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Léon Parvillée’s Architecture et décoration turque au XVe siècle was one of many 19th-century luxury publications that can be considered in the context of design reform in industrial arts. The work was of interest both in Europe, for design pedagogy and orientalizing style, as well as in the Ottoman state, for the revitalization of Ottoman ceramics. The book is also a testimony to the endeavour to define a national ‘Ottoman’ or ‘Turkish’ style (see Graves, 2021, pp. 28–29).
The content of the book is based on Parvillée’s work in Bursa, where in 1863 he joined the restoration works on 14th- and 15th-century mosques… Plus
Léon Parvillée’s Architecture et décoration turque au XVe siècle was one of many 19th-century luxury publications that can be considered in the context of design reform in industrial arts. The work was of interest both in Europe, for design pedagogy and orientalizing style, as well as in the Ottoman state, for the revitalization of Ottoman ceramics. The book is also a testimony to the endeavour to define a national ‘Ottoman’ or ‘Turkish’ style (see Graves, 2021, pp. 28–29).
The content of the book is based on Parvillée’s work in Bursa, where in 1863 he joined the restoration works on 14th- and 15th-century mosques. In Parvillée’s drawings, slight traces of damage are depicted, thus the monuments of Bursa are shown neither in their ideal state of completion in the 15th century, nor after the restoration in the 19th century (see Roberts/Williams, 2021, pp. 19–20). However, the ruinous state of the monuments in 1862 is never illustrated, but only described by Parvillée (1874, pp. 14–15). The exterior view of the Yeşil Türbe (Green Tomb) (pl. 29) has a picturesque character, as it shows remnants of Ottoman civilization without a trace of contemporary architecture, social life, or restoration works (see Roberts/Williams, 2021, pp. 21–22).
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1874
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