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Friday, April 14, 2006

The Art of the Book from East to West and Memories of the Ottoman World Masterpieces of the Calouste Gulbenkian Collection

Sakip Sabançi Museum, Istanbul: From 14 April to 28 May, 2006

The Divan by Mir Ali-Shir Nava'i Persia, Tabriz, ca. 1530 1575 26.3 x 18 cm Inv. no. L.A. 183

The Sakıp Sabancı Museum is preparing to host a magnificent selection of works from Calouste Gulbenkian Museum in Lisbon. The exhibition brings together 75 outstanding and rare manuscripts and printed books representing the art of the book around the world, and 35 works of art that are reminders of Calouste Gulbenkian's Ottoman origins, consisting of orientalist paintings, Ottoman fabrics and Ottoman tiles. ...

http://muze.sabanciuniv.edu
Posted by V R at 8:57 AM
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