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Sedef's Corner: Why Art History - The Treasures of Constantinople
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Saturday, November 29, 2014. Why Art History - The Treasures of Constantinople. The following is an article that was originally posted on Hasan Niyazi's website Three Pipe Problem. In August 2013 as a response to the question Hasan posed "Why Art History? The remains of the 6th century Church of St. Polyeuktos. Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem. Ruins of St. Polyeuktos with the view of Aqueduct of Valens. Ruins of St. Polyeuktos with the view of the Istanbul Municipality. 3 De Cerimoniis (ed. A. Vogt, ...5 Har...
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Sedef's Corner: December 2013
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Sunday, December 22, 2013. Chora: the Church of the Holy Savior Outside the City Walls. The Anastasis, . Church of the St. Savior in Chora ,. Turkish Embassy Letters 2012. Istanbul Study Diary 2012. Gauguin and Cezanne revisit Manet's Olympia. Titian, Venus of Urbino, 1538 (Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy) Artists often revisited themes that had already been painted by artists . Ottoman Princess Mihrimah Sultan. Cameria, Daughter of the Emperor Soliman , After Cristofano dell Altissimo, 16th century(?
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Sedef's Corner: November 2014
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Saturday, November 29, 2014. Why Art History - The Treasures of Constantinople. The following is an article that was originally posted on Hasan Niyazis website Three Pipe Problem. In August 2013 as a response to the question Hasan posed Why Art History? The remains of the 6th century Church of St. Polyeuktos. Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem. Metropolitan Museum of Art. Turkish Embassy Letters 2012. Istanbul Study Diary 2012. Gauguin and Cezanne revisit Manet's Olympia. Ottoman Princess Mihrimah Sultan. Elisa...
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Sedef's Corner: October 2014
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Tuesday, October 28, 2014. How does what we see in museums affect our view of art history? George Dawe, Portrait of a dignitary in Turkish Costume,. Formerly titled, Sidki Efendi, Turkish Ambassador to the court of St. James. San Diego Museum of Art). There are certain defining moments when we feel we have figured out the answer to some profound truth that we had been searching for all our lives. maybe without even knowing we were. I had my "aha! Reflecting on this experience as well as other countless e...
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Sedef's Corner: Reading History Through Jewellery
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Saturday, December 22, 2012. Reading History Through Jewellery. Square emerald aigrette, TSM 2/313, 18th century. Pliny the Elder (describing opals). Prof Dr. Gul Irepoglu provided some enlightening facts as well as stunning visuals of the jewelry of the Ottoman Sultans. One of the most interesting parts of her talk was the inclusion of miniatures, which are considered to be historical documents, to highlight where and how these jewels were utilized. Suleiman the Magnificent's Throne, 16th century. Crown...
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Sedef's Corner: Elisabeth Louise Vigee-LeBrun - a Self Portrait within the Teachings of Rousseau
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Saturday, October 15, 2011. Elisabeth Louise Vigee-LeBrun - a Self Portrait within the Teachings of Rousseau. Elisabeth Louise VigeeLe-Brunn, Self Portrait with her Daughter, Julie,. It is facinating to see how an artist depicts one's self in portraits, when she has total control of the image she wants to present to the world. Vigee-LeBrun's Self Portrait with her Daughter Julie. Vigee-LeBrun, Marie-Antoinette and her Children,. The portrait Marie-Antoinette and her Children. Istanbul Study Diary 2012.
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Sedef's Corner: Edward Hopper - The Painter of American Loneliness
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Tuesday, April 12, 2011. Edward Hopper - The Painter of American Loneliness. Edward Hopper, Gas,. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York). Whitney Museum of American Art: Watch and Listen: Audio Guides: Edward Hopper, Gas , 1940. My fascination with Edward Hopper began when I read a blogpost on Alberti's Window. Edward Hopper, Nighthawks,. Art Institute of Chicago). Gustave Caillebotte, Paris Street: Rainy Day,. Art Institute of Chicago). Edward Hopper, Seven am. Edward Hopper, Le bistro. When I stood ...
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Sedef's Corner: How does what we see in museums affect our view of art history?
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Tuesday, October 28, 2014. How does what we see in museums affect our view of art history? George Dawe, Portrait of a dignitary in Turkish Costume,. Formerly titled, Sidki Efendi, Turkish Ambassador to the court of St. James. San Diego Museum of Art). There are certain defining moments when we feel we have figured out the answer to some profound truth that we had been searching for all our lives. maybe without even knowing we were. I had my "aha! Reflecting on this experience as well as other countless e...
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Sedef's Corner: Gauguin and Cezanne revisit Manet's Olympia
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Sunday, May 8, 2011. Gauguin and Cezanne revisit Manet's Olympia. Titian, Venus of Urbino,. Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy). Artists often revisited themes that had already been painted by artists of previous generations, paying homage to them or reworking them in their own style. Paul Gauguin's Manao Tupapau (The Spirit of the Dead Watching). Paul Cezanne's A Modern Olympia. From 1873-1874 are both referencing Edouard Manet's Olympia. Here is the Venus that inspired Manet to paint his Olympia,. The rep...
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Sedef's Corner: Cybele, the Mother of the Gods
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Sunday, May 10, 2015. Cybele, the Mother of the Gods. Goddess Figurine, Catalhoyuk, 5750 B.C.E. Museum of Anatolian Civilizations, Ankara). There was a time "When God was a Girl," and some of her ancestors lived in Anatolia. Orthostat of a Mother Nursing her Child, Karatepe, 8th century B.C.E. 664-332 B.C.E.,which is often quoted as being the ancestor of the Mother goddess figurines. Although contemporary feminists have owned these Mother Goddess images as "the force and awesome power of ...According to ...
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