Iznik is a magnificent large-format book on the much sought after Ottoman ceramics whose quality, stunning designs, elegant forms, and rich colors have had a profound impact on European taste. The ceramics of Iznik were among the finest works of art produced in the Ottoman Empire. The technical quality of this pottery and the beauty and immediacy of its designs have long made it one of the most popular art forms from the Islamic world. Based on many years of research, this study is the only comprehensive survey devoted to Iznik pottery vessels.

Iznik: The Pottery of Ottoman Turkey

Arts & Photography

Raby, Julian

Atasoy, Nurhan

Individual Artists

Thames&Hudson

This study aims to clarify Venetian Quattrocento Orientalism, which affected Durer and thus Northern Europe, and to define the sources and practitioners of its Oriental motifs.At the end of the fifteenth century a large number of paintings were produced in Venice that depict exotic animals and figures set against the backdrop of Oriental architecture.It was Europe's earliest attempt to portray Muslims in a Muslim habitat, but it was more than a vague and ill-informed evocation of the East. Realistic in many of their details, these Orientalist pictures reflect the Serenissima's political and mercantile links with the fifteenth century Islamic Empires of the Eastern Mediterranean.

Venice, Dürer and the Oriental Mode: Hans Huth Memorial Studies I (The Hans Huth Memorial Studies, 1)

History & Criticism

Philip Wilson Publishers

Qajar Portraits is a beautifully-illustrated, comprehensive overview of Qajar imperial portraiture. The items, which include several of the most important works of early Qajar art, clearly depict the political role of portraiture under the Qajars and the influence of Napoleonic portraits on the development of Persia’s early-20th century imperial iconography under Fath ‘Ali Shah, and the use of portraiture in Qajar civil and military Orders of Merit. No other Muslim dynasty, except the Mughals, used portraiture as intensively to further dynastic and political ends.

Qajar Portraits: Figure Paintings from Nineteenth Century Persia (Azimuth Editions in Association With Iran Heritage Foundation)

I.B.Tauris

Produced for the Association Internationale de Bibliophilie, this book traces the development of the early Ottoman style under influence from their neighbors; the impact of the patronage of Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror; and the development of the "classical" style under his successor Bayezid II. The book includes beautiful illustrations of 41 masterpieces of bookbinding with technical appendices, bibliography, concordance, and index.

Turkish Bookbinding in the 15th Century

Tanindi, Zeren

Paul Holberton Publishing

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