Matrakçı Nasuh in the Field of Ottoman Miniature Painting Cover Image

Matrakçı Nasuh u domeni osmanske minijature
Matrakçı Nasuh in the Field of Ottoman Miniature Painting

Author(s): Medžida Selmanović
Subject(s): Cultural history
Published by: Orijentalni Institut u Sarajevu

Summary/Abstract: "Matrakci Nasuh in the Field of Ottoman Miniature Painting" is a shorter study about the achievements of Turkish-Ottoman painting in the field of miniature. The study begins with a short review considering the origin of miniature painting and the basic influences on the development of this kind of the painting. The analysis of Nasuh's miniature works points out the miniatures which represent Yugoslav cities and regions in the middle of the 16th century. In order to complete the study we gave the characteristics of the miniatures representing cities and places in the Near East, and also cities and ports in the Mediterranean, without detailed analysis.

  • Issue Year: 1991
  • Issue No: 40
  • Page Range: 383-392
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Bosnian