Harem, house of the Sultan Topkapı Palace, the Imperial Harem ; [catalogue]

Exhibition catalog: The little-known details and inner workings of the Ottoman harem are now on display in a new exhibition that opened this week at İstanbul's historic Topkapı Palace Museum. A joint effort between the Topkapı Palace Museum and the Ankara-based Bilkent Cultural Initiative (BKG)...

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Körperschaft: Topkapı Sarayı Müzesi (BerichterstatterIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Taşkın, Alev (BerichterstatterIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Teşvikiye-Istanbul Korpus Kültür Sanat Yayıncılık 2012
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Zusammenfassung:Exhibition catalog: The little-known details and inner workings of the Ottoman harem are now on display in a new exhibition that opened this week at İstanbul's historic Topkapı Palace Museum. A joint effort between the Topkapı Palace Museum and the Ankara-based Bilkent Cultural Initiative (BKG), "The Imperial Harem-House of the Sultan" is made up of around 300 items, including various personal belongings and objects used by the Ottoman sultans, their wives and children, written documents from the palace's archives and works of art depicting life in the Ottoman court and the harem, such as gravures and miniatures. The exhibit's four sections recount how the harem was built, its hierarchical structure, the daily life in the harem and the lives of the Ottoman imperial family and their relationship with the harem
Beschreibung:435 S.
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ISBN:9786055495206
978-605-5495-20-6