MINIATURE
Miniature is the name given to a lapidary mosaics. In the Ottoman Empire, instead of miniatures were used the words "portrait" and "embroidery". Turkish miniature art is based on manuscript book illustrations belonging to the Manichaeist Uighur Turks of the 8th and 9th centuries. Miniature art, spreading by Uighur Turkish artists, developed first in the Seljuks and then in the Ottomans, and became a dominant genre in Turkish painting until the 18th century.
Civilizations add their own color to the art that they embosome. During the Uighurs miniatures have been nourished by faith, while the Seljuk they have been shaped by science and literary elements and took its place at the top with, historical, literary, religious subjects and portraits, palace life, ceremonies, battles and scenes of sieges during the Ottomans. The miniature artist, known as musavvir or muralist in our culture, by presenting in a unique way a subject or event with every detail, on the same page appeals not only to the eye but also to the heart. The miniature carries the events depicted in the history of a civilization to the ages. The miniature, which continues to come to life in skillful hands, continues to add color to our lives in paintings with its originality and uniqueness.
CALLIGRAPHY Calligraphy is the art of aesthetic writing with the letters of the Qur’an. The people who practice this art are called calligraphers (hattat) .
STRING ART String Art is a relaxing art that consists of transferring a motif or pattern to paper, fixing this paper on wooden material, nailing the nails on the lines in the pattern in a regular way, and passing the wires through these nails using certain knitting techniques.
THE ART OF WIRE BREAKING Wire breaking, also known as "Bartın Work", is one of our precious arts that dates back to the 17th century and has survived to the present day.
Art of Ceramics Ceramic is a piece of terracotta made from a kind of clay soil, baked in an oven, glazed on a surface, decorated with various colors and motifs.
SILVER WORKING It is estimated that silver, a precious, shiny, white metal, was used first in 4000 BC. The silver ring, is the first object which reached our age from ancient civilizations, belongs to the Copper Age and was found in Denizli Beycesultan.
PAPER RELIEF Relief is a word of French origin. The raising or sinking operations on the surface are called relief. It usually means placing historical structures, human figures or works that are suitable for the model by giving dimension to the table with auxiliary materials.
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