An armchair traveller's history of Istanbul : city of forgetting and remembering / / Richard Tillinghast

• Autore: Tillinghast Richard
• Pubblicazione: London, [England] : , : Armchair Traveller at the bookHaus, , 2012; ©2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (368 p.)
• Disciplina: 914.9618044
• Soggetto geografico: Istanbul (Turkey) History; Istanbul (Turkey) Description and travel; Istanbul (Turkey) Guidebooks
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: ""An Armchair Travellerâ€?s History of Istanbul""; ""Contents""; ""Part I: Arrival""; ""1. First Impressions""; ""2. Istanbul and Constantinople""; ""3. Istanbul As It Used To Be""; ""4. Neighbourhoods""; ""5. TuÌ?rkÃe""; ""Part II: Roman and Byzantine Constantinople""; ""6. Constantine the Great""; ""7. Justinian and Theodora: A walk through imperial Constantinople""; ""8. The Holy City""; ""9. Looking at Byzantine Art""; ""10. Haghia Sophia and Ayasofya""; ""Part III: Ottoman Istanbul""; ""11. Mehmed the Conqueror""; ""12. Mehmed the Conqueror and Gentile Bellini""
• Sommario/riassunto: The great crossroads, Istanbul has absorbed several millennia of different influences; it is both modern and ancient, fluid and constant. Standing at the crossroads of Europe and Asia, Istanbul is a tapestry of the different cultures and ideas that have shaped it over time. It has seen merchants, travelers, different religions, and politics all stamp their mark. Richard Tillinghast has watched the city evolve and he beautifully evokes its many distinct neighborhoods. Richard Tillinghast is the author of Finding Ireland: A Poet's Explorations of Irish Literature and Culture (2009).
• Titolo autorizzato: An armchair traveller's history of Istanbul
• ISBN: 1-907822-50-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910787684503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Armchair Traveller