Encounters with the Ottoman miniature : contemporary readings of an imperial art / Begüm Özden Firat.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Firat, Begüm Özden, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islamic illumination of books and manuscripts--Turkey--History.

Islamic illumination of books and manuscripts.

Islamic miniature painting--Turkey--History.

Islamic miniature painting.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (211 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2015.

Summary:

"The dominant form of Ottoman pictorial art until the eighteenth century, miniatures have traditionally been studied as reflecting the socio-historical contexts, aesthetic concerns and artistic tastes of the era within which they were produced. Begum Ozden Fyrat proposes instead a radical re-reading of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century miniatures in the light of contemporary critical theory, highlighting the viewer's encounter with the image. Encounters with the Ottoman Miniature employs contemporary concepts such as the gaze, frame/framing, reading and re-reading, drawing on thinkers such as Walter Benjamin, Roland Barthes and Gilles Deleuze to establish the vibrant cultural agency of miniature paintings. With analysis that illuminates both the social and political situations in which these miniatures were painted as well as emphasising the miniature's contemporary relevance, Firat presents an important new re-imagining of this art form--Bloomsbury Publishing."

Contents:

Introduction

Chapter 1: Reading in Detail: Adam and Eve in Close-up

Chapter 2: The Intimate Look: Seeing, Touching, and Gazing at the Female Body

Chapter 3: Double Encounters: The Circumcision Parade in Intervals Visualizing an Imperial Festival

Chapter 4: Portrait of a Sultan: Ornamentation at Work Sultan Ahmed III Enthroned

Chapter 5: The Miniature, The Horizontal, and The Symptom

Chapter 6: Looking through Metaphors: From the Window toward the Threshold

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780755607990

0755607996

9780857725998

0857725998

9780857739438

0857739433

OCLC:

944309883