Caught in a Whirlwind: A Cultural History of Ottoman Baghdad as Reflected in Its Illustrated Manuscripts
Author | : Melis Taner |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 222 |
Release | : 2019-10-14 |
ISBN-10 | : 9789004412804 |
ISBN-13 | : 9004412808 |
Rating | : 4/5 (808 Downloads) |
Download or read book Caught in a Whirlwind: A Cultural History of Ottoman Baghdad as Reflected in Its Illustrated Manuscripts written by Melis Taner and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2019-10-14 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Caught in a Whirlwind: A Cultural History of Ottoman Baghdad as Reflected in its Illustrated Manuscripts focuses on a period of great artistic vitality in the region of Baghdad, a frontier area that was caught between the rival Ottoman and Safavid empires. In the period following the peace treaty of 1590, a corpus of more than thirty illustrated manuscripts and several single page paintings were produced. In this book Melis Taner presents a contextual study of the vibrant late sixteenth-century and early seventeenth-century Baghdad art market, opening up further avenues of research on art production in provinces and border regions.