Turkish or Ottoman illumination refers to non-figurative painted or drawn decorative art found in manuscripts or on sheets in muraqqa. In Turkish it is...

called "illumination". These are much more common, and less sensitive, often found in grand copies of the Quran, as for example in Ottoman illumination. For...

albums that commemorated celebrations in the Ottoman Empire in pictorial and textual detail. Ottoman illumination covers non-figurative painted or drawn decorative...

important documents that were also works of art in the tradition of Ottoman illumination, such as the example of Suleiman the Magnificent in the gallery below...

collected by the Ottoman court, and represented another important influence, mainly on decoration. Ottoman miniature and Ottoman illumination cover the figurative...

The sultans of the Ottoman Empire (Turkish: Osmanlı padişahları), who were all members of the Ottoman dynasty (House of Osman), ruled over the transcontinental...

interest in narrative, and recording the history of the empire. Ottoman illumination was also extensively used on court manuscripts. Miniatures are forged...

effectiveness of illumination. Thermal imaging devices (using infrared) can however to some extent penetrate these obstacles. In 1583, during the Ottoman–Safavid...

Islamic calligraphy is often seen with elaborate frames of Ottoman illumination. Examples of Islamic calligraphy using this technique include the name...

well as Byzantine and Mongol art. It was a part of the Ottoman book arts, together with illumination (tezhip), calligraphy (hat), marbling paper (ebru),...

distinguished by its flat surfaces and vivid color scheme. However, Ottoman illumination began to steadily deteriorate and lose its distinctiveness as it...

well as tapestries and exceptional Ottoman miniatures and decorative Ottoman illumination. Masterpieces of Ottoman manuscript illustration include the...

In the 18th century, the Ottoman Empire faced threats on numerous frontiers from multiple industrialised European powers as well as internal instabilities...

A series of military conflicts between the Ottoman Empire and various European states took place from the Late Middle Ages up through the early 20th century...

Empire of the Sultans: Ottoman Art of the Khalili Collection was a 1995–2004 touring exhibition displaying objects from the Khalili Collection of Islamic...

Persian Calligraphy Arabic Diwani Indo-Muslim Kufic Muhaqqaq Naskh Nastaliq Persian Sini Taliq Thuluth Tughra Other arts Muraqqa Hilya Ottoman illumination...

The dissolution of the Ottoman Empire (1908–1922) was a period of history of the Ottoman Empire beginning with the Young Turk Revolution and ultimately...

carpets of Persia, Ottoman Turkey and Mughal India reflect very closely developments in style found in other media such as Ottoman illumination, and it is usually...

places of interest in Bursa. Bursa became the capital of the Ottoman Empire (back then the Ottoman Beylik) from 1335 until the 1360s. A more recent nickname...

The culture of the Ottoman Empire evolved over several centuries as the ruling administration of the Turks absorbed, adapted and modified the various...

the text. The remainder of the space is taken up with decorative Ottoman illumination, of the type usual for the period, often with a border framing the...

The Tanzimat (Ottoman Turkish: تنظيمات, Turkish: Tanzimât, lit. 'Reorganization') was a period of liberal reforms in the Ottoman Empire that began with...

used in other contemporary arts, such as manuscript illumination. Early examples indicate that Ottoman decoration developed a preference for floriate motifs...

Under the control of the Three Pashas, the Ottoman Empire entered World War I in 1914, during which the Ottoman government committed genocides against its...

family tree for all the Ottoman Sultans and their mothers. Ottoman Empire Ottoman dynasty Ottoman history List of sultans of the Ottoman Empire Valide sultan...

in various historical contexts, including as a prominent symbol of the Ottoman Empire, and in contemporary times, as a national symbol by some countries...

leading authorities in Turkish illumination and miniature painting of the time. Subsequently, he worked on Ottoman illumination in a small atelier with his...

The Ottoman Empire was founded in 1299 by Osman Gazi also known as Osman I. The history of the Ottoman Empire in the 18th century has classically been...

transformation of the Ottoman Empire, also known as the Era of Transformation, constitutes a period in the history of the Ottoman Empire from c. 1550 to...

Decoration in Ottoman architecture takes on several forms, the most prominent of which include tile decoration, painted decoration, and stone carving...