The Art of the Sultans at The Courtauld Institute of Art

The Art of the Sultans looks at Ottoman artistic traditions, tracing the most significant developments of Ottoman art and architecture from the 15th to the 19th century. Beginning with the Green Mosque in the former Ottoman capital of Bursa, it covers Edirne and then on to Istanbul. The Ottoman conquest of Constantinople in 1453 was a major turning point, changing the way the Ottomans saw themselves and how they were regarded by others. Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror initiated the city’s makeover, which transformed it into the capital of the Ottoman Empire.