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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice book in great condition. Pages in excellent condition. Images are beautiful bright and vivid. No notes or highlighting. See images. Fantastic book.

About the book >.>.> This magnificent catalogue accompanies a spectacular exhibition devoted to the artistic and cultural riches of the Turks. Essays by leading scholars trace Turkic history and cultural development while paintings seulpture textiles metalwork and ceramics reflect the artistic influences that the Turks assimilated from their early nomadic wanderings to the glories produced during the reign of S?leyman the Magnificent. The history of the Turks is long and diverse. This book takes the reader on a breathtaking journey from China in the east to the Balkans in the west. Turkic groups adapted to the cultures they encountered – Chinese Mongol Arab and Persian – and religions such as shamanism Buddhism and the sects of Islam. Chapters deal with the early T?rks; the Seljuks of Iran and Anatolia; the mysterious art of Muhammad Siyah Qalam (Muhammad of the Black Pen); the Timurids and Turkmen of Iran and Central Asia; and the Ottoman sultans with an emphasis on the period between the reigns of Mehmed II who brought an end to the Byzantine empire in 1453 and S?leyman the Magnificent. Illustrated with over 370 works of art drawn principally from the celebrated collections of the Topkapi Saray Museum and the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Art in Istanbul as well as from collections across Europe Russia and the United States this book is a landmark publication and essential reading for anyone interested in the turbulent but vivid history of the Tiuks. (OS)