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The Green Knight dir. David Lowery (2021)
Light of the forest by "Şeker" Ahmed Pasha (1887)
#felt like gawain walking into the forest as i approached this painting#the green knight#ottoman art#dev patel#sir gawain and the green knight
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Sometimes you learn valuable information in your academic life.
Today I learned in class that the figures in Ottoman miniatures looked East Asian (despite neither Ottomans nor the Persians who inspired them looking like that) because of a concept called Nigar-ı Çin (Chinese Beauty).
I always thought that Nigar looked like Ottoman miniatures:
And I always thought that Nigar looked a bit East Asian (which the show also acknowledges with Ibrahim’s “almond-shaped-eyes” speech). I don’t know if this was intentional, probably not, but it makes sense!
@redxluna @fabrizio-art
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Another Marbled Monday, lining the boards on Isl. Ms. 382 (copied 1768) a manuscript copy of Tarih-i İzzi (تاريخ عزي) --- official Ottoman history covering the years 1157-1165 (1744-1752) composed by official historiographer Süleymân İzzî (d.1755)
Browse the description and images of the entire manuscript online!
#marbled monday#marbled paper#marbled#marbling#paper marbling#libraries#archives#special collections#special collections libraries#libraries and archives#special collections and archives#islamic arts#islamic manuscripts#ebru#ebrusanatı#ottoman manuscripts#yazmalar#el yazma#yazma eserler#manuscript culture#ottoman culture#ottoman history#ottoman art#ottoman empire#المخطوطات#المخطوطات الاسلامية#المخطوطات العثمانية#آبرو#آبرو باد#ابر و باد
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I just seem to have a thing for ridiculously long-mustached villains in high heels.
So, I finally started my next tabletop roleplaying project after the hiatus year that followed the conclusion of my previous one. As I intended, the players took the role of to-be- Ottoman Janissaries in Constantinople/Istanbul in a timeline where most other nations have succumbed to the influence of devils and demons.
From sesh one, I presented the players with XYZ (pronounced Huz) - the first major recurring villain they will be facing. Boasting skinwalking abilities that allow him to turn into a perfect copy of someone just by putting on their skinned face as a mask, he could be anywhere anytime. Hellbent on doing the dark bidding of the Devil himself, XYZ is dead-set on undermining the Empire.
As for the meta information, he is obviously meant to represent the iconic clash between the Polish hussars and the Janissary corps. For his look, I went with the most over-the-top comically-hard-going design I could think of. The idea of him wearing a skirt with a flame-pattern and summoning a flaming skeleton, which he uses to light a cigar seemed just right.
#art#fantasy#illustration#artists on tumblr#oc#armor#digital art#original character#hussar#janissary#ottoman#ottoman art#fantasy art#flame#flaming#fire#skeleton#villain#high heels#drippin
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#TwoForTuesday on #TilesOnTuesday:
Tile Decorated with a Fountain between Two Parrots, 1580s
Iznik kilns, Bursa Province, Türkiye (Ottoman Empire)
Fritware with white, green, blue, red, and transparent glazes
on display at Baltimore Museum of Art
#animals in art#museum visit#birds in art#bird#birds#parrot#parrots#pair#tilework#tile#ceramics#Ottoman art#Turkish art#Islamic art#Baltimore Museum of Art#16th century art#fritware#Iznik tile
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Iznik border tile, Turkey circa 1575
Sotheby's
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Ottoman mother-of-pearl-inlaid wooden child's cradle - 18th/19th century. Turkey
Via Sotheby's
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Melchior Lorichs, Panorama of Constantinople, Fatih Mosque
"... the Islamic characteristics are best represented by the Ottoman cities: "The ones who build the paradise where there exist no conflicts but all the beauties, tried to rise and open the Gates of paradise by accomplishing the task of beautifying the world." Ottoman architecture
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Dilruba in harem🌱
(pls click for better quality😭)
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Ottoman Traditional Turkish Tiles
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Tile fragment with an Armenian deacon holding a cross.
Kütahya, Aegaean region of Turkey, ca. 1720
British Museum
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In Persian “miniaturists” are literally called “nigarger”. “Nigar” literally means “miniature” (as in the Ottoman and Persian artworks).
I have always linked Nigar to Ottoman miniatures in looks, as early as when I started to write my (not very good) first Nigar fanfic in February of 2022.
I am even starting to think that Meral Okay might have been intentional in her naming. I have read (don’t ask for my source, but it was a very good one) that Filiz Ahmet had first been considered for the roles of Gülfem and Gülşah and then it was decided for her to play Nigar. I unfortunately don’t know whether the role of Nigar (who is after all an originally-created side character) was created for the actress herself or merely that she hadn’t been considered for it initially, but if the role were created for Filiz Ahmet, maybe the naming was intentional.
But in my headcanon-land, in-universe, Nigar was absolutely given the name because she looked like a miniature.
And maybe Matrakçı was her true love (just kidding…).
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An outstanding icazetname in Isl. Ms. 438
First part of a calligraphy license or diploma (icazetname) in naskh (nesih) script, mounted in fol.17b in Isl. Ms. 438, Islamic Manuscripts Collection
Second part of a calligraphy license or diploma (icazetname) in naskh (nesih) script, mounted as a separate piece in fol.21a in Isl. Ms. 438, Islamic Manuscripts Collection
Enjoy this post by Sumeyra Dursun, 2023 Heid Fellow, from her research in the Islamic Manuscripts Collection. Sumeyra is a doctoral candidate in the history of Islamic arts at Yildiz Technical University in Istanbul.
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#libraries#archives#special collections#special collections libraries#libraries and archives#archival collections#archival research#rare books#rare books and special collections#archives and special collections#research fellowships#heid fellows#fellowships#islamic manuscripts#hat sanatı#hattat#hattatlar#el yazma#yazmalar#yazma eserler#ottoman culture#ottoman history#turkish arts#turkish history#ottoman art#calligraphy#calligraphers#calligraphic#calligraphy practice#calligraphy art
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Osman Hamdi Bey, A Young Emir Studying, 1905, oil/canvas (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool)
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Osman Hamdi Bey (1842-1910) - Ottoman lady preparing for an outing
Oil on canvas laid on board. 26.8 x 17.7 inches, 68 x 45 cm.
Estimate: €1,000,000-1,400,000.
Sold Dorotheum, Vienna, 2 May 2023 for €1,275,000 incl B.P.
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