pera and Galata -- Some of the Main Art Nouveau Architects in Istanbul.
Translated from the Italian.
Dust jacket.

Summary:

This fascinating book reveals the intricate legacy of art-nouveau-style architecture and design in Istanbul, its Islamic roots in that city, and the European and Turkish architects and theorists who influenced its controversial voice. Three hundred illustrations, mostly in color, present evidence of the art-nouveau designs of the past, and the face of the city today.
The mid-nineteenth century in Istanbul was a time of vast reforms and a determined desire to adapt urban life to western standards. Fire-control reforms caused a municipal preference for masonry buildings over the traditional wooden ones, and the importation of English, French, Italian, and German architects to build in the unfamiliar material.
The result was a western cultural colonization and the introduction of art-nouveau style, followed by a backlash of nationalism and the development of the "first Turkish national style" of architecture.
This thoughtful text considers the cultural and political implications of art-nouveau in Istanbul. How can the negative effects of imported cultural hegemony be reconciled with the fundamental western contribution to the nineteenth-century Ottoman revival? How far-reaching was the design influence of foreigners such as Raimondo D'Aronco, perhaps the most original interpreter of art-nouveau in Istanbul?
How much influence did European ideas have on national style architects such as Kemaleddin Bey and Vedat Tek? Istanbul 1900 is the first visual and historical study of the development of art-nouveau architecture, and places Istanbul among Paris, Brussels, and Vienna as one of the great capitals of the style. New photographs and previously unpublished drawings and plans present the opulent homes and palaces along the Bosphorus, and throughout the city, in stunning detail.

ISBN:

0847819892 (hc)
9780847819898 (hc)

Subject:

Art nouveau (Architecture) Turkey Istanbul.
Eclecticism in architecture Turkey Istanbul.
Interior decoration Turkey Istanbul.
Decoration and ornament Art nouveau Influence.
Art nouveau (Architecture) Turquie İstanbul.
Éclectisme en architecture Turquie İstanbul.
Décoration intérieure Turquie İstanbul.
Décoration et ornement Art nouveau Influence.
Art nouveau (Architecture)
Buildings.
Eclecticism in architecture.
Interior decoration.
Architektur
Innenarchitektur
Art nouveau.
Bouwkunst.
Interieurs.
Istanbul (Turkey) Buildings, structures, etc.
Turkey Istanbul.
Istanbul

Added entries:

Godoli, Ezio.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 126249
Call No.: ID NA1370.B3; ID:97-B1013
Status: Available