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Medici Ottoman carpet, Cairo

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Description: The Art and Architecture of Islam: 1250–1800
Evidence for the patronage of the portable arts by members of the Ottoman dynasty before the conquest of Constantinople (see Chapter 10) is limited, but with the establishment of court ateliers there by Mehmed II (r. 1444–81, with interruption), a burst of activity ensued in a variety of media. Artists sought inspiration from a...
PublisherYale University Press
Related print edition pages: pp.231-250
https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00124.020

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