Miniatures

VII- Ottomans : religious painting

The Ottoman studio not only dealt with the splendors of everyday life and glories of the blood and State, self-satisfiedly accepting their position as the pivot on which the destinies of Europe and Asia turned, but with Koran illuminations, prayer books, mystical works and poems, history, law, theology, education and mosques as well. The works of Nakkas Osman and other Siyer-i Nebi illustrations are presented here.


Birth of the Prophet Muhammad
Siyer-i Nebi: The Life of the Prophet.
Istanbul, 1594.
Hazine 1221, folio 223b

Muhammad on Mount Hira'
Siyer-i Nebi: The Life of the Prophet.
Istanbul, 1595.
Hazine 1222, folio 158b

Prophet Muhammad appearing at the Ka'ba to rid the populace of an unwanted dragon
Siyer-i Nebi: The Life of the Prophet.
Nakkas Osman, 1595.
Hazine 1222, folio 123a

The Prophet and his companions advancing on Mecca, attended by the angels Gabriel, Michael, Israfil and Azrail.
Siyer-i Nebi: The Life of the Prophet 1595.
Hazine 1223, folio 298a

Muhammad at the Ka'ba
Siyer-i Nebi: The Life of the Prophet.
Istanbul, 1595.
Hazine 1222, folio 151b
Mourning of the Death of Muhammad
Siyer-i Nebi: The Life of the Prophet.
Istanbul, 1595.
Hazine 1222, folio 414a

Shaykh Baha'al-Din Veled preaching in Balkh
Jami' al-Siyar, 1600.
Hazine 1230, folio 112a




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Ottomans : The classical age
Miniatures

VII- Ottomans : The classical age

The conquest of Selim I had brought to the Ottomans the tradition of the Abbasid Caliphate, and their status had suddenly grown to that of a world power. Under Suleyman the Magnificent, the expansion was even faster and the Ottoman empire more or less became the world power. The long term age was a fruitful period in terms of arts. Many artists from Central Asia, Balkans, North Africa and Mesopotamia were gathered in Istanbul, and so were their schools. Many paintings, scripts and topographical prints were produced at that time. The illustrations in this page are depicted from Suleymanname, Hunername, Sahansahname, Surname and other individual scripts of heroic deeds of Sultans.

Nice
Suleymanname.
Matrakci Nasuh Istanbul, 1543.
Hazine. 1608, folio 27b-28a
Toulon
Suleymanname.
Matrakci Nasuh Istanbul, 1543.
Hazine. 1608, folio 21b-22a
The king of Hungary, Lajos II, in council before the Battle of Mohacs
Suleymanname.
Ali . Amir Beg Shirwani
Istanbul, 1558.
Hazine. 1517, folio 200a
Suleyman receives his Grand Admiral, Hayreddin Barbarossa
Suleymanname.
Ali . Amir Beg Shirwani
Istanbul, 1558.
Hazine. 1517, folio 360a
Presentations of gifts to Suleyman the Magnificent on the occasion of the circumcision of his sons Bayezid and Cihangir in 1530.
Suleymanname.
Ali . Amir Beg Shirwani
Istanbul, 1558.
Hazine. 1517, folio 412a
Selim II receiving the Safavid ambassador in the palace at Edirne in 1567.
Nehzetu'l-Ahbar der Sefer-i Sigetvar
Nakkas Osman 1568.
Hazine. 1339, folio 247b
Suleyman the Magnificent as a young man.
Semailname
Nakkas Osman 1579.
Hazine. 1563, folio 47b
Murder of Ma'sum Beg, the envoy of the Safavid Shah Tahmasp, by Beduins in the Hijaz.
Sehname-i Selim Han
Nakkas Osman 1581.
A. 3595, folio 68a
Sultan Murad II at Archery Practice
Huner-nama ('Book of Skills').
Istanbul, 1584.
Hazine 1523, folio 138a
The Ottoman army besieging Vienna (1529).
Huner-nama, Vol II.
Nakkas Osman 1588.
Hazine 1524, folio 257b
Osman Pasa and Cafer(Ja'far) Pasa, Ottoman governor of Shirvan, in battle against the Cossacks.
Sahansahname.
Nakkas Osman 1592.
folio 130b
Siltan Murad viewing the arrival of a Safavid embassy; Occupation of Erevan by the Ottoman army under Ferhad pasa.
Sahansahname.
Nakkas Osman 1597.
folio 180-2, 101b, 102a
The Expedition to Revan
Shahin-Shah-nama ('Book of the King of Kings').
Istanbul, 1595-7.
B. 200, folio 101b
The siege of Vienna
Huner-nama ('Book of Skills').
Istanbul, 1588.
Hazine 1524, folio 257b
From the Procession of the Guilds: the Procession of Makers of Bath-towels
Sur-nama ('Book of Festivities').
Istanbul, 1582.
Hazine 1344, folios 338b-39a
From the Procession of the Guilds: the Procession of Beggars
Sur-nama ('Book of Festivities').
Istanbul, 1582.
Hazine 1344, folios 290a
From the Procession of the Guilds: the Street-sweepers
Sur-nama ('Book of Festivities').
Istanbul, 1582.
Hazine 1344, folios 341a




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