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Master's Degree, Boğaziçi University, History, 2023 Advisor: Prof. Paolo Girardelli This dissert... more Master's Degree,
Boğaziçi University, History, 2023
Advisor: Prof. Paolo Girardelli
This dissertation examines spatial transformations in the urban environment that took place in nineteenth century Smyrna, with a special focus on the area on the waterfront and the so-called Rue de Franque, the main artery of foreign, Levantine, “cosmopolitan” settlement. Since the early-modern period, Smyrna played an essential role in mercantile activities in the eastern Mediterranean and became a commercial hub where diverse communities coexisted. Thus, these changes are observed and assessed as landscape transformations, in the sense that special attention is given to the subjective, perspectival aspects of representation, subject to change over time and according to contexts and backgrounds. Nevertheless, the transformations that took place in Smyrna’s urban landscape were a product of gradual, complex, and contested processes. Several factors, such as geographical features, natural disasters, changes in the global regime of commercial exchange, international relations, and state/communal regulations, impacted this process. Besides, in this remarkably diverse urban and social space, cross-cultural relations and plural affiliations were important parts of the transformation process in which individuals and communities became significant actors. In this regard, this thesis investigates how, when, and why spatial transformations took place, how the changing landscape was represented, how urban changes were affected by cross-cultural relations and communities, and to what extent these transformations impacted a multicultural urban and social environment.
Bachelor's Degree. Ege University, Art History, 2018 Advisor: Dr. Barış Eroğlu Abstract: I... more Bachelor's Degree.
Ege University, Art History, 2018
Advisor: Dr. Barış Eroğlu
Abstract:
In my dissertation paper from 2018, I examined the life and works of Giorgio de Chirico who is extremely multicultural and one of the unrecognized figures in comparison to other leading artists of the 20th century. Giorgio de Chirico was born in Volos, Greece in 1888 as a son of an Italian family whose ties can be traced back to Smyrna and Istanbul of the Late Ottoman Period. Therefore, I aimed to examine his metaphysical paintings with their social, cultural, and historical contexts in order to be able to understand his works better. Methodologically, the writings of Giorgio de Chirico and scholars’ contemporary studies about his life and his metaphysical paintings constituted my essential research materials for the dissertation. Also, I scrutinized the influences of philosophers, artists, and writers for Giorgio de Chirico throughout the dissertation in order to show the potential fingerprints of those influences in his metaphysical works. Moreover, I demonstrated the controversial arguments made by different scholars, thereby I aimed to show how the works of Giorgio de Chirico had impacted different art movements and art debates over time.
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2018 tarihli tez çalışmamda, çok kültürlü bir sanatçı olan sanat tarihindeki yeri dönemindeki diğer figürlere kıyasla gölgede kalmış olan Giorgio de Chirico'nun hayatı ve eserleri incelenmiştir. 1888 yılında Yunanistan’ın Volos kentinde, kökleri Osmanlı dönemi İzmir ve İstanbul’una kadar uzanan İtalyan ailenin çocuğu olarak dünyaya gelmiştir. Bu nedenle, Giorgio de Chirico’nun metafizik döneminde ürettiği eserlerin daha iyi anlaşılabilmesine katkı sağlamak amacıyla, sanatçının metafizik eserlerini üretirken içinde bulunduğu bireysel, tarihsel, sosyal koşullar ve diğer sanat akımlarıyla olan ilişkisi birlikte ele alınarak incelenmiştir. Çalışmanın ana kaynaklarını, Giorgio de Chirico'nun kendi anıları ve yazılarıyla birlikte, diğer araştırmacıların sanatçının hayatı ve metafizik resim üzerine yaptıkları çalışmalar oluşturmaktadır. Diğer sanatçıların, düşünürlerin ve yazarların Giorgio de Chirico'yu nasıl etkilediği ve bu etkilerin sanatçının sanat eserlerine nasıl yansıdığı da tezde tartışmaya açılmıştır. Bu bilgilerin yanı sıra, sanatçı ve eserleri hakkında farklı araştırmacılar tarafından ortaya atılan güncel argümanlar da tez çalışmasının içeriğine dahil edilmiş, böylece bitirme tezinin sanatçının eserlerinin hem 20. yüzyılda hem de 21. yüzyılda üretilen sanat eserlerini ve sanat tartışmalarını nasıl etkilediğini göstermesi amaçlanmıştır.
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Graduate seminar course paper presented: “Transforming the waterfront: The frenkhânes before and ... more Graduate seminar course paper presented: “Transforming the waterfront: The frenkhânes before and after the 1688 earthquake.”
Organized for the graduate course Readings and Sources in Mediterranean Urban History (Hist 58B, Boğaziçi University) with the contributions of Boğaziçi University Faculty of Arts and Sciences (Istanbul) and Ege University Faculty of Letters (Izmir).
Master's Degree, Boğaziçi University, History, 2023 Advisor: Prof. Paolo Girardelli This dissert... more Master's Degree,
Boğaziçi University, History, 2023
Advisor: Prof. Paolo Girardelli
This dissertation examines spatial transformations in the urban environment that took place in nineteenth century Smyrna, with a special focus on the area on the waterfront and the so-called Rue de Franque, the main artery of foreign, Levantine, “cosmopolitan” settlement. Since the early-modern period, Smyrna played an essential role in mercantile activities in the eastern Mediterranean and became a commercial hub where diverse communities coexisted. Thus, these changes are observed and assessed as landscape transformations, in the sense that special attention is given to the subjective, perspectival aspects of representation, subject to change over time and according to contexts and backgrounds. Nevertheless, the transformations that took place in Smyrna’s urban landscape were a product of gradual, complex, and contested processes. Several factors, such as geographical features, natural disasters, changes in the global regime of commercial exchange, international relations, and state/communal regulations, impacted this process. Besides, in this remarkably diverse urban and social space, cross-cultural relations and plural affiliations were important parts of the transformation process in which individuals and communities became significant actors. In this regard, this thesis investigates how, when, and why spatial transformations took place, how the changing landscape was represented, how urban changes were affected by cross-cultural relations and communities, and to what extent these transformations impacted a multicultural urban and social environment.
Bachelor's Degree. Ege University, Art History, 2018 Advisor: Dr. Barış Eroğlu Abstract: I... more Bachelor's Degree.
Ege University, Art History, 2018
Advisor: Dr. Barış Eroğlu
Abstract:
In my dissertation paper from 2018, I examined the life and works of Giorgio de Chirico who is extremely multicultural and one of the unrecognized figures in comparison to other leading artists of the 20th century. Giorgio de Chirico was born in Volos, Greece in 1888 as a son of an Italian family whose ties can be traced back to Smyrna and Istanbul of the Late Ottoman Period. Therefore, I aimed to examine his metaphysical paintings with their social, cultural, and historical contexts in order to be able to understand his works better. Methodologically, the writings of Giorgio de Chirico and scholars’ contemporary studies about his life and his metaphysical paintings constituted my essential research materials for the dissertation. Also, I scrutinized the influences of philosophers, artists, and writers for Giorgio de Chirico throughout the dissertation in order to show the potential fingerprints of those influences in his metaphysical works. Moreover, I demonstrated the controversial arguments made by different scholars, thereby I aimed to show how the works of Giorgio de Chirico had impacted different art movements and art debates over time.
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TR:
2018 tarihli tez çalışmamda, çok kültürlü bir sanatçı olan sanat tarihindeki yeri dönemindeki diğer figürlere kıyasla gölgede kalmış olan Giorgio de Chirico'nun hayatı ve eserleri incelenmiştir. 1888 yılında Yunanistan’ın Volos kentinde, kökleri Osmanlı dönemi İzmir ve İstanbul’una kadar uzanan İtalyan ailenin çocuğu olarak dünyaya gelmiştir. Bu nedenle, Giorgio de Chirico’nun metafizik döneminde ürettiği eserlerin daha iyi anlaşılabilmesine katkı sağlamak amacıyla, sanatçının metafizik eserlerini üretirken içinde bulunduğu bireysel, tarihsel, sosyal koşullar ve diğer sanat akımlarıyla olan ilişkisi birlikte ele alınarak incelenmiştir. Çalışmanın ana kaynaklarını, Giorgio de Chirico'nun kendi anıları ve yazılarıyla birlikte, diğer araştırmacıların sanatçının hayatı ve metafizik resim üzerine yaptıkları çalışmalar oluşturmaktadır. Diğer sanatçıların, düşünürlerin ve yazarların Giorgio de Chirico'yu nasıl etkilediği ve bu etkilerin sanatçının sanat eserlerine nasıl yansıdığı da tezde tartışmaya açılmıştır. Bu bilgilerin yanı sıra, sanatçı ve eserleri hakkında farklı araştırmacılar tarafından ortaya atılan güncel argümanlar da tez çalışmasının içeriğine dahil edilmiş, böylece bitirme tezinin sanatçının eserlerinin hem 20. yüzyılda hem de 21. yüzyılda üretilen sanat eserlerini ve sanat tartışmalarını nasıl etkilediğini göstermesi amaçlanmıştır.
Graduate seminar course paper presented: “Transforming the waterfront: The frenkhânes before and ... more Graduate seminar course paper presented: “Transforming the waterfront: The frenkhânes before and after the 1688 earthquake.”
Organized for the graduate course Readings and Sources in Mediterranean Urban History (Hist 58B, Boğaziçi University) with the contributions of Boğaziçi University Faculty of Arts and Sciences (Istanbul) and Ege University Faculty of Letters (Izmir).