Research Article

Materiality of Mehmet II Smelling A Rose Based on Gentile Bellini’s Painting with Cultural Perspective

Number: 14 July 31, 2020
  • Tuğba Batuhan *
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Materiality of Mehmet II Smelling A Rose Based on Gentile Bellini’s Painting with Cultural Perspective

Abstract

This paper examines the painting of Mehmet II, which was painted by Sinan Bey/ Şiblizade Ahmed based on the painting by Gentile Bellini. Those works of art show Mehmet the Conqueror in the same perspective by using different materials and styles of painting. Mehmet II is depicted as the Conqueror of Constantinople in this painting and the painting also includes concepts of Ottoman culture. This paper illustrates the ways in which particular Western elements of art commingled with traditional Turkish art imagery to depict the Sultan’s power over Constantinople. Both paintings represent different aspects of Mehmet the Conqueror. Both painters convey their own cultural consciousness and impressions in their paintings. Even though, Gentile Bellini and Şiblizade Ahmed made a similar artistic creation, they present different perspectives of Mehmet II within their own cultural framework. In addition, this paper shows how a local artist was inspired by a foreign artist. Furthermore, the two paintings are explained based on the objects and features used. In conclusion, this study shows that both paintings are also arranged within their own long memory and different social, cultural, and historical point of views to materiality.

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Supporting Institution

The author declared that this study has received no financial support.

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Details

Primary Language

English

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Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Tuğba Batuhan * This is me
0000-0003-0045-4304
Türkiye

Publication Date

July 31, 2020

Submission Date

December 15, 2017

Acceptance Date

July 11, 2020

Published in Issue

Year 2020 Number: 14

APA
Batuhan, T. (2020). Materiality of Mehmet II Smelling A Rose Based on Gentile Bellini’s Painting with Cultural Perspective. Art-Sanat, 14, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.26650/artsanat.2020.14.0001
AMA
1.Batuhan T. Materiality of Mehmet II Smelling A Rose Based on Gentile Bellini’s Painting with Cultural Perspective. Art-Sanat. 2020;(14):1-16. doi:10.26650/artsanat.2020.14.0001
Chicago
Batuhan, Tuğba. 2020. “Materiality of Mehmet II Smelling A Rose Based on Gentile Bellini’s Painting With Cultural Perspective”. Art-Sanat, nos. 14: 1-16. https://doi.org/10.26650/artsanat.2020.14.0001.
EndNote
Batuhan T (July 1, 2020) Materiality of Mehmet II Smelling A Rose Based on Gentile Bellini’s Painting with Cultural Perspective. Art-Sanat 14 1–16.
IEEE
[1]T. Batuhan, “Materiality of Mehmet II Smelling A Rose Based on Gentile Bellini’s Painting with Cultural Perspective”, Art-Sanat, no. 14, pp. 1–16, July 2020, doi: 10.26650/artsanat.2020.14.0001.
ISNAD
Batuhan, Tuğba. “Materiality of Mehmet II Smelling A Rose Based on Gentile Bellini’s Painting With Cultural Perspective”. Art-Sanat. 14 (July 1, 2020): 1-16. https://doi.org/10.26650/artsanat.2020.14.0001.
JAMA
1.Batuhan T. Materiality of Mehmet II Smelling A Rose Based on Gentile Bellini’s Painting with Cultural Perspective. Art-Sanat. 2020;:1–16.
MLA
Batuhan, Tuğba. “Materiality of Mehmet II Smelling A Rose Based on Gentile Bellini’s Painting With Cultural Perspective”. Art-Sanat, no. 14, July 2020, pp. 1-16, doi:10.26650/artsanat.2020.14.0001.
Vancouver
1.Tuğba Batuhan. Materiality of Mehmet II Smelling A Rose Based on Gentile Bellini’s Painting with Cultural Perspective. Art-Sanat. 2020 Jul. 1;(14):1-16. doi:10.26650/artsanat.2020.14.0001