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Author Âli, Mustafa bin Ahmet, 1541-1599.

Title Muṣṭafá Alī's Epic deeds of artists : a critical edition of the earliest Ottoman text about the calligraphers and painters of the Islamic world / edited, translated, and commented by Esra Akın-Kıvanç
Published Leiden [The Netherlands] ; Boston : Brill, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 490 pages) : facsimiles
Series Islamic history and civilization. Studies and texts ; v. 87
Islamic history and civilization ; v. 87.
Contents Preliminary Material / E. Akin -- Preface / E. Akin -- Chapter One. Mustafa 'Âli And The Epic Deeds Of Artists / E. Akin -- Chapter Two. Background And Significance / E. Akin -- Translation. Epic Deeds Of Artists / E. Akin -- Transcription. Menāqib-I Hüner-Verān / E. Akin -- Bibliography / E. Akin -- Appendix A. Artistic Lineage / E. Akin -- Appendix B. Biographical Information On Artists / E. Akin -- Glossary / E. Akin -- Index Of Personal Names / E. Akin -- General Index / E. Akin -- Facsimile / E. Akin
Summary The earliest known Ottoman literary source about the lives and works of calligraphers, painters, limners, and book-binders of the Ottoman and Persianate worlds, Mustafa ʿÂli's (1541-1600) Epic Deeds of Artists (1587), was hitherto considered to be primarily a biographic dictionary. Based on a comprehensive reading of the descriptive and analytic tools of ʿÂli's biographical writings as well as his passionately penned personal reflections on sixteenth-century attitudes toward art and artists, this critical edition by Esra Akın-Kıvanç brings to the fore the significance of Epic Deeds not only as a guide to the connoisseurs and aficionados of the time, but also as a fascinating commentary by a prominent intellectual on the spiritual meaning and material value of art
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 425-490) and index
Notes Print version record
SUBJECT Mustafa Âli Gelibolulu 1541-1600 gnd
Subject Artists -- Turkey -- Biography -- Early works to 1800
Arts -- Turkey -- Early works to 1800
ART -- Individual Artists -- Monographs.
ART -- Individual Artists -- Artists' Books.
ART -- Individual Artists -- Essays.
Artists
Arts
Islam
Kalligrafie
Osmanisch
Arabisch
Turkey
Osmanisches Reich
Genre/Form Biographies
Early works
Form Electronic book
Author Akın, Esra.
LC no. 2011016207
ISBN 9789004178724
9004178724
9789047441076
9047441079
9781283160674
1283160676
Other Titles Menakıb-i hünerveran. English & Turkish
Critical edition of the earliest Ottoman text about the calligraphers and painters of the Islamic world