This work, which depicts Ottoman tents and the collective passage of state officials, is an elegant continuation of the miniature tradition that reflects the Ottoman Empire’s rich cultural heritage. The state officials and their assistants are brought to life in this exquisite illustration scene depicted with extraordinary detail, wearing the traditional clothes they wore at the time. This work can be regarded as a historical source because of the clothes, accessories, and ornaments depicted on the horses, which are based on sources describing that period. In addition to the traditional Ottoman miniature techniques, the artist’s mastery of illumination art techniques such as halkar, scanning, and geometry is evident. Sarısaman paper was used for the work, which is more than 100 years old and is one of the first editions of the Lausanne legislation book written in Ottoman Turkish. The artist’s goal in this piece was to present this 100-year-old paper as a work of art to be displayed by painting on it with Turkish miniature art in combination with tezhip techniques, depicting some of the cultural features of Ottoman civilisation.
Materials:
22 carat Yellow Gold, Gouache and Acrylic painting on Straw Paper
Dimensions:
21 x 29 cm (without a frame)
* This particular artwork is featured in the ‘The Noble: Traditional Turkish Arts Exhibition’. The exhibition can be viewed at the Yunus Emre Institute’s gallery in Fitzrovia between the 28th of November and the 21st of December 2022.
Exhibition Venue:10 Maple Street, W1T 5HA
londra@yee.org.tr
Free Admission but registration*** is required via Eventbrite!
https://thenoble.eventbrite.co.uk/
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