Miniature; Ottoman Figurative Arts 1
| ISBN | 9789750841057 |
| Yayınevi | Yapı Kredi Yayınları ( YKY ) |
| Yazarlar | Metın And (author) |
| Kitap Tanıtımı | Foroverfiftyyears, Metin AndchampionedTurkishtheatre, traditionalperformingarts, festivitiesandthe art of Ottomanminiature in dozens of articlesand ten titles in Turkishandotherlanguages. ThelistendswithOttomanFigurativeArts I: Miniature, whichatteststoAnd'sfascinationwiththesubject. A fundamental "art of the book" as well as a courtly art form, miniaturefavoured a highlyrealisticdepiction of daily life, humanbeings, the urban fabricandbuildings - an aspectpromotedwidely in And'swork. Miniature's main functionwasillustratingmanuscripts. As OttomanFigurativeArts I: Miniatureablydemonstrates, thetargetaudiencewaseitherthe sultan, orhigh-rankingstatesmen. Manuscriptssoillustratedwereprohibitivelycostlyworks of art, safeguarded in theTreasury, andanyillustratedmanuscriptcaptured in battlewouldhavedelightedthevictoriouscommanderand sultan equally. An indispensablereference book, thelavishlyillustratedOttomanFigurativeArts I: Miniaturecoversthestages in thedevelopment of the art in theOttomanEmpire, an overview of thestudios, techniquesandmethods of thiscourtly art, andincludes a splendidAlbum of portraits, lives of thesultans, thepalace, festivals, literaryworks, religioustopics, landscapesandtownscapes, scientificandencyclopaedicsubjects, theworld of birds, animalsandfantasticcreatures as well as womenand men |
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