{"product_id":"mustafa-alis-epic-deeds-of-artists-a-critical-edition-of-the-earliest-ottoman-text-about-the-calligraphers-and-painters-of-the-islamic-world-9789004178724","title":"Mustafa Âli's Epic Deeds of Artists: A Critical Edition of the Earliest Ottoman Text about the Calligraphers and Painters of the Islamic World","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Esra Akın\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Brill\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Brill\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Islam - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe earliest known Ottoman literary source about the lives and works of calligraphers, painters, limners, and book-binders of the Ottoman and Persianate worlds, Mustafa ʿ li's (1541-1600) \u003ci\u003eEpic Deeds of Artists\u003c\/i\u003e (1587), was hitherto considered to be primarily a biographic dictionary. Based on a comprehensive reading of the descriptive and analytic tools of ʿ li's biographical writings as well as his passionately penned personal reflections on sixteenth-century attitudes toward art and artists, this critical edition by Esra Akın-Kıvanç brings to the fore the significance of \u003ci\u003eEpic Deeds\u003c\/i\u003e not only as a guide to the connoisseurs and aficionados of the time, but also as a fascinating commentary by a prominent intellectual on the spiritual meaning and material value of art.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brill","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47891279970455,"sku":"9789004178724","price":24395.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9789004178724.webp?v=1781183003","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/mustafa-alis-epic-deeds-of-artists-a-critical-edition-of-the-earliest-ottoman-text-about-the-calligraphers-and-painters-of-the-islamic-world-9789004178724","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}