#ottoman art

[lionofchaeronea]

Panel for a mihrab (wall niche in a mosque indicating the direction of Mecca), made by an unknown Ottoman artist active in Anatolia or northern Syria, ca. 1604-05. Medium: glazed ceramic tile. Location: Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA.

[victusinveritas]

Gold calligraphy on leaf in the form of a stork, the text comprising a Sufi verse, signed Abd al-Ghani. 1893, Ottoman Turkey.

Calligraphy Leaf Ottoman Turkey 19th century, Bismallah in gold.

Chestnut leaf inscribed with a Qur’anic verse from Surat al-Isra’ (“The Night Journey,” Q17:80), which reads: “And say, ‘Lord grant me a good entrance and a goodly exit, and sustain me with Your power.”

Arabic composition in gold on a natural leaf, the text comprising the Shahadah in intertwining thuluth script.

Arabic composition applied on to a natural leaf in gold, the text in the form of a lion incorporating verses praising the Imam 'Ali by al-Sherif al-Murtaza

Arabic composition applied onto a natural leaf in gold, the text incorporating the words Allah, Angels, the Prophets, the Day of Judgment in the form of a sailing boat with seven oars, one for each of the Seven Sleepers.

Calligraphic composition in gold on a large natural leaf incorporating the hilyeh, the physical attributes of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) signed by Muhammad Helmi, a pupil of Mustafa Izzet Effendi.

Arabic composition applied in the shape of a vase onto a natural leaf, the text from the Qur'an, surat al-Ahzab, chapter XXXIII, verse 23

Here's the Twitter thread where I found these.

[cadetral]

The Green Knight dir. David Lowery (2021)

Light of the forest by "Şeker" Ahmed Pasha (1887)

[paletapessoal]

Ottoman mother-of-pearl-inlaid wooden child's cradle - 18th/19th century. Turkey

Via Sotheby's

[u-mspcoll]

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!

[arthistoryanimalia]

#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

[desimonewayland]

Iznik border tile, Turkey circa 1575

Sotheby's

[careful-disorder]

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

[withoutzeuzey]

Dilruba in harem🌱

(pls click for better quality😭)

[nancydrewwouldnever]

Osman Hamdi Bey, A Young Emir Studying, 1905, oil/canvas (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool)

[love-for-carnation]

Ottoman Traditional Turkish Tiles

[along-the-silkroad]

Rumelihisarı as seen from Bosphorus strait.

Rumelihisarı, also known as the Rumelian Fortress or Roumeli Hissar Fortress, and sometimes referred to as Boğazkesen Fortress (meaning "strait-cutter fortress"), is a medieval Ottoman stronghold situated in Istanbul, Turkey. It stands on a series of hills along the European side of the Bosphorus. The fortress gives its name to the surrounding neighborhood within the city's Sarıyer district.

Built between 1451 and 1452 CE under the orders of Sultan Mehmed II, the fortress was constructed as part of preparations for the Ottoman siege of the Byzantine city of Constantinople. Its purpose was to block any potential maritime aid from the Bosphorus Strait to the Byzantines, giving rise to its alternative name, "Boğazkesen," or "Strait-cutter" Castle. A sister structure, Anadoluhisari ("Anatolian Fortress"), lies on the opposite side of the Bosphorus, and together, they effectively controlled naval traffic during the siege, playing a critical role in the Ottomans' successful conquest of Constantinople (later renamed Istanbul) in 1453.

Following the conquest, Rumelihisarı functioned as a customs checkpoint and occasional prison, notably detaining diplomats from enemy states. After sustaining significant damage in the Great Earthquake of 1509, it was restored and remained in use until the late 19th century.

Today, the fortress is a popular museum and serves as an open-air venue for concerts, art festivals, and special events.

[vulturesouls]

Tile fragment with an Armenian deacon holding a cross.

Kütahya, Aegaean region of Turkey, ca. 1720

British Museum

[lotussed]

Damascus tile, Ottoman style

[u-mspcoll]

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.

Read more!

[archiveofcyp]

Ottoman-era oil portrait of a lady found at the Ethnological Museum’s House of Hadjigeorgakis Kornessios in Nicosia. This is an oil on wood portrait, found on a grandfather clock’s wooden case. The clock was made by British clockmaker Isaac Rogers, and was previously owned by Michael de Vezin, the English Consul to Aleppo and Cyprus. 

The lady’s dress resembles a caftan dress worn during Ottoman rule called ‘anteri/entari’ which is characterized by the long, oval neckline and a light chemise underneath. The style of this outfit is similar to the ‘sayia/üç etek’, a staple of Cypriot traditional dress. She also wears a long robe lined with fur called a tzouppe/cübbe. The style of the headdress and jewellery indicate her higher social status. 

Image source: Department of Antiquities in Cyprus.

Source information provided by Euphrosyne Rizopoulou-Egoumenidou’s research on 18th and 19th century Cypriot dress and the House of the Dragoman of Cyprus Hadjigeorgakis Kornessios. 

https://books.openedition.org/pur/99860?lang=en

https://www.boccf.org/publications-holder/Guides-to-Archaeological-Sites-and-Monuments/The-House-of-the-Dragoman-of-Cyprus-Hadjigeorgakis-Kornessios/