By the end of the course, the student will be able to

• Describe the social-political factors that led to the acceptance of Western European elements;
• Analyze how Baroque and Rococo features adapted to the local Ottoman architectural traditions;
• Differentiate initial and late phases of the eighteenth-century style;
• Display awareness of the architectural styles that appeared in the eighteenth century in terms of their origins;
• Distinguish hybridity, syncretism and synthesis in Ottoman architecture;
• Portray an eighteenth-century architectural work as a product of “gesamtkunstwerk”, where elevation, plan, site planning and urban setting are interrelated in parallel to the interdependent facets of cultural life.
• Outline the design principles of eighteenth-century Ottoman architecture in terms of building types;
• Demonstrate skill in interdisciplinary research.