Picturing history at the Ottoman court / Emine Fetvacı.

Author/creator Fetvacı, Emine
Format Book
Publication InfoBloomington & Indianapolis : Indiana University Press, [2013]
Copyright Date©2013
Descriptionxiii, 316 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm
Subjects

Contents Circulation, audience, and the creation of a shared court culture -- Making books at the Ottoman court -- Sokollu Mehmed Pasha and the illustrated Ottoman histories -- Chief Black Eunuch Mehmed Agha: negotiating the sultanic image -- In the image of a military ruler -- A Venetian Ottomanized: Chief White Eunuch Gazanfer Agha and his artistic patronage.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 303-308) and index.
LCCN 2012025512
ISBN9780253006783 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0253006783 (cloth : alk. paper)