{"id":1641,"date":"2017-11-29T19:53:39","date_gmt":"2017-11-30T00:53:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.issendai.com\/16thcenturyistanbul\/?page_id=1641"},"modified":"2017-12-04T02:21:55","modified_gmt":"2017-12-04T07:21:55","slug":"interiors-in-art","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.issendai.com\/16thcenturyistanbul\/ottoman-turkish-houses\/interiors-in-art\/","title":{"rendered":"Interiors in Art"},"content":{"rendered":"

16th-century court artists’ interiors tended toward the palatial, but they crammed in a lot of little details.<\/p>\n

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I haven’t been able to trace this image, which is a shame, because it’s a great depiction of a wealthy man at leisure. He leans against a cylindrical pillow (balin<\/em>), listening to musicians. The niche above him displays his turban, two books, and a couple other objects.<\/p>\n

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Painting Atelier<\/h3>\n

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Source: Wikimedia<\/a><\/p>\n

To the left is an alcove lined with book-filled niches and a small central cabinet. Note that the books are stored flat. To the right is a small window with partially opened shutters, looking onto a garden. The painters work at low desks. Their fur-lined robes suggest it’s wintertime.<\/p>\n

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Scenes from the Life of Muhammad<\/h3>\n
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Spencer Collection, The New York Public Library. “Muhammad visits Ab\u00fb T\u00e2lib, who is his uncle and head of the Ban\u00fb H\u00e2shim, trying to convince him on his deathbed to become a Muslim.” The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1594 – 1595. http:\/\/digitalcollections.nypl.org\/items\/510d47da-61ba-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99<\/p><\/div>\n

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Spencer Collection, The New York Public Library. “Ab\u00fb T\u00e2lib, ‘Abb\u00e2s ibn al-Muttalib, and other leaders of the Quraysh question Muhammad about his miraculous night journey.” The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1594 – 1595. http:\/\/digitalcollections.nypl.org\/items\/510d47da-61b8-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

16th-century court artists’ interiors tended toward the palatial, but they crammed in a lot of little details. I haven’t been able to trace this image, which is a shame, because it’s a great depiction of a wealthy man at leisure. He leans against a cylindrical pillow (balin), listening to musicians.\u2026<\/p>\n

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