Turks

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TURKS
A JOURNEY OF A THOUSAND YEARS, 600—1600
Edited by David J. Roxburgh
This magnificent catalogue accompanies a spectacular exhibition devoted to the artistic and cultural riches of the Turks. Essays by leading scholars trace Turkic history and cultural development, while paintings, sculpture, textiles, metalwork and ceramics reflect the artistic influences that the Turks assimilated, from their early nomadic wanderings to the glories produced during the reign of Süleyman the Magnificent.
The history of the Turks is long and diverse. This book takes the reader on a breathtaking journey from China in the east to the Balkans in the west. Turkic groups adapted to the cultures they encountered — Chinese, Mongol, Arab and Persian — and religions such as shamanism. Buddhism and the sects of Islam. Chapters deal with the earlyTürks; the Seljuks of Iran and Anatolia; the mysterious art of Muhammad Siyah Qalam (Muhammad of the Black Pen); theTimurids and Turkmen of Iran and Central... Tovább

Fülszöveg

TURKS
A JOURNEY OF A THOUSAND YEARS, 600—1600
Edited by David J. Roxburgh
This magnificent catalogue accompanies a spectacular exhibition devoted to the artistic and cultural riches of the Turks. Essays by leading scholars trace Turkic history and cultural development, while paintings, sculpture, textiles, metalwork and ceramics reflect the artistic influences that the Turks assimilated, from their early nomadic wanderings to the glories produced during the reign of Süleyman the Magnificent.
The history of the Turks is long and diverse. This book takes the reader on a breathtaking journey from China in the east to the Balkans in the west. Turkic groups adapted to the cultures they encountered — Chinese, Mongol, Arab and Persian — and religions such as shamanism. Buddhism and the sects of Islam. Chapters deal with the earlyTürks; the Seljuks of Iran and Anatolia; the mysterious art of Muhammad Siyah Qalam (Muhammad of the Black Pen); theTimurids and Turkmen of Iran and Central Asia; and the Ottoman sultans, with an emphasis on the period between the reigns of Mehmed II, who brought an end to the Byzantine empire in 1453, and Süleyman the Magnificent.
Illustrated with over 370 works of art, drawn principally from the celebrated coUections of theTopkapi Saray Museum and the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Art in Istanbul, as well as from collections across Europe, Russia and the United States, this book is a landmark publication and essential reading for anyone interested in the turbulent but vivid history of the Turks.
Detail of cat. 218
Among the contributors
SERPIL BAGCI is Professor of Islamic Art at Hacettepe University, Ankara
FILIZ ^aCmaN is Director of theTopkapi Saray Museum, Istanbul
PETER B. GOLDEN is Professor of History at Rutgers University, New Jersey
NAZAN OLgER is Director of the Sakip Sabanci Museum, Istanbul
OYA PANCAROGlu is Departmental Lecturer in Islamic Art and Architecture at the Oriental Institute, University of Oxford
DAVID ]. ROXBURGH is Professor of History of Art and Architecture at Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
OSMAN SERTKAYA is Chairman of the Institute of Turkology at the University of Istanbul
ZEREN TANINDI is Professor of Art History and Head of the Art History Department at the University of Uludag, Bursa
MARIANNE YALDIZ is Director of the Museum fur Indische Kunst, Berlin
PETER ZIEME is Leader of the research group 'Turfanforschung' at the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin
ROYAL ACADEMY OF ARTS Vissza