The album of the world emperor : cross-cultural collecting and the art of album-making in seventeenth-century Istanbul /

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The Album of the World Emperor examines an extraordinary piece of art: an album of paintings, drawings, calligraphy, and European prints compiled for the Ottoman sultan Ahmed I (r. 1603-17) by his courtier Kalender Pasa (d. 1616). In this detailed study of one of the most important works of seventee...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Fetvacı, Emine (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2019]
Subjects:
Ahmed > I. > Osmanisches Reich, Sultan > 1590-1617
Topkapı Sarayı Müzesi. > Kütüphane. > Manuscript. > Bagdat 408.
Topkapı Sarayı Müzesi > Istanbul > Kütüphane
Bauhaus Dessau > 1986-1994 > Bereich Architektur und Sammlungen
1600-1699
Art > Collectors and collecting > Turkey > History > 17th century.
Albums > Turkey > History > 17th century.
Islamic art > Turkey > 17th century.
Art, Ottoman > 17th century.
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Arab > Turkey > History.
Manuscripts, Arabic > Turkey > Istanbul > History.
Art ottoman > 17e siècle.
Manuscrits arabes > Turquie > İstanbul > Histoire.
Manuscripts, Arabic
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Arab
Albums
Art > Collectors and collecting
Art, Ottoman
Islamic art
Handschrift
Malerei
Turkey > Istanbul
Turkey
Osmanisches Reich
Non-Western (Traditional/Native Arts), Near and Middle East/Islamic Art (Traditional) > Turkey > Painting, Criticism/Theory
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: The Album of the Emperor, pages1
  • Chapter One. Sultan Ahmed I, pages13
  • Chapter Two. Sultan Ahmed's Artistic Patronage, pages33
  • Chapter Three. Kalender and the Album, pages61
  • Chapter Four. Calligraphy in the Album, pages89
  • Chapter Five. The City and the World in the Album, pages111
  • Chapter Six. European Prints from the Album, pages131.

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