Meşher, Istanbul’s main interdisciplinary artwork house, is internet hosting a brand new exhibition, portraying Istanbul’s iconic skyline from one finish to the opposite with the “Istanbul As Far Because the Eye Can See: Views Throughout 5 Centuries.”
That includes a various assortment of uncommon works from the Ömer Koç Assortment, the exhibition spans 5 centuries, overlaying the interval from the Ottoman capital within the fifteenth century to the primary quarter of the twentieth century. The exhibition, curated by Şeyda Çetin and Ebru Esra Satıcı, opened its doorways on Sept. 20.
With over 100 works on show, the exhibition provides panoramic and wide-angle representations of Istanbul, a few of that are being exhibited in Istanbul for the primary time. The artworks embrace engravings, uncommon books, oil work and images, offering a wealthy visible report of town.
“View of Constantinople from the Ponte du Serail to the Janissaries Tower, taken from Carakeuy” by Evelyn Gorkiewicz de Habdank. (Photograph courtesy of Meşher)
The creators of the exhibited works additionally signify a variety of backgrounds, together with captains, vacationers, troopers, diplomats, writers, painters, photographers, architects and concrete planners from Western views. These artworks, created for numerous functions, whether or not political, army or aesthetic, showcase totally different methods and types. Accompanying the visible representations are excerpts from written sources that make clear the diplomatic relations of their time, town’s transformations, its multicultural material and social life.
These excerpts create a dialogue between the views of Western artists and the inventive productions of Ottoman-Turkish literature from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
“Golden Horn in Sundown” by Rudolf Hellgrewe, oil on canvas. (Photograph courtesy of Meşher)
Via eyes of Westerners
Notable works within the exhibition embrace the “Istanbul Panorama” based mostly on sketches by English artist Henry Aston Barker in 1799, an engraving from 1741 by Philipp Franz von Gudenus, who served as a secretary on the Swedish Embassy in Istanbul, and Joseph Schranz’s panorama of the Bosporus from the Black Sea to the Marmara Sea.
Moreover, guests can view the signed album containing the Might 1854 {photograph} of Bayezid Tower taken by James Robertson, the artist famend for capturing a few of the earliest 360-degree panoramic images of Istanbul.
The “Istanbul As Far Because the Eye Can See: Views Throughout 5 Centuries” exhibition options panoramic artworks that permit viewers to discover town from finish to finish, revealing intriguing particulars alongside the best way. Inside these panoramic views, locals in conventional apparel, girls touring in ox carts, Westerners recognized by their hats, youngsters and town’s four-legged inhabitants all play a big function in finishing the silhouette of Istanbul.
A peepshow by an nameless artist. (Photograph courtesy of Meşher)
From 1493 to current
Curators Şeyda Çetin and Ebru Esra Satıcı shared their ideas on the exhibition unfold throughout three flooring: “When choosing the artworks for the exhibition, we made certain to incorporate views from numerous elements and neighborhoods of Istanbul. From the oldest piece, Hartmann Schedel’s ‘Liber chronicarum’ (‘Nuremberg Chronicle’) from 1493, to the more moderen album that includes authentic designs and art work by Alexandre V. Pankoff from 1922-1924, we’re presenting over 100 works at Meşher. The highlighted themes and tales usually are not strictly separated however reasonably complement and enrich one another. We imagine that revealing the relationships between the artworks, reasonably than evaluating them based mostly on their eras and methods, contributes to a deeper understanding of this multifaceted metropolis.”
Nilüfer H. Konuk, director of Meşher, expressed her need for the exhibition to succeed in a broad viewers, stating, “A few of these precious works, such because the earliest printed copies, the one surviving copies to at the present time, or pioneering examples of their time, are being exhibited in Istanbul for the primary time. We’re delighted to convey these uncommon items from Ömer Koç’s esteemed assortment to a large viewers at Meşher.”