Abstract:

Istanbul is the city of which urban history dates to 3000 years back and located in the meeting point of continents Europe and Asia. Throughout ages, the city has hosted an abundance of civilizations and cultures, preserved the cosmopolitan and metropolitan structure that enabled the coexistence of various religions, languages and races and within historical process, it has turned into a unique cultural mosaic. During the course of history, just like each and every sphere of life, it has become a center of culture and art in particular; besides all the developments emerging in this center have captured the world outside as well. City of Istanbul has been the topic of painting specifically; the admiration and longing people nourished for this city have been attempted to portray through art of painting. This event introduced changes initially in European painting then Turkish painting and interior space decorations. Additionally, within European as well as Ottoman Empire borders, it has introduced alterations in daily life. The first area that the new painting approach having emerged during Westernizing process of Ottomans and focused on Istanbul is wall painting that has a noteworthy place in the aesthetical enrichment of Turkish civilian architecture. For that reason, by analyzing these paintings, it is possible to view the emergence and consequences of Westernization in Ottoman Empire and besides understand the way Europe was affected from Ottoman-Turkish culture during this process. The fact that so far there has been limited numbers of researches on this topic elevates the vitality of this study which attempts to establish a connection between painting and architecture and analyzes its aesthetical as well as socio-cultural aspect.

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