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Record Nr.

UNINA9910971277003321

Autore

Âli Mustafa bin Ahmet <1541-1599.>

Titolo

Mutafa Ali's Epic deeds of artists : a critical edition of the earliest Ottoman text about the calligraphers and painters of the Islamic world / / edited, translated, and commented by Esra Akin-Kivanc

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2011

ISBN

1-283-16067-6

9786613160676

90-474-4107-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (600 p.)

Collana

Islamic history and civilization ; ; v. 87

Altri autori (Persone)

AknEsra

Disciplina

709.2/2561

B

Soggetti

Artists - Turkey

Arts - Turkey

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material / E. Akin -- Preface / E. Akin -- Chapter One. Mustafa ‘Âli And The Epic Deeds Of Artists / E. Akin -- Chapter Two. Background And Significance / E. Akin -- Translation. Epic Deeds Of Artists / E. Akin -- Transcription. Menāqib-I Hüner-Verān / E. Akin -- Bibliography / E. Akin -- Appendix A. Artistic Lineage / E. Akin -- Appendix B. Biographical Information On Artists / E. Akin -- Glossary / E. Akin -- Index Of Personal Names / E. Akin -- General Index / E. Akin -- Facsimile / E. Akin.

Sommario/riassunto

The earliest known Ottoman literary source about the lives and works of calligraphers, painters, limners, and book-binders of the Ottoman and Persianate worlds, Mustafa ʿÂli’s (1541-1600) Epic Deeds of Artists (1587), was hitherto considered to be primarily a biographic dictionary. Based on a comprehensive reading of the descriptive and analytic tools of ʿÂli’s biographical writings as well as his passionately penned personal reflections on sixteenth-century attitudes toward art and artists, this critical edition by Esra Akın-Kıvanç brings to the fore the significance of Epic Deeds not only as a guide to the connoisseurs and aficionados of the time, but also as a fascinating commentary by a



prominent intellectual on the spiritual meaning and material value of art.