Abstract:

The Ottoman Empire has been an irresistible center of attraction for Western travelers and artists for centuries with its vast lands. The geography of the Empire, where centers such as Istanbul were the focus of attention at the beginning, became a more easily accessible place thanks to the technological opportunities that developed in the 18th and 19th centuries. In addition, cities in different regions such as İzmir, Aydın, Van and Erzurum within the borders of the imperial geography, which were in the interest of the Westerners with the influence of art movements such as Romanticism and Orientalism that took place in Europe's own internal dynamics during this period, began to take place in the works of wandering artists. One of the prominent names among Western artists who visited a large part of Anatolia, especially Istanbul, is the French-born Orientalist painter Eugène Flandin. City panoramas, which include topographic views of cities, have an important place among the engravings made by the traveling artist. In this study; The city panoramas that Flandin realized after his travel and evaluated in the type of topographic landscape will be discussed. you can see the features. In the light of these sources, it is extremely useful to reveal the original situations of our cultural values that have disappeared or changed.