File:View of constantinople by evening light.jpg
Summary
It's an oil painting by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Aivazovsky" class="extiw" title="en:Ivan Aivazovsky">Ivan Aivazovsky</a>. It's a cityscape. The picture is important because it depicts the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bosphorus" class="extiw" title="en:Bosphorus">Bosphorus</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Horn" class="extiw" title="en:Golden Horn">Golden Horn</a> and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galata_Tower" class="extiw" title="en:Galata Tower">Galata Tower</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istanbul" class="extiw" title="en:Istanbul">Istanbul</a> during the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" class="extiw" title="en:Ottoman Empire">Ottoman</a> period. Galata Tower is seen with its previous conical roof, which was destroyed by a storm in 1875 (the current conical roof of Galata Tower was built during the restoration works between 1965 and 1967.) The human figures in the painting provide us with information regarding the traditions and daily life in the Ottoman Empire during the first half of the 19th century, before the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanzimat" class="extiw" title="en:Tanzimat">Tanzimat</a> reforms for Western style clothing became widely applied among the civilian population.
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| current | 10:57, 6 January 2017 | | 1,026 × 663 (180 KB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | It's an oil painting by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Aivazovsky" class="extiw" title="en:Ivan Aivazovsky">Ivan Aivazovsky</a>. It's a cityscape. The picture is important because it depicts the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bosphorus" class="extiw" title="en:Bosphorus">Bosphorus</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Horn" class="extiw" title="en:Golden Horn">Golden Horn</a> and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galata_Tower" class="extiw" title="en:Galata Tower">Galata Tower</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istanbul" class="extiw" title="en:Istanbul">Istanbul</a> during the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" class="extiw" title="en:Ottoman Empire">Ottoman</a> period. Galata Tower is seen with its previous conical roof, which was destroyed by a storm in 1875 (the current conical roof of Galata Tower was built during the restoration works between 1965 and 1967.) The human figures in the painting provide us with information regarding the traditions and daily life in the Ottoman Empire during the first half of the 19th century, before the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanzimat" class="extiw" title="en:Tanzimat">Tanzimat</a> reforms for Western style clothing became widely applied among the civilian population. |
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