“BULUT MOTİFİ” NİN TEZYÎNÎ DESEN TASARIMLARINDAKİ İŞLEVİ
THE FUNCTION OF THE “CLOUD MOTIF” IN DECORATION PATTERN DESIGNS

Summary/Abstract: As one of the stylized motifs in Turkish decorative arts, "cloud" has an extremely dominant position in its field. As with other stylized motifs, the "cloud motif" contains many issues that need to be analyzed, especially regarding its origin, its place in historical examples, its function, its development and change. From this point of view, this study aims to present the function of the cloud motif in historical examples, its place in compositions, and its analysis with examples. Illuminated patterns take place in a wide range of traditional arts where many different materials and techniques are applied. Published examples of the cloud motif, which has been processed with many different materials and techniques from book arts to tile, weaving, stone, metal, pencil work in historical examples, have been selected and analyzed by grouping examples for the same purpose, and the function of the cloud motif types in the pattern has been tried to be classified with a selection of existing examples in this study. It has been determined that the "cloud motif" functions in ornamental design compositions almost in accordance with its name. This motif has the characteristic of acting almost independently among the fully stylized motif groups, which do not carry the strict principles of the composition drawing rules to which the others are bound. In this respect, it can also take on the character of a symbolic motif. On the other hand, it can preferably transform its own structure into systematic principles similar to other motif groups. It can be said that this changeability is made possible by the presence of twists, folds and attachment points in the anatomical structure of the "cloud motif". The presentation of these findings with solid data will be linked to the results of similar analyses. Here, the "cloud motif" in the decorative pattern design process is presented with its structural (anatomical) features and its classification according to its function in the composition is examined and presented with sample analyzes. In this study, the "cloud motif" was analyzed in terms of pattern design functions in the tradition of illumination and analyzed with existing examples. The classifications to be made with similar methodologies will allow "motif and design diversity" that will allow new interpretations

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