Research Article

A Witness from the 18th Century: The Culture and Art Environment of Ottoman Cities in the Letters of Lady Montagu

Number: 18 July 29, 2022
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A Witness from the 18th Century: The Culture and Art Environment of Ottoman Cities in the Letters of Lady Montagu

Abstract

This article aims to analyze the architectural and artistic environment in the Ottoman cities based on the letters of Lady Mary Montagu, who came to the Ottoman capital for her husband’s diplomatic mission in the early eighteenth century. For this purpose, information on the state’s political relations and social structure in the years when Lady Montagu was in the Ottoman lands were presented (1717-1718). Lady Mary Montagu’s letters were written differently than the pilgrims who had come to the Ottoman lands in previous years. It is seen that different kinds of subjects such as Ottoman society, women, clothing and apparel, harem, religious rituals, daily life, smallpox vaccine and architectural texture of cities were included in the letters. Thus, letters have been the subject of various studies. Lady Montagu devoted some of her letters to the architectural structures and interior decorations she observed in Istanbul and Edirne. The depictions of flowers and fruit for interior decorations of lodging and houses are some of the characteristic decorations of civil architectural works of the time. In addition, Lady Montagu’s depictions from the beginning of the eighteenth century also provide information about some of the architectural works that have not survived to the present day. Martyr Ali Pasha Mansion is one of the works seen by Lady Montagu herself but not present today.

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Primary Language

English

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Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

July 29, 2022

Submission Date

January 31, 2022

Acceptance Date

July 28, 2022

Published in Issue

Year 2022 Number: 18

APA
Atak, E., & Ayhan Atak, G. (2022). A Witness from the 18th Century: The Culture and Art Environment of Ottoman Cities in the Letters of Lady Montagu. Art-Sanat, 18, 33-57. https://izlik.org/JA85ZJ44WN
AMA
1.Atak E, Ayhan Atak G. A Witness from the 18th Century: The Culture and Art Environment of Ottoman Cities in the Letters of Lady Montagu. Art-Sanat. 2022;(18):33-57. https://izlik.org/JA85ZJ44WN
Chicago
Atak, Erkan, and Göksevi Ayhan Atak. 2022. “A Witness from the 18th Century: The Culture and Art Environment of Ottoman Cities in the Letters of Lady Montagu”. Art-Sanat, nos. 18: 33-57. https://izlik.org/JA85ZJ44WN.
EndNote
Atak E, Ayhan Atak G (July 1, 2022) A Witness from the 18th Century: The Culture and Art Environment of Ottoman Cities in the Letters of Lady Montagu. Art-Sanat 18 33–57.
IEEE
[1]E. Atak and G. Ayhan Atak, “A Witness from the 18th Century: The Culture and Art Environment of Ottoman Cities in the Letters of Lady Montagu”, Art-Sanat, no. 18, pp. 33–57, July 2022, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA85ZJ44WN
ISNAD
Atak, Erkan - Ayhan Atak, Göksevi. “A Witness from the 18th Century: The Culture and Art Environment of Ottoman Cities in the Letters of Lady Montagu”. Art-Sanat. 18 (July 1, 2022): 33-57. https://izlik.org/JA85ZJ44WN.
JAMA
1.Atak E, Ayhan Atak G. A Witness from the 18th Century: The Culture and Art Environment of Ottoman Cities in the Letters of Lady Montagu. Art-Sanat. 2022;:33–57.
MLA
Atak, Erkan, and Göksevi Ayhan Atak. “A Witness from the 18th Century: The Culture and Art Environment of Ottoman Cities in the Letters of Lady Montagu”. Art-Sanat, no. 18, July 2022, pp. 33-57, https://izlik.org/JA85ZJ44WN.
Vancouver
1.Erkan Atak, Göksevi Ayhan Atak. A Witness from the 18th Century: The Culture and Art Environment of Ottoman Cities in the Letters of Lady Montagu. Art-Sanat [Internet]. 2022 Jul. 1;(18):33-57. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA85ZJ44WN