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Court and Cosmos

The Great Age of the Seljuqs

By: Sheila R. Canby,Deniz Beyazit,Martina Rugiadi,A. C. S. Peacock

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Court and Cosmos

The Great Age of the Seljuqs

By: Sheila R. Canby,Deniz Beyazit,Martina Rugiadi,A. C. S. Peacock

Rising from humble origins as Turkish tribesmen, the powerful and culturally prolific Seljuqs—an empire whose reach extended from Central Asia to the eastern Mediterranean—dominated the Islamic world from the eleventh to the fourteenth century. Court and Cosmos: The Great Age of the Seljuqs examines the roots and impact of this formidable dynasty, featuring some 250 objects as evidence of the artistic and cultural flowering that occurred under Seljuq rule. Beginning with an historical overview of the empire, from its early advances into Iran and northern Iraq to the spread of its dominion into Anatolia and northern Syria, Court and Cosmos illuminates the splendor of Seljuq court life. This aura of luxury extended to a sophisticated new elite, as both sultans and city dwellers acquired dazzling glazed ceramics and metalwork lavishly inlaid with silver, copper, and gold. Advances in science and technology found parallels in a flourishing interest in the arts of the book, underscoring the importance the Seljuqs placed on the scholarly and literary life. At the same time, the unrest that accompanied warfare between the Seljuqs and their enemies as well as natural disasters and unexplainable celestial phenomena led people to seek solace in magic and astrology, which found expression in objects adorned with zodiacal and talismanic imagery. These popular beliefs existed alongside devout adherence to Islam, as exemplified by exquisitely calligraphed Qur’ans and an array of building inscriptions and tombstones bearing verses from the holy book. The great age of the Seljuqs was one that celebrated magnificence, be it of this world or in the celestial realm. By revealing the full breadth of their artistic achievement, Court and Cosmos provides an invaluable record of the Seljuqs’ contribution to the cultural heritage of the Islamic world.

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Metropolitan Museum of Art

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1588395898

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Collecting Inspiration: Edward C. Moore at Tiffany & Co.

By: Medill Higgins Harvey,Andrea Achi,Deniz Beyazit,Monika Bincsik,John Byck,Sheila R. Canby,Maryam Ekhtiar,Moira Gallagher,Kyriaki Karoglou,Christopher S. Lightfoot,Pengliang Lu,Amy McHugh,Iris Moon,Annamarie Sandecki,Karen Stamm,Catherine D. Stergar

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Collecting Inspiration: Edward C. Moore at Tiffany & Co.

Edward C. Moore (1827–1891) was the creative leader who brought Tiffany & Co. to unparalleled originality and success during the late nineteenth century. A silversmith, designer, and prodigious collector, Moore sought out exceptional objects from around the world, which he then used as inspiration for Tiffany’s innovative silver designs. This informative, richly illustrated volume, the first study of Moore’s life, collection, and influence, presents more than 170 examples from his vast collection, ranging from Greek and Roman glass to Spanish vases, Islamic metalwork, and Japanese textiles. These are juxtaposed with sixty magnificent silver objects created by the designers and artisans at Tiffany who were inspired by Moore’s acquisitions. Included among them are the world-famous Bryant Vase drawing upon Greek examples, a love cup featuring ornate “Saracenic” decoration, and a chocolate pot incorporating novel techniques influenced by Japanese ceramics and lacquerware. The illuminating texts have been enriched by groundbreaking research into contemporary sources such as newspapers and periodicals, the Tiffany & Co. Archives, and a newly identified technical manual and supervisor’s diaries, all of which provide an intimate look at the firm’s design processes and Moore’s role in shaping them. A valuable contribution to the history of American decorative arts, Collecting Inspiration illuminates both the legendary Tiffany aesthetic and the legacy of a significant collector, designer, and entrepreneur of the Gilded Age.

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313

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Metropolitan Museum of Art

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1588396908

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9781588396907

Turkish Migration Conference 2015 Selected Proceedings

By: Ibrahim Sirkeci,Güven Şeker,Ali Tilbe,Mustafa Ökmen,Pınar Yazgan,Deniz Eroğlu

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Turkish Migration Conference 2015 Selected Proceedings

By: Ibrahim Sirkeci,Güven Şeker,Ali Tilbe,Mustafa Ökmen,Pınar Yazgan,Deniz Eroğlu

This book is a collection of selected papers presented at the 3rd Turkish Migration Conference (TMC). TMC 2015 was hosted by Charles University Prague, Czech Republic from 25 to 27 June 2015. The TMC 2015 was the third event in the series that we were proud to organise and host at Charles University Prague. This selection of papers presented at the conference are only a small portion of contributions. Many other papers are included in edited books and submitted to refereed journals in due course. There were a total of about 146 papers by over 200 authors presented in 40 parallel sessions and three plenary sessions at Jinonice Campus of Charles University Prague. About a fıfth of the sessions at the conference were in Turkish language although the main language was English. Therefore some of the proceedings are in Turkish too. The keynote speakers included Douglas Massey of Princeton University, Caroline Brettell of Southern Methodist University, and Nedim Gürsel of CNRS.

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550

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Lulu.com

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1910781010

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9781910781012

The Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Sea

By: Meltem Deniz Güner-Özbek

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The Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Sea

By: Meltem Deniz Güner-Özbek

Ever-increasing numbers of dangerous goods are carried by sea today. Worldwide concern with the risk posed by this increased frequency has led to the adoption of international technical standards to promote maritime safety and the insertion of special provisions in the carriage contracts. Moreover, growing environmental awareness and concern with the economic cost implications of maritime casualties have given rise to the regulation of liability and compensation.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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3540758364

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Sehrengiz, Urban Rituals and Deviant Sufi Mysticism in Ottoman Istanbul

By: B. Deniz Calis-Kural

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Sehrengiz, Urban Rituals and Deviant Sufi Mysticism in Ottoman Istanbul

By: B. Deniz Calis-Kural

Şehrengiz is an Ottoman genre of poetry written in honor of various cities and provincial towns of the Ottoman Empire from the early sixteenth century to the early eighteenth century. This book examines the urban culture of Ottoman Istanbul through Şehrengiz, as the Ottoman space culture and traditions have been shaped by a constant struggle between conflicting groups practicing political and religious attitudes at odds. By examining real and imaginary gardens, landscapes and urban spaces and associated ritualized traditions, the book questions the formation of Ottoman space culture in relation to practices of orthodox and heterodox Islamic practices and imperial politics. The study proposes that Şehrengiz was a subtext for secret rituals, performed in city spaces, carrying dissident ideals of Melami mysticism; following after the ideals of the thirteenth century Sufi philosopher Ibn al-’Arabi who proposed a theory of 'creative imagination' and a three-tiered definition of space, the ideal, the real and the intermediary (barzakh). In these rituals, marginal groups of guilds emphasized the autonomy of individual self, and suggested a novel proposition that the city shall become an intermediary space for reconciling the orthodox and heterodox worlds. In the early eighteenth century, liminal expressions of these marginal groups gave rise to new urban rituals, this time adopted by the Ottoman court society and by affluent city dwellers and expressed in the poetry of Nedîm. The author traces how a tradition that had its roots in the early sixteenth century as a marginal protest movement evolved until the early eighteenth century as a movement of urban space reform.

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361

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Routledge

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1317057724

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Economics and Capitalism in the Ottoman Empire

By: Deniz T. Kilinçoğlu

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Economics and Capitalism in the Ottoman Empire

By: Deniz T. Kilinçoğlu

Is it possible to generate "capitalist spirit" in a society, where cultural, economic and political conditions did not unfold into an industrial revolution, and consequently into an advanced industrial-capitalist formation? This is exactly what some prominent public intellectuals in the late Ottoman Empire tried to achieve as a developmental strategy; long before Max Weber defined the notion of capitalist spirit as the main motive behind the development of capitalism. This book demonstrates how and why Ottoman reformists adapted (English and French) economic theory to the Ottoman institutional setting and popularized it to cultivate bourgeois values in the public sphere as a developmental strategy. It also reveals the imminent results of these efforts by presenting examples of how bourgeois values permeated into all spheres of socio-cultural life, from family life to literature, in the late Ottoman Empire. The text examines how the interplay between Western European economic theories and the traditional Muslim economic cultural setting paved the way for a new synthesis of a Muslim-capitalist value system; shedding light on the emergence of capitalism—as a cultural and an economic system—and the social transformation it created in a non-Western, and more specifically, in the Muslim Middle Eastern institutional setting. This book will be of great interest to scholars of modern Middle Eastern history, economic history, and the history of economic thought.

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1317524942

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Collecting Inspiration: Edward C. Moore at Tiffany & Co.

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Court and Cosmos

The Great Age of the Seljuqs

By: Sheila R. Canby,Deniz Beyazit,Martina Rugiadi,A. C. S. Peacock

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The Great Age of the Seljuqs

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Court and Cosmos

Court and Cosmos

Collecting Inspiration: Edward C. Moore at Tiffany & Co.

Collecting Inspiration: Edward C. Moore at Tiffany & Co.

Turkish Migration Conference 2015 Selected Proceedings

Turkish Migration Conference 2015 Selected Proceedings

The Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Sea

The Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Sea

Sehrengiz, Urban Rituals and Deviant Sufi Mysticism in Ottoman Istanbul

Sehrengiz, Urban Rituals and Deviant Sufi Mysticism in Ottoman Istanbul

Economics and Capitalism in the Ottoman Empire

Economics and Capitalism in the Ottoman Empire

Collecting Inspiration: Edward C. Moore at Tiffany & Co.

Collecting Inspiration: Edward C. Moore at Tiffany & Co.

Court and Cosmos

Court and Cosmos

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