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It was in the late 19th century that the first modern scholarly attempts to define historic Ottoman architecture as a distinctive style or tradition were undertaken. The first work to do so was the Uṣūl-i Mi'marī-i Osmānī ("Fundamentals of Ottoman Architecture"), published in 1873 simultaneously in Ottoman Turkish, French, and German. [139]
From the 18th century onward, European influences were thus introduced into Ottoman architecture as the Ottoman Empire itself became more open to outside influences. [ 114 ] [ 83 ] The period saw significant influence from the French Rococo style (part of the wider Baroque style ) that emerged around this time under the reign of Louis XV . [ 115 ]
By the 19th century, European-style motifs were directly incorporated into Ottoman decoration and European techniques such as trompe-l'œil were introduced. Compared to earlier Seljuk decoration, stone carving occupied a more subtle role in Ottoman architecture.
Ottoman Baroque architecture, also known as Turkish Baroque, [1] [2] was a period in Ottoman architecture in the 18th century and early 19th century which was influenced by European Baroque architecture.
The Kavala Imaret (Greek: Ιμαρέτ της Καβάλας) is a külliye (a type of Ottoman charitable foundation) founded by Muhammad Ali Pasha in the early 19th century, in what it was then the Ottoman Empire. The complex is located in the old town of Kavala, in the region of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece. Since 2004, the monument ...
After the 17th century, Ottoman architecture was increasingly open to outside influences. Shifts during the Tulip Period were followed by the appearance of the Ottoman Baroque style in the 1740s. [ 20 ] [ 21 ] In the 19th century, Western European influences increased and architects such as the Balyans produced eclectic works like the luxurious ...
In the 19th century, under the de facto independent rule of Muhammad Ali and his successors, Ottoman Baroque and contemporary late Ottoman Westernizing decoration was conspicuously employed in new buildings, including the Mosque of Muhammad Ali, built between 1830 and 1848 in the Citadel.
After Ottoman domination was established over present-day Tunisia and Algeria in the 16th century, this local architecture was blended with contemporary Ottoman architecture. [250] Tunisia and Algeria, as separate provinces that eventually became semi-autonomous in the later 17th century, each developed local flavours of this mix.