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New Architectural Book Title A HISTORYHISTORY OF Ottoman Architecture J. FREELY www.witpress.com A HISTORYHISTORY OF Ottoman Architecture Description: Book Contents: This book, intended for audiences with an interest in • CHAPTER I: The Ottoman • CHAPTER VII: Süleyman architecture, particularly that of the Ottoman Turks, Turks and their Architecture the Magnifi cent and Sinan, the Early Buildings is focused on the history of the extant buildings in the • CHAPTER II: Early Republic of Turkey. The book begins with a brief history Ottoman Architecture in • CHAPTER VIII: of the Ottoman Empire. It proceeds outlining the main North-western Anatolia The Süleymaniye features of Ottoman architecture and includes a biography • CHAPTER III: Ottoman • CHAPTER XIV: Sinan’s of the great Ottoman architect Sinan. Architecture in Turkish Later Works in Istanbul Thrace Successive chapters follow the development of Ottoman • CHAPTER X: Sinan’s architecture, fi rst in Iznik (Nicaea), then in Bursa and • CHAPTER IV: Contemporaries and The Conqueror’s City Successors in the Classical Edirne, the fi rst and second capitals, and fi nally in Tradition Istanbul, the capital from 1453 until 1923. The fi rst of • CHAPTER V: the several chapters on Istanbul describes the rebuilding Topkapi Sarayi • CHAPTER XI: of the city, Greek Constantinople, after its conquest in The Eighteenth Century: • CHAPTER VI: From Classical to Baroque 1454 by Sultan Mehmet II, who began the construction The Emergence of Classical program that created a new Muslim capital. The remaining Ottoman Architecture • CHAPTER XII: chapters follow the development of Ottoman architecture The Last Ottoman Century in Istanbul during the reigns of Mehmet’s successors, Author Biography: particularly Süleyman the Magnifi cent, who with his chief architect Sinan erected the most splendid mosque Born in 1926 in Brooklyn, New York into an Irish family, complexes that still adorn the old city. since 1960 John Freely has lived in Istanbul where he teaches astronomy and history of science in the Physics Department of Bogazici University. Author: JOHN FREELY, Bosphorus University, Istanbul, Turkey A prolifi c author with more than 40 titles on popular travel ISBN: 978-1-84564-506-9 and history books on Istanbul, Athens, Venice, Turkey, eISBN: 978-1-84564-507-6 Greece and the Ottoman Empire to his credit, his latest Pages: 464 book, A History of Ottoman Architecture, is dedicated to Published: March 2011 Godfrey Goodwin, Aptullah Kuran and Hilary Sumner- Price: US$194.00 Boyd, whose seminal writings inspired him to undertake this study of Ottoman Architecture. Order Form PLEASE SEND ME THE FOLLOWING:FOLLOWING: Please add Postage and Packing Per Book: USA = US$11 Canada = US$12 Mexico = US$16 TOTAL Qty Title ISBN P&P Inc. P&P A History of Ottoman 978-1-84564-506-9 Architecture METHOD OF PAYMENT: Name: ............................................. I am enclosing a check made ......................................................... Payable to WIT Press or Organisation: .................................. I wish to pay by: ......................................................... Mastercard Visa Address: .......................................... American Express ......................................................... Card No: ........................................... ......................................................... ........................................................... ......................................................... CVV/CVC Number: ......................... Country: ......................................... (last 3 digit No. on signature strip) Tel: ................................................. Exp. Date: ........................................ E-Mail: ........................................... Signature: .......................................... ......................................................... Date: ................................................. II would like to receive information on new WIT Press titles on: ........................................................................................................................ Tick here if you do not wish to receive further information from WIT Press. PLEASE RETURN YOUR ORDER TO: Linda Ouellette, Customer Service Manager, WIT Press, 25 Bridge Street, Billerica MA 01821, USA Tel: 978 667-5841 Fax: 978 667-7582 E-mail: [email protected] www.witpress.com .