The Ottoman Touch: Traditional Decorative Arts and Crafts by Kusoglu, Mehmet Zeki

The Ottoman Touch: Traditional Decorative Arts and Crafts (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781935295587)

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The Ottoman Touch: Traditional Decorative Arts and Crafts by Kusoglu, Mehmet Zeki

The Ottoman Touch: Traditional Decorative Arts and Crafts

$29.95
The Ottoman Touch: Traditional Decorative Arts and Crafts by Kusoglu, Mehmet Zeki

The Ottoman Touch: Traditional Decorative Arts and Crafts

$29.95
Format: Paperback
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The Ottoman Touch is an introduction to the classical arts and crafts of the Ottoman period. Being both an academic and artist, Kusoglu discovers the subtle secrets of various traditional arts and crafts, depicting them with lucid texts and vivid images. This book deserves to be a handbook for all who are interested in the Ottoman and Turkish history and art. Calligraphy, marbling, silver embossing, decorative beading, incrustation and many more are waiting to be discovered by avid readers.

Author: Mehmet Zeki Kusoglu
ISBN-10: 1935295586
ISBN-13: 9781935295587
Publisher: Blue Dome Press
Language: English
Published: 10/07/2015
Pages: 168
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.50lbs
Size: 9.40h x 8.60w x 0.40d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 10/15/2015 pg. 85
By Mehmet Zeki Kusoglu
By Mehmet Zeki Kusoglu
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Mehmet Zeki Kusoglu was born in Gaziantep, Turkey in 1943. He graduated from the state College of Applied Fine Arts, and received a government grant for postgraduate studies in Germany in 1964. He became interested in Turkish, Islamic, and Eastern art while conducting research in the museum and libraries in Germany and other European countries. His specialty includes wood, stone, and metal arts. He held exhibitions, published articles, and books, and gave seminars, teaching his classical and modern interpretations of these arts. He has published in his field more than 14 books.

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