The Ottoman Empire: One Of The Major Political Forces In South Eastern Europe

The Papyrus is a scroll painting, supposedly created during the Ramasside period, discovered in Deir Al Madina and was often referred to as “world’s first men mag”.

Islamic craftsmanship incorporates the visual expressions delivered from the 7th century onwards by individuals who lived inside the region that was possessed by or governed by socially Islamic populations. It is along these lines an exceptionally troublesome workmanship to characterize in light of the fact that it covers numerous grounds

There exist three basic components of traditional Islamic art: calligraphy, geometric patterns, and floral and vegetal motifs. These three stylistic tools are beautifully rendered and masterfully integrated into complex works of art, but there is no question that artistic expression is severely limited under these categorizations. However, this limitation stems from Islamic theology and concept of art. The main reason for the limitation imposed on visual art is the Islamic theological prohibition of figural imagery. Social laws presented in the Hadith prevented the representation of figures because any imitation was deemed idolatrous. Also, art is considered to be decorative and imitative. Script and patterns are used to decorate

The Ottoman Turks emerged on the periphery of the Byzantine Empire and the Saljuk Turks. Under a Turkish Muslim warrior named Osman, raids were conducted in western Anatolia on Byzantine settlements and a vast number of Turks were united under his banner. Those Turks who flocked to Osman's banner and followed him into the history books came to be called the Ottomans. The word Ottoman, fits these Turks well as it roughly translates from Turkish as "those associated with Oman."

When the Turks migrated west during the tenth century they came across the Islamic Religion. Most of the Turkish people converted over to the new religion and forgot about the old Uyghur  alphabet. They then soon found themselves using the Arabic Script as their new alphabet. Most Turkish artist soon were producing and mastering several types of art from these scripts.

Just from looking at a few pieces of the art of the ancient Egyptians, you begin to notice many defining characteristics about it that make it unique and different from other styles of art. There are an ample amount of recurring features in the art, so this must mean that these traits and aspects are noteworthy. This next section of the essay will go into detail about a few of the many types of art and the stylistic elements that define ancient Egyptian art and make it special and distinguishable from other types of art, and why some particular aspects of the art are important.

The book includes a study over 500 pieces of blue and white Persian ceramics. The author demonstrates the importance of Persian on the route of trading, discovering the relationship between the historical background and trading facts. Further, the book detailed in how the diversity of the design relating to the markets. The author, Yolande Crowe, extensively wrote about the decoration of Islam, particularly discovered the relationship between Islamic arts and the Chinese Prototypes, “blue and white pottery” in Jingdezhen.

The Quran from the Turkish Ottoman period was written with fine calligraphy. It’s dated back all the way to A.H 1268. The sacred book has rounded letterforms; upright vertical strokes and thin, slightly slanted script that show the Persians heavily influenced them. The use of soft lavenders, a very dark blue, and a vivid orange that betrays a late date. Gold was also found inked in the paper, a long with a leather binding. It was also detailed with intricate little five-lobed flower heads and curvy leafy vines. These aspects show the style developed by the earlier Turkish calligraphy master Shaikh Hamdullah. The height of manuscript is 15.9 cm and the width is 10.8 cm.

Also in the article “Ancient Art,” at the kingdom of Parthia existed in time paralleled with the golden age of Rome (2nd century B.C. – 2nd Century A.D.) in the west and Han period (206 B.C. - 220 middle of 3rd century B.C. Their country extended from Central Asia through part of Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq and Syria developing art rich in elements from various cultural trends. They fought against Rome, but finally were overthrown by Persian dynasty of the Sasanides. One of the distinctive features in art of Persia of the Sasanides is iconography of royal image. Iconography has a lot of meanings. First it literally means a symbolic representation, especially the conventional meanings attached to an image or images. It is a subject matter in the visual arts, especially with reference to the conventions regarding the treatment of a subject in artistic representation. Lastly, it is the study or analysis of subject matter and its meaning in the visual arts. Iconography has influence on designing of architectural ornament as well as design of textiles up to times of Islam that overthrew rules of the Sasanides.

characteristic of “Abraham of Kutahya”; named after an artist whose style has been considered a

The splendor and beauty of Iranian architecture, especially during the Islamic era, are related to decoration and design. After the invasion of Iran by the Arabs and the introduction of Islam to Iran, the Iranian classical architecture advent significantly changed, and we saw the Arabic calligraphy decoration of the mosques in Iran. The principles of aesthetics in the art of calligraphy in Iran are based precisely on the principles of the beauty of ancient Iranian and Islamic art. On the other hand, after Islam, calligraphy was one of the most important sources of Islamic art in Islam and one of the important features of Islamic culture. First, the calligraphy had no cultural meaning and only for decorations and beauty, it had the same meaning

This essay will compare two artists from different countries, one is a Russian artist called Wassily Kandinsky and the other one is Guan Zhong Wu, he comes from China which is my own country. The two artists lived in different cultural backgrounds during the same period, so they had significant similarities and differences. First, this essay will compare the similar artistic spirit between the two artists. Second, this essay will examine the different drawing tools that the two artists used for their paintings. Third, this essay will discussion the two artists using the similar “point and line to plane” (Kandinsky 1979:1) to paint different style pictures. Finally, this essay will analyses the influences of European and oriental culture on

As well, there is a revival of the classical Islamic art in the 50's, especially with the abstract movement in Europe, from where patterns become a source of inspiration for contemporary work. This trend keeps increasing, as professors at our university agreed, there is a revival in traditional Islamic art as well as an increase awareness of history by the public, plus the increased economic affluence of the country.

This essay will analyze the relationship between Seyh Zafir Mausoleum and the international style of art; ''Art Nouveau'', which was the main inspiration behind the architectural design for the mausoleum. Art Nouveau (new art) is an art movement where elegant decorative ornaments, curves and herbal designs are often used in the foregrounds. Many examples of this movement can be found in Europe and in the United States. Art Nouveau was a highly effective but relatively short-lived movement that emerged during late 19th century and began to its harsh decline after a decade. This movement had a collective structure than a different group of visual artists, designers and architects in Europe. The modern era aims to create more appropriate design styles and is characterized by organic lines and geometric shapes Art Nouveau appeared in a small town in European cities. This style is produced and distributed by curious people and it had

Arabic Calligraphy is based upon the development of the Arabic alphabet and is intimately tied to the history of Islam and the writings of the Qur’an. The word calligraphy, is defined as ‘beautiful writing” and is considered to be one of the most noble artistic expressions in the Islamic world. Arabic Calligraphy has become an integral part of Islamic culture mainly because Islam by nature is aniconic, which discourages the artistic representation of animals and human beings. As a result of this, the art of Islamic culture gravitated towards the art of calligraphy.