The perspective and the concept of space in Ottoman miniatures of 16 th century

The 16th century Ottoman illustrated manuscripts had an important place in the book arts, as they were documents that depicted the events of the period they were produced visually. Particularly thanks to Murad's interest in book arts, the careful work of Nakkaş Osman and his team, who was an artist in the palace workshop of the period, directly affected the miniature production. Ottoman miniatures, which have the quality of historical documents, especially the campaigns of the Ottoman sultans, the victories, important historical events, palace life and portraits of important people. When the miniatures are examined in terms of subject, composition and technique, although they reflect the feature of being a two-dimensional painting, it is seen that perspective experiments are included in the miniatures produced by Nakkaş Osman and his team and efforts to create a depth effect in the space. In this thesis study; A sample of the works of Nakkaş Osman, one of the most important Ottoman miniature artists of the 16th century, was selected and analyzed in terms of perspective and space, and the selected miniatures were examined in terms of basic design principles. As a result of this study, it has been determined that a unique polycentric perspective approach is used in the descriptions of architectural elements and objects seen in the space in the miniatures of Nakkaş Osman, and the part-whole relationship is observed in the way the space is expressed. In this context, the aim of the thesis is to produce new ideas about how perspective understanding and space perception are built through selected miniatures.