Images of the Virgin Mary in Mughal Art Mika Natif Synopsis: The Virgin Mary (Maryam) became a popular image among the Mughal ruling elite from the late 16th to the mid-17th century. Her depiction appears in single-page pictures set in albums, on wall paintings in Mughal palaces, and within illustrated manuscripts. This presentation focuses on…
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The Bryce Miniature Qur’an and Its Travels Across the Globe
The Bryce Miniature Qur’an and Its Travels Across the Globe Mira Xenia Schwerda Synopsis: This talk focuses on a miniature Qur’an executed in golden ink and housed in a metal locket, now held in the collection of the Centre for Research Collections at the University of Edinburgh. This Qur’an may look like a manuscript, but…
Picture in Picture: Images of the Sultan in Balkan Princely Portraits
Picture in Picture: Images of the Sultan in Balkan Princely Portraits Alison Terndrup Synopsis: This presentation dives into the relationship between power and sartorial symbolism by looking at portraits of hospodars, or local leaders of Ottoman-Balkan principalities. In the early- to mid-nineteenth century, territories in Southeastern Europe – including the areas we know today as…
“Do-For-Self”: The Visual Culture of the Nation of Islam
“Do-For-Self”: The Visual Culture of the Nation of Islam Christiane Gruber Synopsis: The Nation of Islam (NOI) was founded in 1930 as a politico-religious movement for Black empowerment in the United States. During the 1960s and 70s, the NOI’s official newspaper, Muhammad Speaks (1960-75) included numerous essays, op-eds, and illustrations promoting the moral and salvific…
Ottoman Costume Portraits: Photographs in the Elbise-i Osmaniyye
Ottoman Costume Portraits: Photographs in the Elbise-i Osmaniyye Erin Hyde Nolan Synopsis: This presentation examines the Elbise-i Osmaniyye, a catalogue of popular Ottoman costumes commissioned by the Ottoman court for the 1873 Vienna World’s Fair. The Elbise contains 320 pages of text and 74 phototypes of men and women in regional dress. Photographic albums such…
Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis
Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis Kerr Houston Synopsis: Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis is regularly named as one of the best graphic novels ever written, and has been analyzed from a variety of narrative and historical angles. Importantly, it can also be seen as meaningfully engaging with the larger history of Islamic art and visual culture, and this presentation…
Manufactured Images: The Engravings of 19th-Century Arabic Periodicals
Manufactured Images: The Engravings of 19th-Century Arabic Periodicals Hala Auji Synopsis: Explore the diversity of printed images that became popular in illustrated Arabic journals during the late nineteenth century. These engravings, which included a range of topics from scientific diagrams to illustrations of zebras, exemplify the interconnected nature of the arts and sciences in the…
İbrahim Müteferrika and the First Printed Books of the Islamic World
İbrahim Müteferrika and the First Printed Books of the Islamic World Yasemin Gencer Synopsis: This presentation video offers an overview of the first Islamic incunabula printed at the Müteferrika press in the first half of the eighteenth century. A chronological survey of their visual attributes reveals the Ottoman publisher’s early experimentations with the new medium. …