Table of Contents

Introduction Turkish Traditional Art Today Part One: Istanbul 1. Istanbul Kapali Carsi: Commercial Entry Tahtakale: The ArtisansO District and the MasterOs Role Suleymaniye: Sinan and the CityOs Centers Turkish Art: A First Summary (Spirit and Mastery) 2. Mahmut Oncu: Master Calligrapher 3. Yusuf Sezer: Young Master of Calligraphy The Recent Past: Context for Revival 4. Celal Atalay: Handwork in the Factory 5. Mustafa Kesici: Woodworking and Representation 6. Mustafa Sargin: Woodworking and Artistic Process Turkish Art: A Second Summary (Creative Integration) 7. Ahmet Sefa: Time and Spirit Change and Continuity: Pattern in the Present 8. Sebire Aktas: Weaving, Mastery, and Life in the City Part Two. Anatolia 9. Anatolia: The Landscape The Village Home: Domestic Architecture The Market Town: Connections The ArtisansO City: Context for Creation 10. Erzurum: The Urban Market 11. Konya: The ArtisansO Mevlana Turkish Art: A Third Summary (The Styles) 12. Bursa: Historical Setting Kayan Demirciler Carsisi: Work and Art Sogukkuyu: Pottery in the Plain Style 13. Kinik: Pottery in the Spirited Style Part Three: Kutahya 14. Kutahya: Pottery in the Masterly Style Cini: Ceramic Process 15. Ahmet Sahin: The Old MasterOs Family 16. Ibrahim Erdeyer and Mehmet Gursoy: Young Masters 17. Roses Picked from the Fire: Form and Meaning Part Four: Canakkale 18. Ezine: The CarpetOs Conext Hali: Form and Meaning in Carpet Design Types and Regions: Carpets in Space 19. Ahmetler: Carpet Technique and Life in the Village Rahime Balci and Nezihe Ozkan: Master Weavers 20. Karagomlek: Innovation in Carpet Design Aysel and Hanife Ozturk: Skill and Affection 21. Ayvacik: Commerce in the Carpet Tradition Conclusion: Turkish Style 22. Turkish Style: A Frame for Viewing 23. Turkish Art: A Fourth Summary (Style and Meaning) Meaning in Time: Experience and Significance Service, Discipline, Tolerance: Turkish Art Defined A Note of Turkish Bibliography Acknowledgments Gunumuzde Geleneksel Turk Sanati Index of Objects Index

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The traditional art and artists of contemporary Turkey, especially calligraphy, woodworking, pottery, and carpets, by a world-famous scholar. Includes over 1,000 illustrations.

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"This vast work, approaching a thousand pages, with a comparable number of illustrations, is astonishingly absorbing and easy to read, a rich source of cognitive and affective understanding of a culture at once so far from ours and so intimately close to it, whose insights and principles apply to many artistic traditions in many lands... It is Mr. Glassie's concern with the artist's view of truth, his complete indifference to the elegant pretension of word and thought that to one extent or another has plagued Western historians of art since Vasari, and above all his deep curiosity and willingness to learn and listen from the past and from the present, from the scholar and from the artist, that constitute the miraculous elements of Turkish Traditional Art Today Walter B. Denny, The New York Times Book Review "Turkish Traditional Art Today is a proud and triumphant work ... magnificent" The Turkish Times This beautifully produced work examines the traditional folk arts of Turkey ... comprehensive, well-researched, and clearly written" Library Journal "... a work of monumental significance." Oriental Rug Review