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Tag Archives: Sultan Ahmed I
who’s the fairest sultan of all
The Grand Seraglio. As opposed to Seraglio Minor. Yes that Grand Seraglio with the violence, the death and the sex fueled only the passion thatsix thousand concubines can command and the wayward restlessness of the Janissary guards. Frontier justice and … Continue reading
Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Cinema/Visual/Audio, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion
Tagged Ahmed I and Mustafa, Grand Seraglio, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Lord Baltimore, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Michel Baudier, Mustafa the cage, Ottaviano Bon, Radu the Handsome, Sultan Ahmed I, sultan murad IV, Sultan Osman
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palace intrigue: little castle on the prairie
The court artists who were called upon to depict so august and all-powerful a personage as a sultanĀ were faced with a challenging task. The represented the sultan larger than those around him, their rich robes expansively filling out the … Continue reading
Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion
Tagged Clement Greenberg, Gentile Bellini, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Mohammed II, Ottoman Empire, Roxelana and Suleiman, Sultan Ahmed I, Sultan Murad III Ottoman, Sultan Mustafa II, Turkish art history
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