HÂBİL İLE KÂBİL KISSASI VE MİNYATÜR SANATINA YANSIMALARI
TALE OF CAIN AND ABEL AND ITS REFLECTIONS ON ART OF MINIATURE

Summary/Abstract: We learn the most accurate information on the tale of Cain and Abel from Quran. The holy scriptures of other monotheistic religions, besides Quran, also cite about the tale. The information and content that holy scriptures render form the content of the tale known and told among public. The information and content told are essentially identical while there are minor differences in details. The theme and plot of this tale have always attracted visual arts. We come up a number of works that describe the tale of Cain and Abel when investigating the works with religious motives in the art of miniature. This study involves a comparative work exploring the works of miniature depicting the tale of Cain and Abel. It has been found that these works demonstrate significant resemblances in terms of their composition layouts and constructs though they were works of different ages and styles. This can stem from the fact that the miniaturists placed the focus on the same points of information that they derived from the Holy Scriptures and stories without any fail while interpreting the tale. Another reason behind the resemblances could be the fact that the miniaturists that interpreted the tale stayed under the influence of each other and put the focal point on the same composition layouts and constructs. The miniatures involved descriptions of the origins of Cain and Abel, the narrations of Holy Scriptures and stories, the dispute between Cain and Abel, the ways to settle the dispute, their gift to God, description of crow and the murder of Cain. The study also involves the similarities and differences of the information presented in the Holy Scriptures and stories as well as the wrap-up of all information.

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