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TURKISH MINIATURE ART:

When you want to exhibite your paintings which took start from the miniature-paintings of great artists who lived at least four five centuries ago ;it would not be fair to dedicate them few words...

Because of the of Muslim rites,we didn't have great painters before the 20th.century ....But very talented "Serail's Nakkas"... (Artist who illustrated,embelished books.)

LEVNÎ (my most adored miniature-painter)He was the most proeminent artist of miniature art of the Tulip Periode( Tulip Era:1718-1730). Born in Edirne(the date is not specified).Died:1732He wasn't only a painter but also a poet and a writer...(I am sure he would make a very good "fashion designer"if he lived in our time!...)He wrote his poems mostly dedicated to Sultan called Ahmet.the III.(1673-1736)

"The Tulip Era" so called because of love and care for the tulip became encreasingly the vogue....Levni was responsable with the 137 miniatures for two volumes of "Surname"(Book of poems written by Vehbi the poet)
There are no strong or striking colors in Levni's designes:no fanciful figures,no legendery birds or
animals,as commonly found in Persian miniatures...He preferred simplicity to color tricks,veneer or ostentation. Levni's miniatures shows examples of Turkish dresses and Turkish social life of the period... I would also like to mention some other names of painters in this century:Abdullah Buhari,Seyyid Yumni,Kayyum Bas,

A GLANCE TO THE HISTORY OF TURKISH MINIATURE ART:
What we have now -as the "Turkish Painting" from 8.th and 10.th century-are only from the "ouigour" civilisation...These miniatures were adorning texts written in the "Mani" language...These texts orned with miniatures,show great variety during the 11. and 13. centuries,while the Seldjoukie's reign....Some exemples:Makamat and Dimne, Kitab-i Aghani(Song book) and Varka and Gulsah..ext...
...It's now certain that the miniatures designed by "Siyah Kalem"was brought to Istanbul by the little son of "Timor"(sultan of transoxian)Bediuzzaman Mirza...(There are 153 pieces in Topkapi Palaces Museum)"Ottoman Miniature Art" then showed great progress by the Mehmet 2.(Who conquered Istanbul in 1453 and who had much passion for the art.)He invited divers artist to his palace (mostly, Italians like, Bellini,Ferrara..)to make his portraits...By the arrival of the "Print" in the end of the 18.century,that art left place to the "printing industry"!...I would like to mention again,some of the precious artist of the miniature paintings ;
Matrakci Nasuh,Nigari,Buhari and Levni...

levni's girl2

NOTE:If you would like to inform yourself about Turkish miniature art,you can look for books of Metin And,Süheyl Ünver,Günsel Renda,Ismail HakkıUzunçarşılı,Filiz Çağman in book stores..