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Item Number: 121195
Title: Topkapi
Author: Caqman, Filiz
Price: Not Available
ISBN: 9781857597691
Description: London: Scala, 2012. 26cm., pbk., 128pp. illus. Summary : Topkapi is a beautifully produced, compelling guide to Istanbul's most famous museum and historical site. The book provides a comprehensive account of the history and architecture of the palace of the Ottoman sultans and a unique view of the life and ceremony of its residents. Includes lavish illustrations with newly commissioned photographs and historic miniatures, paintings and engravings. Following his capture of Constantinople in 1453, the Ottoman sultan Mehmed the Conqueror constructed a palace, Topkapi Sarayi, at the most commanding site in his new capital. The complex of buildings, pavilions, gardens and parks that comprised this majestic residence was reconstructed and augmented over time by Mehmed's successors. Besides the private quarters of the sultans, princes and women of the court, Topkapi also housed the Ottoman Empire's supreme executive and judicial council, the Divan, and other governmental offices. For more than four centuries, it was the seat of imperial power and symbolised the grandeur and might of the Ottoman dynasty. Today, Topkapi Sarayi is one of the world's preeminent museums. This new guide to Topkapi describes in detail the planning, architecture and history of this magnificent complex and also depicts the daily functions, complex ritual and official pageantry that characterized the multifaceted social life of the palace and its inhabitants. (^Available October 2012^)
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