The analysis of prophet stories and subjective reflections of the interfaith depiction on Ottoman art of painting

The depiction dates back to the Paleolithic Period throughout the history of mankind. In the art of Mesopotamian, Egyptian and Greek depictions belonging to polytheistic religions, it is seen that they put their own gods and goddesses in shape and form to worship. Polytheistic religions have used the art of painting and sculpture to depict their gods. The depictions have not been used in religious spaces due to the possibility that depictions of gods in monotheistic religions may turn into idols, with exceptions. Although, in the Byzantine and European Christian communities several changes were observed in the depiction and in order to keep the story and memories of Jesus alive, they used it in religious depictions in churches with the legalization of Christianity. As a matter of fact, these depictions have replaced the Imagistic depictions and the monograms used as religious symbols in Christianity, i.e. christograms. Depictions were also seen in works and manuscript works written during the Ottoman Empire, when Islam was the official religion, and the depictions were also supported by religious literary texts. In addition, when the manuscript works such as "Falname", "Silsile-name", "Zubdet al-Tevarih", "Siyer-i Nebi" and "Kisas-i Enbiya" were examined from the works of this period, it was determined that elements such as events, stories, lives of prophets, omens and miracles were included in the depictions. The events that are addressed in this depiction; Adam and Eve, the event of Miraj of the Prophet Muhammad, the event of revelation of the Prophet Muhammad while he was on the mountain of Hira, the Miracle of the splitting of the Moon, the event of the Prophet Jonah out of the belly of huge fish, The Noah's flood, the event of Abraham to be thrown into the fire, the ascension of Jesus Christ, the transformation event of a snake into a dragon by the Prophet Moses and his brother Aaron and the Moses And Aaron Before Pharaoh events. In this study, based on the lives and miracles of the prophets, paintings made in oil painting technique that deals with religious themes as inspiration and their analysis were included and evaluated. Keywords: Art, Ottoman Painting, Stories of the Prophets, Religion and Art, Judaism, Christianity, Islam.