Islamic Art of Illumination: Classical Tazhib From Ottoman to Contemporary Times

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Islamic Art of Illumination presents an amazing mixture of classical Turkish illumination patterns and their contemporary interpretations. It illustrates how illumination, often referred to as the art of tezhip, was once applied to quite a lot of articles all over the Ottoman period, including pictures, royal edicts and insignia, tiles, chests, gun holsters, shields, and even costumes prepared for the Sultan and his family. It also shows how today illumination has extensively been applied on architectural surfaces, book covers, manuscripts, carpets, textiles, ceramics, glass and wood panels, and metal works.
The creator, a prominent illumination artist, displays her fantastic pieces of art, skillfully swirling her imagination in conjunction with classical Turkish Islamic patterns of illumination. In richly illuminated designs the use of motifs such as buds and roses, in addition to stylized and naturalistic flowers, she exhibits the entire geometrical, foliate, and floral patterns used in the art. She also takes a closer look at making illumination designs and the use of quite a lot of application techniques, and she shows the entire steps used to make illumination.
This book is for all those seeking to explore the rich history and profundity of the Islamic art of illumination, and its use from Ottoman to contemporary times.

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