THE VISIBILITY OF PATTERN AESTHETICS; EXAMPLES OF OTTOMAN PERIOD ART OF BOOKBINDING
DESEN ESTETİĞİNİN GÖRÜNÜRLÜĞÜ; OSMANLI DÖNEMİ CİLT SANATI ÖRNEKLERİ

Author : Kevser GÜRCAN YARDİMCİ
Number of pages : 223-237

Abstract

The history of bookbinding started as early as the 7th Century especially in Egypt and Middle Asia, and reached its utmost level during the Ottoman Period. The most beautiful examples of this art were produced in the 16th Century Ottoman State. This classical art has been carried until our present times by the masters of this art although very few in number. Thanks to the importance given by Fatih the Conqueror to all branches of art, the artists of the Palace brought works of art with high aesthetical value from gorgeous architectural structures to uniquely-beautiful hand-woven clothes to our cultural heritage, and the manuscripts that were written for the special library of the Sultan left their marks on the era. The color and composition principles of the Turkish Culture were developed with the expression of the qualified muralists, and new styles were formed. The pattern designs that are still the sources of inspiration today in many fields were clearly shown in the Ottoman Art of Book-Binding. Since these designs were fed by belief and culture concepts together, they have the codes of the details of our history on them. This study aims to reveal the color-pattern-composition relation over the examples of the Ottoman Period Art of Book-Binding.

Keywords

Bookbindings, Ottoman Bookbindings, Manuscripts, Pattern.

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