Picturing history at the Ottoman court /

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The Ottoman court of the late 16th century produced an unprecedented number of sumptuously illustrated chronicles. While usually dismissed as imperial eulogies, Emine Fetvaci demonstrates that these books commented on contemporary events, promoted the political agendas of courtiers as well as the su...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Fetvacı, Emine
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bloomington and Indianapolis : Indiana University Press, [2013]
Subjects:
History in art.
Group identity in art.
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Ottoman.
Histoire dans l'art.
Identité collective dans l'art.
Enluminure ottomane.
histories (visual works)
ART > Middle Eastern.
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Ottoman
History in art
Group identity in art
Malerei
Hof
Sultan
Osmanisches Reich
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Circulation, audience, and the creation of a shared court culture
  • Making books at the Ottoman court
  • Sokollu Mehmed Pasha and the illustrated Ottoman histories
  • Chief Black Eunuch Mehmed Agha: negotiating the sultanic image
  • In the image of a military ruler
  • A Venetian Ottomanized: Chief White Eunuch Gazanfer Agha and his artistic patronage.

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