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EARLY OTTOMAN ART. The Legacy of the Emirates.
TüRKIYE - The Cities of the Sultans
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The most important centres of the rising Ottoman art include the cities of Bursa, Manisa and Selçuk (close to the ancient Ephesus) in west Anatolia, as well as the city which recalls the most sumptuous masterpieces of Ottoman art, Istanbul. Each of these cities displays examples of the artistic experimentalism that is characteristic of Ottoman art and traces of Ottoman artists’ ability in inheriting the techniques and the architecture of the Turkish Emirates and, above all, their ability to draw from the great heritage of the country. The models of Byzantine art, religious, urban architecture and court patronage converged into mosque, palace, madrasa, market, bedesten (commercial building), khan (inn) and zawiya (religious school), whose beauty and elegance remained untouched over the centuries. View Detailed Programme >> |