PERIODIC LANDSCAPE APPROACHES OVER LANDSCAPE DESCRIPTIONS: OTTOMAN PERIOD MINIATURES

• Published in: Humanitas 2016-01, Vol.4 (7), p.355-370
• Main Authors: ÖZHANCI, Esra, ARDAHANLIOĞLU, Zeynep R. B., YILMAZ, Hasan
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Aile & Sosyal Politikalar; Point of view; Siyasal Bilimler; Sociocultural factors
• ISSN: 2147-088X; 2645-8837
• DOI: 10.20304/husbd.43518

Visual arts are the everlasting witnesses of different societies, different cultures, different belief systems and the time itself, and have accompanied all these elements and made it possible for them to be reflected to the present time. The Ottoman Miniatures are works of art that reflect the point of view on the daily life of a great civilization, its administrative, religious, socio-cultural ceremonies and situations, wars, natural and artificial elements and events, in other words, the life itself in that great civilization as well as being a treasure for the archives. These works of art, whose artistic value and importance are never denied, on one hand reflect the glory of their times when they were produced; and on the other hand, reflect the social life and the perception of the sceneries in the minds of their artists. The purpose of this study is to set forth the perception of the concept of landscape in those times and the change in this perception as well as the perception studies with a different viewpoint. It has been observed that the depiction of the miniatures has gone beyond a specific point of view and have presented the events and objects in a divine and imaginary world. The poetic atmosphere created within the presentation has mostly been provided by using natural elements and figures. Plants have easily been the complementary parts of any composition with their aesthetical properties. Plants have been indispensable elements of this world with their forms, calligraphic structures, flowers and colors.