Turks: A Journey of a Thousand Years: 600-1600
This magnificent book accompanies a spectacular exhibition devoted to the artistic and cultural riches of the Turkic-speaking peoples. Essays by leading scholars trace Turkic history and cultural development, while works of art ranging from painting and sculpture to textiles, metalwork, and ceramics reflect the artistic influences that the Turks assimilated, from their early nomadic wanderings to the glories produced during the reign of Süleyman the Magnificent. The book takes the reader on a...
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This magnificent book accompanies a spectacular exhibition devoted to the artistic and cultural riches of the Turkic-speaking peoples. Essays by leading scholars trace Turkic history and cultural development, while works of art ranging from painting and sculpture to textiles, metalwork, and ceramics reflect the artistic influences that the Turks assimilated, from their early nomadic wanderings to the glories produced during the reign of Süleyman the Magnificent. The book takes the reader on a breathtaking journey from the eastern border of modern China to the Balkans in the west. Illustrated with more than 500 works, Turks is a landmark publication. The book is essential reading for anyone interested in the turbulent but vivid history of the Turkic-speaking peoples.Author Bio: Filiz agman is director of the Topkapi Palace Museum, Istanbul. Nazan lçer is director of the Sakip Sabanci Museum, Istanbul. David Roxburgh is a professor of Islamic art at Harvard University.
IThe Turks : a historical overview18IIReligions of the Turks in the pre-Islamic period32The Turks : a chronology381Central Asia, 600-100040Chinese Central Asia (Xinjiang) : its peoples and its culture2The Seljuks of Iran and their successors70The emergence of Turkic dynastic presence in the Islamic world : cultural experiences and artistic horizons, 950-12503The Seljuks and Artuqids of medieval Anatolia102The Anatolian Seljuks4Muhammad of the black pen and his paintings146Glimpses into the fourteenth-century Turkic world of Central Asia : the paintings of Muhammad Siyah Qalam5The Timurids and Turkmen190The Timurid and Turkmen dynasties of Iran, Afghanistan and Central Asia, c.1370-15066The Ottomans : from Mehmed II to Murad III260Art of the Ottoman CourtCatalogue entries376The Ottoman Sultans as poets471The Turkic languages472
