Tulips, arabesques & turbans : decorative arts from the Ottoman Empire / edited by Yanni Petsopoulos.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Petsopoulos, Yanni, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Decoration and ornament.

Themes, motives.

Islamic decoration and ornament.

Turkey.

Islamic decoration and ornament--Turkey.

Decoration and ornament--Turkey--Themes, motives.

Decoration and ornament--Themes, motives.

Physical Description:

224 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm

Other Title:

Tulips, arabesques and turbans

Place of Publication:

New York : Abbeville Press, [1982]

Summary:

The beauty, elegance and variety of Ottoman works of art are the subject of this book. The Ottoman Empire was the last of the great medieval Islamic dynasties. Its power reached from Persia to Vienna and encompassed the eastern Mediterranean. The great imperial city of Constantinople, the nexus between East and West, became its capital--renamed Istanbul--and the center of culture and artistic craftsmanship in the Moslem world. The geographic location and the intensification of trade exposed the empire to a flood of influences from as far as Venice and even China and gave the Ottoman court a taste for luxurious and valuable products, a taste which the Sultans cultivated and sustained by their patronage. In the Classical Ottoman period (fifteenth to seventeenth centuries), the period with which the book is primarily concerned, Ottoman art reached extraordinary heights of perfection. Though the court artists working in the nakkashane (imperial workshops) were liberal in their response to outside influences, they never failed to modify them and give their art a uniquely Ottoman quality. Several distinct styles, incorporating influences from all corners of the empire and beyond, emerged to form a consistent repertoire which was to dominate the arts of this period throughout the Ottoman world. For the various sections of the book, the editor has brought together a team of eminent specialists, each of whose contributions develop this theme. Tulips, Arabesques & Turbans lavishly illustrates and documents the artifacts of an age. Much of the material reproduced here and included in a companion exhibition that will be seen at a number of American museums has never been shown before. Included are the Golden Horn and Rhodian ceramics from İznik, opulent silks from Bursa, exquisitely illuminated manuscripts and a rich array of Ottoman metalwork, an area largely unknown in the West. This volume is a visual treasure and will serve as a handbook on Ottoman decorative arts-- Inside jacket flap.

Contents:

Introduction : the Ottoman style / Yanni Petsopoulos

The Ottoman milieu / Godfrey Goodwin

Metalwork: Silver & gold / Julian Raby ; Copper, brass & steel / James Allan

Ceramics / John Carswell

Textiles / Walter Denny

Calligraphy : Hüsn-i Hat / Heath Lowry

Painting / Ernst Grube

Analysis of Ottoman metalwork / A.M. Pollard.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-223) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Tulips, arabesques & turbans.

ISBN:

0896592790

9780896592797

0856671517

9780856671517

OCLC:

8033726