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- Title
THE MI'RĀJ MINIATURES OF VENICE AHMADI ISKANDAR-NĀMA: AN ASSESMENT ACCORDING TO TIMURID TRADITION.
- Authors
TEKİN, Başak Burcu
- Abstract
The mi'rāj as an important religious event in the world of Islam has been depicted in different eras and regions according to its differing history and cultural approaches. The Timurid and Ottoman mi'rāj paintings have become a worthwhile pretty good field of comparison in terms of different viewpoints and perceptions. While an expression in which Asian influences were more vivid and vibrant was adopted in the Timurid mi'rāj paintings, an expression more closely following the rules of the Sunni understanding were preferred in the Ottoman mi'rāj paintings. However, the mi'rāj depictions of Ahmadi's Venice Iskandar-nāma as an Ottoman work of art are the exceptions to this generalization. One of the illustrated copies of the Iskandar-nāma, written by Ahmadi, is found in the Venice National Library. It is agreed that this work of art, dated 1440-50, was illustrated by artists of Timurid- Turkoman origin in the Ottoman Edirne Palace. In this study, two mi'rāj paintings within the Venice Ahmadi Iskandar-nāma bearing features different from the traditional Ottoman mi'rāj painting will be analyzed. The Timurid influences and the Ottoman synthesis within the symbolic fiction of these two mi'rāj paintings will be further discussed in this article.
- Subjects
ISLAM; OTTOMAN art; TIMURID painting; SUNNITES; RELIGIONS
- Publication
Milli Folklor, 2014, Vol 26, Issue 104, p85
- ISSN
1300-3984
- Publication type
Article