Jean Baptiste Vanmour was a Flemish-French painter, remembered for his detailed portrayal of life in the Ottoman Empire during the Tulip Era and the rule of Sultan Ahmed III. As such he has also captured Armenian life within the Ottoman empire of the era in some of his paintings bellow: Armenian Wedding by Jean Baptiste Vanmour (1720...
Armenian Architects of Istanbul: Online Exhibition
The main gate of Ä°stanbul’s Dolmabahçe Palace was designed by Armenian architect Garabet Balyan. (Photo: Mehmet Yaman) The Turkish Museum of Architecture has recently opened an online exhibition of structures in modern Turkey created by Armenian architects during the Ottoman era. The website describes the Armenian contribution to architectural development of Istanbul as follows: “Armenian...
The Houshamadyan Book Project
Ottoman Armenians, Vol. 1: Life, Culture, Society by Houshamadyan Ottoman Armenians, Vol. 1 is the inaugural publication in a series of collaborative volumes that seek to reconstruct the lost world of the Armenian communities in the territories of the Ottoman Empire. Through scholarly analysis, documentation, and the reproduction of historical images, the Ottoman Armenians series will play an...
