15th Century Turkish Architecture and Decoration

French architect Léon Parvillée's work titled Turkish Architecture and Ornamentation in the 15th Century, published in French in Paris in 1874, is being translated into Turkish for the first time after 146 years. Léon Parvillée, who lived in Istanbul for 16 years and undertook the restoration of early Ottoman monuments such as the Tiled Kiosk in Istanbul in the 1860s, and the Orhan Mosque, Green Mosque, and Green Tomb in Bursa in 1864 at the invitation of Ahmet Vefik Pasha, is an indispensable figure in the historiography of Ottoman architecture due to his contributions to Ottoman-Turkish architectural and art history. Turkish Architecture and Ornamentation in the 15th Century is also one of the first books on the subject published in Europe.

Here, Léon Parvillée gives a clear answer to the question emphasized by his teacher Viollet-le-Duc in the book's preface: "Does such a thing as Turkish art truly exist?"

Miyuki Aoki Girardelli also contributed a comprehensive preface to this Turkish edition of the book, which features survey and detailed drawings of 15th-century Ottoman architectural works such as the Green Mosque, Green Tomb, Orhan Mosque, and Muradiye Tombs in Bursa, the former Ottoman capital.