Paolo Girardelli
Professor of art and architectural history, based at Boğaziçi University since 2000, working on visual and spatial history of the Eastern Mediterranean and Levantine/European presence in the late Ottoman world.
Address: Istanbul, Turkey
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Değişen Dini Manzaralar: 18. ve 19. Yüzyıllarda Pera ve Galata'daki Katolik Topografyası
İstanbul'daki Latin anıtlarının mimari ve toplumsal varlığı, birbirine bağlı tarihsel olgulardır. Geç Bizans döneminde, Cenevizlilerin ekonomik önderliği sayesinde, Galata'daki Latin anıtları oldukça görkemli ve İtalyan Orta Çağ kentlerine benzer bir manzara oluştururken, kentin Osmanlılar tarafından fethinden sonra Latin nüfusun azalmasıyla bir marjinalleşme ve direniş süreci başlamıştır. Öte yandan, 17. ve özellikle 18. yüzyıldan itibaren büyümeye başlayan Ermeni Katolik cemaati sayesinde, Katolik yapılar ve toplumsal yaşam yeni bir evreye girmiştir. 19. yüzyılda ise, Avrupa güçlerinin desteğiyle, Pera'daki en prestijli mekânlara Katolik bir imge damga vurmuştur. Paolo Girardelli bu konuşmasında özelikle 18. ve 19. yüzyılda gerçekleşen değişim dinamiklerini ele alırken, Katolik kimliğinin Pera'nın toplumsal ve mimari manzaralarıyla nasıl birleşmiş olduğunu gösterecek.
Changing Religious Landscapes: A Catholic Topography of Pera during the 18th and 19th Centuries
Latin architectural heritage and Catholic communities in Istanbul are clearly intertwined historical realities. During the late Byzantine period, the Genoese economic leadership rendered the landscape of Galata similar to that of many Italian medieval towns. After the Ottoman conquest, with a substantial decrease of the number of Catholics, the Latin landmarks entered a phase of marginalization, and struggle for survival.
On the other hand, Armenian conversions to Catholicism during the 17th and especially the 18th century, encouraged the formation of a new Catholic landscape along the Grande Rue de Pera. This new trend was to reach its peak with the backing of the European powers in the 19th century. In this talk, Paolo Girardelli addresses the dynamics of social and cultural change that, taking place especially in the 18th and 19th centuries, left a durable imprint on what is probably the most contested and diverse part of Istanbul.
Grounded on a flexible notion of identitarian boundaries, the book explores a rich transcultural field of encounters and interactions, analyzed and evaluated by scholars from six different countries on the basis of hitherto uncovered archival materials. Forms, ideas, individual mobility of actors and materials, networks of patronage, material and political constraints, as well as religious and cultural difference all play a significant role in shaping the landscapes, buildings and architectural projects presented and discussed here. From late 18th and early 19th century experiences of interaction between neo-classical backgrounds and westernizing Ottoman forms to the Italian proposals for a Turkish republican iconic landmark like the Ataturk mausoleum in Ankara; from the design of the first Ottoman university building to Ottoman varieties of Art Nouveau and Art Deco, and to the infrastructures and urban developments of the 1950s in Turkey, the book is both a richly illustrated and documented overview of relevant cases, and a critical introduction to one of the most enticing areas of encounter in the global history of 19th and 20th century architecture and design.
http://journals.openedition.org/abe/3706
http://abe.revues.org/2959
and these are the guidelines for the submission:
http://abe.revues.org/302
The call is also available from the website of SAH:
http://www.sah.org/jobs-and-careers/recent-opportunities/2016/12/09/default-calendar/cfp-abe-journal---architecture-beyond-europe-issue-12-the-space-of-diplomacy.-design-and-beyond
ABE – Architecture Beyond Europe is a scholarly, blind peer-reviewed journal, supported by the French CNRS and dedicated to the study of 19th- and 20th-century architecture and urbanism outside of Europe. It focuses primarily on the transfers, adaptations and appropriations of forms, technologies, models and doctrines across cultural and national boundaries.
Değişen Dini Manzaralar: 18. ve 19. Yüzyıllarda Pera ve Galata'daki Katolik Topografyası
İstanbul'daki Latin anıtlarının mimari ve toplumsal varlığı, birbirine bağlı tarihsel olgulardır. Geç Bizans döneminde, Cenevizlilerin ekonomik önderliği sayesinde, Galata'daki Latin anıtları oldukça görkemli ve İtalyan Orta Çağ kentlerine benzer bir manzara oluştururken, kentin Osmanlılar tarafından fethinden sonra Latin nüfusun azalmasıyla bir marjinalleşme ve direniş süreci başlamıştır. Öte yandan, 17. ve özellikle 18. yüzyıldan itibaren büyümeye başlayan Ermeni Katolik cemaati sayesinde, Katolik yapılar ve toplumsal yaşam yeni bir evreye girmiştir. 19. yüzyılda ise, Avrupa güçlerinin desteğiyle, Pera'daki en prestijli mekânlara Katolik bir imge damga vurmuştur. Paolo Girardelli bu konuşmasında özelikle 18. ve 19. yüzyılda gerçekleşen değişim dinamiklerini ele alırken, Katolik kimliğinin Pera'nın toplumsal ve mimari manzaralarıyla nasıl birleşmiş olduğunu gösterecek.
Changing Religious Landscapes: A Catholic Topography of Pera during the 18th and 19th Centuries
Latin architectural heritage and Catholic communities in Istanbul are clearly intertwined historical realities. During the late Byzantine period, the Genoese economic leadership rendered the landscape of Galata similar to that of many Italian medieval towns. After the Ottoman conquest, with a substantial decrease of the number of Catholics, the Latin landmarks entered a phase of marginalization, and struggle for survival.
On the other hand, Armenian conversions to Catholicism during the 17th and especially the 18th century, encouraged the formation of a new Catholic landscape along the Grande Rue de Pera. This new trend was to reach its peak with the backing of the European powers in the 19th century. In this talk, Paolo Girardelli addresses the dynamics of social and cultural change that, taking place especially in the 18th and 19th centuries, left a durable imprint on what is probably the most contested and diverse part of Istanbul.
Grounded on a flexible notion of identitarian boundaries, the book explores a rich transcultural field of encounters and interactions, analyzed and evaluated by scholars from six different countries on the basis of hitherto uncovered archival materials. Forms, ideas, individual mobility of actors and materials, networks of patronage, material and political constraints, as well as religious and cultural difference all play a significant role in shaping the landscapes, buildings and architectural projects presented and discussed here. From late 18th and early 19th century experiences of interaction between neo-classical backgrounds and westernizing Ottoman forms to the Italian proposals for a Turkish republican iconic landmark like the Ataturk mausoleum in Ankara; from the design of the first Ottoman university building to Ottoman varieties of Art Nouveau and Art Deco, and to the infrastructures and urban developments of the 1950s in Turkey, the book is both a richly illustrated and documented overview of relevant cases, and a critical introduction to one of the most enticing areas of encounter in the global history of 19th and 20th century architecture and design.
http://journals.openedition.org/abe/3706
http://abe.revues.org/2959
and these are the guidelines for the submission:
http://abe.revues.org/302
The call is also available from the website of SAH:
http://www.sah.org/jobs-and-careers/recent-opportunities/2016/12/09/default-calendar/cfp-abe-journal---architecture-beyond-europe-issue-12-the-space-of-diplomacy.-design-and-beyond
ABE – Architecture Beyond Europe is a scholarly, blind peer-reviewed journal, supported by the French CNRS and dedicated to the study of 19th- and 20th-century architecture and urbanism outside of Europe. It focuses primarily on the transfers, adaptations and appropriations of forms, technologies, models and doctrines across cultural and national boundaries.
Conoscere, Interpretare, Diffondere: La circolazione nella cultura architettonica mediterranea tra XVII e XVIII secolo.
Convegno Internazionale
Dipartimento di Storia, Disegno e Restauro dell’Architettura, Sapienza Università di Roma
15-16 settembre 2021
ABSTRACT
After tracing concisely the origins of diplomatic architecture in Beyoğlu, this lecture will overview the changing image, perceptions and meanings of the Palais the France in a broader history of cultural encounters and geo-political developments, over the XVIII and XIX centuries. Comparing the evolution of the French embassy with other European and Ottoman landmarks in this context, will also allow to reconsider the importance of diplomatic architecture as a form of trans-national heritage, that should be preserved and valorized through collaborative efforts.
In this lecture, Paolo Girardelli will explore and contextualize the manifold visual and environmental consequences of this change in status. In the late Ottoman period, a spectacular development of new architectural landmarks turned gradually the channel into the only urban space in Istanbul comparable to a large Baroque boulevard: a stage for social rituals and display of status, but also an assertion of ownership and control, vis-à-vis the new challenges and the exposure to international traffic. Imperial pavilions, fortifications, and later the main sultanic palaces of the Ottoman household, were flanked by the summer residences of the foreign embassies. In time, diplomacy and international relations, contrasting pressures and claims, would recast the image of the Bosphorus as a cosmopolitan, living representation of geo-political change.
Tuesday, May 28, 2019
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Asia Pacific Canter - UCLA
Bunche Hall 10383
After the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople, the new rulers initiated an overall redevelopment of the urban and social structure of the city. In this transformation, the Genoese walled district of Pera or Galata (today Beyoğlu) beyond the Golden Horn also changed its social composition and architectural image.
The famous Galata tower, whose silhouette figures today in the logo of the municipality of Beyoglu, was repaired, enlarged and partly rebuilt several times, acquiring its characteristic image only after the fire of 1831. The Genoese walls, in place until 1863, came to shelter also a large number of Muslim inhabitants, while mosques and other structures catering to the Islamic society (but also in part to others) were built: a bedesten (covered market), schools, fountains, baths, and the seat of the kadı or judge. Elements of a new urban landscape (the embassies, the main artery or Grand Rue de Pera, the churches, new house and apartment buildings) clustered beyond the walls, and also changed their image and place according to evolving social and political dynamics.
Rather than functioning as a special enclave or concession, Pera/Beyoğlu became a typical Ottoman settlement inhabited by many of the social and ethno-religious groups of the empire: Christians, Muslims and Jews, with the only difference that a stronger Catholic and European presence was concentrated here. While until the 18th century these communities lived in a social and architectural landscape that conformed to the dominant Ottoman standards, in the 19th century the growing political and economic power of certain groups (especially European, Greek-Orthodox and Armenian-Catholic), produced the new image of Beyoglu, often described and assessed as "cosmopolitan".
This lecture complements Dr. Mabi Angar's invited talk on "Pera Bella. The Genoese Settlement on the Bosporus" (Boğaziçi University, October 2017) , focussed on the late Medieval period. It explores the manifold manifestations that "cosmopolitanism" acquired at Pera, its roots in the plural Ottoman social structure, its connections with changing power balances and international relations.
http://www.huizingainstituut.nl/lecture-paolo-girardelli-bogazici-university-istanbul/
http://www.lepetitjournal.com/istanbul/societe/rencontres/197112-interview-le-palais-de-france-et-son-histoire-temoin-des-relations-franco-turques
My (humble) contribution to the first of the two volumes is the translation documents from the archives of Propaganda Fide, related to the Catholics in Istanbul in the 17th century.
You can register here to attend:
https://ucdavis.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJErceCsqD0jHtKSlBGrLS0bFh8afQHCdE0h
structures symbolizes the relationship between two countries, but also
their positioning in a global landscape of perceptions and
representations. Starting from the district of diplomacy in Ankara,
and the project by Paolo Caccia Dominioni for the Italian Embassy
(whose construction began 80 years ago), this conference reflects on the spatial dimension of diplomacy, and
opens a debate on the role of architecture in pursuing international dialogue.
Organized by the Department of Architecture of METU, under the auspices of the Italian
Embassy in Ankara, the event also presents the last issue of the
open-acces journal Architecture beyond Europe (n. 12, 2017), devoted
to "The Space of Diplomacy: Design and Beyond", and guest-edited by Paolo Girardelli.
The journal can be accessed at:
https://journals.openedition.org/abe/3706
Kitabın sunumu, eserin eş-editörü Paolo Girardelli (Boğaziçi Üniversitesi Tarih Bölümü'nde profesör ve ICOMOS İtalya üyesi) tarafından yapılacaktır. Ekteki programda belirtilen ve eserde makaleleri yer alan konuklar da konuşmacı olarak etkinliğe katılacaklardır.
Sanat tarihçisi, VEKAM müdürü ve Koç Üniversitesi öğretim üyesi Prof. Filiz Yenişehirlioğlu yorumcu olarak katılıp izlenimlerini sunacak, ve tartışmayı halka açacaktır.
http://journals.openedition.org/abe/3706
The official announcement of the event:
https://invisu.inha.fr/fr/recherche/manifestations/l-architecture-en-situation-diplomatique.html
Tue., Nov 25, 2014
Ankara, Architects Association (see attached poster)
http://www.newperspectivesonturkey.net/Content/Npt/Issue_33/EIntroduction_26/005-008_50_NPT_Spring.pdf
http://levantineheritage.com/pdf/LHF-1st-International-Conference-Nov-2014.pdf