Ousterhout, Robert G2023-05-222023-05-2219962007-03-20https://repository.upenn.edu/handle/20.500.14332/36298The visitor to modem Istanbul is often struck by the dramatic contrasts of the city: ostentatious displays of wealth appear side by side with poverty and squalor; the decrepid hovels of the poor lie in the shadows of monuments of past glory; at the same time, a new city rises amid the ruins of antiquity. How much has the character of the city changed since Byzantine times?Ancient, Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque Art and ArchitecturePresentation