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Description: Announcement of the completion of the Eskişehir-Ankara line

TitleAnnouncement of the completion of the Eskişehir-Ankara line

Creator nameUnknown

Creator nationality/cultureUnknown

Creator roleIllustrator

Creation date1890

Object typeIllustration

MaterialsUnknown

DimensionsUnknown

LocationMilli Kütüphane Başkanlığı, Ankara, Turkey

Accession number1956 SB 501

SubjectsRailroadsJournalismTurkey--History--Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918

StatusOn the cover of Servet-i Fünun

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1. Politics

Peter H. Christensen

Germany and the Ottoman Railways: Art, Empire, and Infrastructure

Many historians have cast the failed second Ottoman siege of Vienna (1682–83) as a paradigmatic global power shift predicated on European technological superiority, ensuring Europe’s command of the world stage from the eighteenth century onward...

Author

Peter H. Christensen

PublisherYale University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.10-24

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00224.002

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-20718&redirecttoanchor=59251

Chapter subject tags:Railroads--Design and constructionCivil engineeringTurkey--History--Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918Baghdad (Iraq)--History

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Description: Lettere del gran Mahvemeto imperadore de'Tvrchi: scritte a diversi re, prencipi,...

Lettere del gran Mahvemeto imperadore de'Tvrchi: scritte a diversi re, prencipi, signori, e repvbliche, con le risposte loro; ridotte nella volgar lingva da m. Lodovico Dolce, title page

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 26

Creator nameLaudivio de Vezzano

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator roleAuthor/Writer/Publisher

Creation date1563

Object typeBook/Manuscript

LocationHoughton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Accession numberOtt 251.1.15*

Lettere del gran Mahvemeto imperadore...

Lettere del gran Mahvemeto imperadore de'Tvrchi: scritte a diversi re, prencipi, signori, e repvbliche, con le risposte loro; ridotte nella volgar lingva da m. Lodovico Dolce, title page

The Punishment of the Hooks

Posted by:John Carlson

May 17

Creator nameDecamps, Alexandre-Gabriel

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1837

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions90 × 135.5 cm

LocationWallace Collection, London

https://wallacelive.wallacecollection.org:443/eMP/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&module=collection&objectId=65279&viewType=detailView

Accession numberP345

The Punishment of the Hooks

Pesaro Altarpiece, detail

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 14

Creator nameTitian

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1519–1526

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions478 x 268 cm

LocationSanta Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, Venice

Pesaro Altarpiece, detail

New Karaköy to Tophane road, Istanbul, with the Nusretiye Mosque at right

Posted by:John Carlson

Jun 14

Creator nationality/cultureTurkish

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation datec. 1900

Object typePhotograph

LocationLibrary of Congress, Washington, D.C.

https://www.loc.gov/resource/cph.3b24207/

Accession numberLOT 13554-2, no. 121 [P&P]

New Karaköy to Tophane road,...

New Karaköy to Tophane road, Istanbul, with the Nusretiye Mosque at right

Model of a house on a platform

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureNayarit

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation date100 BC–AD 300

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsEarthenware

Dimensions13 7/8 x 11 1/4 x 7 in. (35.2 x 28.6 x 17.8 cm)

LocationArt Institute of Chicago

http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/120440

Accession number1991.479

Model of a house on a platform

Portrait medal of Mehmed II, obverse

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 22

Creator nameCostanzo da Ferrara

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator roleMetalist

Creation datec. 1478–1480

Object typeCoin/Medal

MaterialsBronze

DimensionsDiameter 4 7/8 in. (12.34 cm)

LocationNational Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

https://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/Collection/art-object-page.44495.html

Accession number1957.14.695.a

Portrait medal of Mehmed II, obverse

Model of a circular ceremonial center

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureNayarit

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation dateAD 100–800

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsCeramic and pigment

Dimensions13 x 18 1/2 in. (33 x 47 cm )

LocationArt Institute of Chicago

http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/75238

Accession number1989.639

Model of a circular ceremonial center

Storyteller figure

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureJalisco

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation dateAD 100–800

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsEarthenware

Dimensions22 x 22 in. (55.9 x 55.9 cm)

LocationArt Institute of Chicago

http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/73795

Accession number1989.83

Storyteller figure

Justinian and his retinue, including Archbishop Maximian

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator roleMosaicist

Creation datec. 545-547AD

Object typeMosaic

LocationS. Vitale, Ravenna, Italy

Justinian and his retinue, including...

Justinian and his retinue, including Archbishop Maximian

Self-portrait (?) of St. Dunstan worshipping Christ

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 10

Creator name (description)Presumably Saint Dunstan

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation dateAD 930–970

Object typeBook/Manuscript

LocationBodleian Library, Oxford University, United Kingdom

https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/inquire/p/a7ebbb6f-414f-4bb9-9399-b3ed588c15af

Accession numberMs. Auct. F.4.32, fol. 1

Self-portrait (?) of St. Dunstan...

Self-portrait (?) of St. Dunstan worshipping Christ

Codex Tudela: Indian costumes

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 18

Creator nationality/cultureAztec

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation date1530–1554

Object typeDrawing

MaterialsLaid paper and natural pigments

LocationMuseo del América, Madrid

Codex Tudela: Indian costumes

Theodora and her retinue

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator roleMosaicist

Creation datec. 545 AD-547AD

Object typeMosaic

LocationS. Vitale, Ravenna, Italy

Theodora and her retinue

Laocoön

Posted by:John Carlson

Jan 23

Creator nationality/cultureRoman

Creator roleSculptor

Creation date40–30 B.C.

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsMarble

DimensionsH: 95 1/4 in. (242 cm)

LocationVatican Museums, Rome

https://catalogo.museivaticani.va/index.php/Detail/objects/MV.1059.0.0?lang=en_US

Accession numberCat. 1059

Laocoön

Description: Constantine IV Pogonatus conferring privileges on the church of S. Apollinare in...

Constantine IV Pogonatus conferring privileges on the church of S. Apollinare in Classe

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator roleMosaicist

Creation datec. AD 668–685

Object typeMosaic

LocationS. Apollinare in Classe, Ravenna, Italy

Constantine IV Pogonatus conferring...

Constantine IV Pogonatus conferring privileges on the church of S. Apollinare in Classe

Funerary Cheek-Piercing Ritual

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureNayarit

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation date200 BC–AD 300

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsEarthenware

DimensionsDiameter 9 1/2 in. (24.1 cm)

LocationArt Institute of Chicago

http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/148347

Accession number1997.475

Funerary Cheek-Piercing Ritual

Somme le Roi: Moses receives the Ten Commandments

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 10

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation date1373

Object typeBook/Manuscript

LocationBibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris

Accession numberFr. 14939, fol. 5r

Somme le Roi: Moses receives the Ten...

Somme le Roi: Moses receives the Ten Commandments

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