Author
Hassanein, Ibrahim and Jeddi Ibrahim
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Library
Royal Danish Library
Library Asset ID
ISSN: 2356-9654
Record ID
cdi_almandumah_primary_1189912
Library Location
DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals
Notes
The Ottoman mosques located in small villages in the provinces of Western Anatolia, such as the provinces of Afyon, Aydin, and Denizli, were characterized by some unique artistic features that distinguish them from other mosques located in the major cities in the same provinces and which these villages belong administratively, whether in terms of the artistic method used in implementing the decorations, which is the style of drawing with pen or kalem isi, which appeared alone and was widely executed in several places in these village mosques, especially On the interior walls that were covered with plaster, and on the niches, pulpits, preachers’ chairs, and forums. Or in terms of the executed decorative elements themselves, whose forms varied between plant decorations such as the carnation flower, the lalla, the branches of the myrtle tree, or the myrtle tree, and the brick tree, and the written texts that played an important role in the decorations of rural mosques during this period, as they appeared in abundance executed above the entrances and niches, as well as on the interior surfaces of the walls in these mosques. These writings were executed in both Arabic and Ottoman Turkish scripts, and their content varied between Qur’anic texts, the pronunciation of the Majesty God, the dual script (reversed writings), the names of the Rightly Guided Caliphs and the Prophet’s family, propaganda expressions, instructive texts, the names of the Ottoman sultans, the names of the major Ottoman mosques, the names of the Companions of the Cave. This is in addition to geometric shapes such as the Eastern Falak decoration, various architectural drawings representing the Grand Mosque and the Kaaba, and other decorations representing vertical sections of some of the major Ottoman mosques. In addition, there are some drawings that are predominantly religious in nature, such as drawings representing the Day of Judgment and the Day of Judgment, such as the Path, the Balance, Paradise, Hell, and the Banner of Praise. The decorations represent drawings of various Sufi tools, such as the tabar, the kashkul, the turban, the rosary, the flags, the hanging panels, and various other drawings that had their own symbolism, such as shapes representing prayer rugs and ship shapes. Research objectives: This research paper aims to shed light on the decorative elements that adorn village mosques in the provinces of Western Anatolia from the 12th century AH/18AD until the beginning of the 14th century AH/20AD through the following: - First: The artistic method used in implementing the decorations and its artistic features. - Second: The characteristics of the decorative elements and the extent of their realism. -Third: A comparative study between the decorative elements used in these rural mosques and the mosques of major cities located in the same governorates. Research methodology: This research deals with a description and careful analysis of the decorative elements that adorn the Ottoman village mosques in the provinces of Western Anatolia, and a comparison of them with the decorative elements that adorn the mosques of major cities located in the same provinces to find out the similarities and differences between them in order to emphasize the distinctiveness of these rural mosques and their uniqueness with their own artistic style.
Görüntüle
Majallat al-ʻimārah wa-al-funūn wa-al-ʻulūm al-insānīyah, 2021 (30), p.648-686
