{"product_id":"the-album-of-the-world-emine-fetvac-9780691189154","title":"The Album of the World Emperor: Cross-Cultural Collecting and Album Making in Seventeenth-Century Istanbul","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first study of album-making in the Ottoman empire during the seventeenth century, demonstrating the period's experimentation, eclecticism, and global outlook\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Album of the World Emperor\u003c\/i\u003e examines an extraordinary piece of art: an album of paintings, drawings, calligraphy, and European prints compiled for the Ottoman sultan Ahmed I (r. 1603-17) by his courtier Kalender Paşa (d. 1616). In this detailed study of one of the most important works of seventeenth-century Ottoman art, Emine Fetvacı uses the album to explore questions of style, iconography, foreign inspiration, and the very meaning of the visual arts in the Islamic world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe album's thirty-two folios feature artworks that range from intricate paper cutouts to the earliest examples of Islamic genre painting, and contents as eclectic as Persian and Persian-influenced calligraphy, studies of men and women of different ethnicities and backgrounds, depictions of popular entertainment and urban life, and European prints depicting Christ on the cross that in turn served as models for apocalyptic Ottoman paintings. Through the album, Fetvacı sheds light on imperial ideals as well as relationships between court life and popular culture, and shows that the boundaries between Ottoman art and the art of Iran and Western Europe were much more porous than has been assumed. Rather than perpetuating the established Ottoman idiom of the sixteenth century, the album shows that this was a time of openness to new models, outside sources, and fresh forms of expression. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBeautifully illustrated and featuring all the folios of the original seventy-page album, \u003ci\u003eThe Album of the World Emperor \u003c\/i\u003erevives a neglected yet significant artwork to demonstrate the distinctive aesthetic innovations of the Ottoman court.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Emine Fetvacı\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0691189153\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691189154\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/07\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 3.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.20h x 8.30w x 1.20d","brand":"Emine Fetvac\u0026#305;","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43925629141247,"sku":"9780691189154","price":79.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_8846dd33-357c-4363-b718-84bac1323bd0.jpg?v=1681078405","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-album-of-the-world-emine-fetvac-9780691189154","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}