Contemporary Turkish Miniature
Contemporary Turkish Miniature refers to
"The miniature painter of today observes, thinks and depicts in exactly the same way as his 16th century counterpart, but the manner of presentation, the lines and the colours vary in accordance with the individualstyle of the miniature painter himself, and we can see just as important differences between the various artists working today as between the great miniature painters of the past".[1]
Changes from Ottoman miniature
Contemporary Turkish miniature is the same art form as Ottoman miniature however the circumstances in which it was created differ. Turkish miniature does not at all mean that the artwork must be small to be miniature, historically miniatures had always been small as it was an Ottoman book art and therefore had to fit on the page of a book. Miniature paintings of the modern era however are often created as standalone paintings and can be large. Contemporary miniature artists create miniatures of whatever they like or are inspired by, this is different from the old miniature because the function of those were to illustrate written text on the page in the book that it was in.[1] In the old days when miniature was still only a book art, the miniature artists would work in collaboration with each other with multiple artist working on one piece. Contemporary miniature art sees an artist create their own work entirely by themselves. They even make their own paper and prepare their own colors and gold leaf,[2] this adds another degree of freedom.
History
The art form of Turkish miniature was neglected as Turkish art was looking towards the west and the only miniature art produced were copies of old Turkish masterpieces. However this changed in the 1950s when there was movement in the revival of the classical Turkish arts of old with an emerging interest.[3] Miniature artists started to make original pieces again, the same style as the old master pieces but entirely new works of art.[1]
What is classified as miniature?
What is considered to be a miniature today still follows the same criteria as the miniaturists of the 16th century. These are that the painting is not bound by criteria such as three dimensionality, perspective, shadows and light.[4]
Miniature education in Turkey
Miniature has been taught at the Department of Traditional Turkish Arts at the
References
- ^ a b c Aybey 1979, p. 41.
- ^ Aybey 1979, p. 43.
- ^ Aybey 1979, p. 37.
- ^ Aybey 1979, p. 39.
- ^ MSGSÜ.
- ^ Artun, Çetin & Satıcı 2021, p. 363.
Sources
- hdl:11498/40180. Archived from the original(PDF) on 2019-05-27.
- "Geleneksel Türk Sanatlar Bölümü" (in Turkish). MSGSÜ. p. Tarihçe.
- ISBN 978-605-9606-26-4.
Further reading
- Atalay, Mustafa Cevat (2012). "TÜRK MİNYATÜR SANATININ TASARIM ÖGELERİNİN, TÜRK RESMİNDE VARLIK BULMASI" [The Presence of Turkish Miniature Components in Turkish Art]. AKDENİZ SANAT DERGİSİ (in Turkish). Vol. 5, no. 10. Antalya: Akdeniz University. Retrieved 6 June 2018.