New book examines representation of Ottoman court in art

Aiming to illuminate the nature of Ottoman illustrated histories with regard to their production, uses, purposes and messages, a new book titled “Picturing History at the Ottoman Court,” written by Emine Fetvacı, was recently published by Indiana University Press.The book delves into how members of the Ottoman court such as bureaucrats, soldiers and household servants constructed a relatively stable narrative about the nature of the Ottoman state as they wrote their own histories, Fetvacı writes in her introduction, adding…

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New book examines representation of Ottoman court in art

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