Full Description
The Ottoman court of the late 16th century produced an unprecedented number of sumptuously illustrated chronicles. While usually dismissed as imperial eulogies, Emine Fetvaci demonstrates that these books commented on contemporary events, promoted the political agendas of courtiers as well as the sultan, and presented their patrons and creators in ways that helped shape the perspectives of their elite audience. Picturing History at the Ottoman Court traces the simultaneous crafting of political power, the codification of a historical record, and the unfolding of cultural change.
Contents
AcknowledgmentsNote on TransliterationIntroduction1. Circulation, Audience, and the Creation of a Shared Court Culture2. Making Books at the Ottoman Court3. Sokollu Mehmed Pasha and Illustrated Ottoman Histories4. Chief Black Eunuch Mehmed Agha: Negotiating the Sultanic Image5. In the Image of a Military Ruler6. A Venetian Ottomanized: Chief White Eunuch Gazanfer Agha and his Artistic PatronageConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex
