Abstract:

Like all sophisticated creatures, cities also have a memory. The memory of the city is also a memory of the society at the same time. While the cities (urbanites) keep in mind the past to present, all the developments that are happening; this accumulation is also reflected in different forms of urban space and urban life. Collective impressions of the city and its spatial and temporal change over time make up the memory of that city. The memory of the city or the social memory consists of the combination of space / place-time-moment-identity. In the creation of urban memory, monuments, historical buildings, museums, works of art in public places, photographs, films, paintings, engravings and so on. The place of artistic and architectural works, which are visual cultural elements and the importance, is great. Especially when it comes to the city of Istanbul, oil paintings, watercolour paintings and engraving works are important for the formation of visual cultural memories that we can observe the development of Istanbul especially in terms of its historical and architectural characteristics. In this study, paintings about Eminönü, Tophane and Üsküdar districts were selected from the paintings of 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th century Western and Turkish painters who were about Istanbul and the places where these paintings were subject were examined and the same places were photographed and compared with the current situation.  and it has been determined how these picture examples will guide and guide us about urban memory. Finally, It has been determined how these examples of paintings orient and direct us about urban memory, along with the manner in which the artists who have different cultural structures produce their approaches to Istanbul, their interpretations, and even the audience's feelings in the spirit of the city

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