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JM Rogers
The Turkish holdings in the Khalili Collection constitute the most
comprehensive collection of Ottoman art outside Turkey, with examples
from the 15th to the early 20th centuries.The Collection is especially
h10 on calligraphy, and provides an important corrective to the
Western view of Ottoman art as consisting principally of ceramics
and textiles.
The written word is shown in the many aspects it assumed within
the empire, religious, administrative and cultural: as the vehicle
of the Qur'anic text, as mosque decoration or in the literature
of dervish orders; in works of science and geography; in royal decrees
and genealogies; and as presented in the hands of some of the greatest
calligraphers of the Empire.
Weaponry, scientific instruments, calligrapher's tools and metalwork
are also represented, together with bookbindings, carpets, textiles
and pottery. The catalogue illustrates 203 items from the Collection
in full colour. Each object is catalogued in detail, and two introductory
essays narrate the history of the Ottoman Empire and of the collection
of its artefacts and Western attitudes to them.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Professor J. M. Rogers is the Honorary Curator of the Nasser D.
Khalili Collection of Islamic Art. Professor Emeritus of Islamic
Art, School of Oriental and African Studies, London, he is a fellow
of the Society of Antiquaries and a leading authority with numerous
publications covering many aspects of Islamic art and history.
DETAILS
288 pages; 223 colour illustrations; 1 map
31.5 x 24.0 cm
1st edition 1995
2-830601-20-3 (softback)
1-898592-04-7 (hardback with dust jacket )
2nd and 3rd editions 1996
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