You are kindly invited to the seminar entitled as \u201cMustafa \u2018\u00c2li and the Arts of the Book\u201d organized by the Department of History.<\/p>\n
Date: 02 October 2025, Thursday
\nTime: 16.30
\nAvenue: AZ-31 Department of History Seminar Room<\/p>\n
Title: Mustafa \u2018\u00c2li and The Arts of the Book<\/p>\n
Speaker: Serpil Ba\u011fc\u0131, Bilkent University<\/p>\n
Abstract:
\nThe Ottoman historian, intellectual and bureaucrat Gelibolulu Mustafa \u2018\u00c2li was keenly interested in the arts and artists of the book. His two interrelated accomplishments make this interest very clear. Firstly, he either directly commissioned or supervised artists to execute illuminated and illustrated fine copies of his works. Secondly, he shared his erudition on works of art and their creators, writing a pioneering work entitled Men\u00e2k\u0131b-\u0131 H\u00fcnerver\u00e2n (artists\u2019 exploits), which he completed in 1587.<\/p>\n
This talk will first introduce the illustrated manuscripts which involve Ali\u2019s patronage or supervision, in order to shed light on his affinity with the artists of the book. It will then examine Ali\u2019s inspirations for writing Men\u00e2k\u0131b-\u0131 H\u00fcnerver\u00e2n and the context in which it was created. The aim is to understand the art market of late sixteenth-century Istanbul, about which \u2018\u00c2li provides invaluable clues.<\/p>\n
Bio:
\nProf. Serpil Ba\u011fc\u0131 received her Ph.D. from the Art History Department of Hacettepe University in 1989 and taught there until 2023. She is currently teaching courses on Ottoman art in the Department of History, Bilkent University. She has conducted research or taught at various international institutions including Naples L\u2019Orientale, Oxford University, the University of Chicago, the University of London, Harvard University, and Universit\u00e0 di Roma.<\/p>\n
Prof. Ba\u011fc\u0131\u2019s main research interests are Ottoman and Persian arts of the book, with a focus on visual culture and painting in the Ottoman world. Her publications include Mevlana M\u00fczesi Resimli El Yazmalar\u0131 [The Illustrated manuscripts in Mevlana Museum], Istanbul, 2003; Falnama: The Book of Omens (with Massumeh Farhad), Washington, DC., 2009, and Ottoman Painting (with F. \u00c7a\u011fman, Z. Tan\u0131nd\u0131 and G. Renda), 2nd ed., Istanbul, 2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
You are kindly invited to the seminar entitled as \u201cMustafa \u2018\u00c2li and the Arts of the Book\u201d organized by the Department of History. Date: 02 October 2025, Thursday Time: 16.30 Avenue: AZ-31 Department of History Seminar Room Title: Mustafa \u2018\u00c2li and The Arts of the Book Speaker: Serpil Ba\u011fc\u0131, Bilkent [\u2026] <\/p>\n