{[Islamic Art –] Visual Arts [continued –] The Late Period}[21st April 1991]

[Redbook9:170][19910421:1410qq]{[Islamic Art –] Visual Arts [continued –] The Late Period}[21st April 1991]

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‘The Ottoman Period (1326-1922[ce]. From a modest nucleus in west central Anatolia the Osmanli or Ottoman Turks developed rapidly first a central state by absorbing the other successors to the Seljuks and then from the early 16^th century, an empire which stretched from the Atlantic to the border of Iran and Arabia. Even before the final capture of Constantinople in 1453[ce]* they had absorbed the greater part of the Balkans, much indeed before 1402. The Osmanli or House of Osman were for some 300 years an exceptionally able and vigorous ruling line which persisted until the end of the Empire at the close of the 1914-18[ce] war. Their subjects included people of many different races and traditions but the Turks remained a governing class. Thus Ottoman art is an imperial art in which craftsmen and artists might come from many different races but, in a strong centralised state, the direction** of the court and the capital was decisive. There were regional differences in materials and village crafts like carpet weaving or embroidery, but the main line of development was set by the court and its styles were copied everywhere. Thus, Ottoman-style mosques were built in Cairo and Damascus, and their decoration followed the designs laid down for Iznik kilns for tiles or pottery vessels.’

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*** – ibid [Encyclopaedia of Visual Arts 3:] 454

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