Osmanlı estetiğinde klasik romantik bireşimi Süleyman Seyyid

Launch of military schools, as a result of the army modernization process, had agreat impact on the acceptance of Western art in the Ottoman Empire. Art classeswere taught in Mühendishane-i Berrî-i Hümayun, founded in 1795, and Mekteb-iHarbiye, founded in 1834. The art programs had a curriculum in parallel with theWesternization strategy of the Ottoman Empire. Moreover, students were grantedfinancial aid for study abroad programs accordingly. Ferik İbrahim Paşa andHüsnü Yusuf Bey were among the first artists to study abroad; and Osman Hamdi,ŞekerAhmed Paşa and Süleyman Seyyid were the ones to do so in the secondphase.Süleyman Seyyid, who was known for his still lifes, had focused on sustaining thenatural looks of natural items in his art. Dominance of simplicity in his work is asign that he enjoyed observing the nature. He had an eye for discovering thenatural beauty of simple items. Suleyman Seyyid?s strong observation skills ledhim to depict real things rather than imaginary stuff. The bright light and soft tonsin his art added emotion to the observed reality.