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in and around the seraglio
….Turkey is putting up good economic numbers, and flourishing without the militarily imposed corruption that the Kemalist guarantors of secularism wallowed in as the price of preserving modern Turkey. Tiresome though Turkey’s anti-Israel posturing and pandering to the Arabs is, … Continue reading
Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion
Tagged Byzantine Empire, capture of Constantinople, Conrad Black, Gentile Bellini, Grand Seraglio, Islamic Art, King Henry VIII, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Mehmet II, Ottoman Empire, Ottoman Empire Art, Ottoman style portraiture, Selim II The Sot, Siblizade Ahmed, Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent
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from istanbul: the sequel?
Does history repeat itself? To rewrite the history once more of the Ottoman conquest of the Arab peripheral regions; a manifest destiny to tame, pacify, discipline and civilize the Other from what they regard as tribal savagery and ineptitude. Ottomans … Continue reading
THE HAREM, THE SULTAN, THE PAINTER, THE EUNICH & HIS LOVER
”The pressures of being prince aren’t easy in any royal family, and history is full of eccentric rulers, warped by a childhood spent under a golden thumb. But the stakes in the house of Osman were higher then in any … Continue reading
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Tagged 3 Mustaphas 3, Alev Lytle Croutier, Charles Kimball, curious expeditions.com, Dimitri Cantemi, Gentile Bellini, Grand Seraglio, Ibrahim and Sugar Cube, Ibrahim the Mad, Ingres, J.A.D. Ingres, Jason Goodwin, Kosem sultan, Maypeyker Kosem, Murad III, Ottoman art, Ottoman Empire, Ottoman Empire Art, Queen Elizabeth I, Sultan Ibrahim I, Sultan Selim the Grim, Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent, Turkish History
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AXIS: BOLD AS MARKETING WITH SULTANS, SAINTS, & SINNERS
”Which multinational brand has the biggest image problem these days? BP? Toyota? Goldman Sachs? How about Islam? Say what you will about those other entities: They don’t have to deal with the public’s fear of terrorism. Last month, an opinion poll conducted … Continue reading
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Tagged BP Oil Spill, Byzantine Empire, Gentile Bellini, Goldman Sachs, Irshad Manji, Islamic Art, Kristiane Backer, Mahomet II, Mara Einstein, Mehmet II, Ottoman Empire, Ottoman Empire Art, Sarai Albums, Simon Houpt, Sinan Bey, YouGuv
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