Ottoman imperial space was not always tied to permanent structures. For centuries tents functioned as mobile palaces, providing domestic space and ceremonial stage settings reinforcing the power of the Padishah. Considering the material remains of fabric imperial architecture opens new avenues for exploring and understanding Ottoman visual culture and architectural history. Beyond the Empire, Ottoman tents changed hands as war booty and spolia during conflicts with neighboring polities, which resulted in a rich afterlife for many of these objects. Join Ashley Dimmig in the Wild Field in her exploration of Ottoman tents. Ashley Dimmig is a Doctoral student at the University of Michigan in the History of Art Department. Her work focuses on both Persian and Turkish early modern and modern visual culture, with special emphasis on textile arts.Michael Połczyński is a Doctoral candidate at Georgetown University working on early modern Ottoman frontiers in Europe. SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHYOttoman TentsAtasoy, Nurhan. Otağ-i Hümayun: Ottoman Imperial Tent Complex. Istanbul: Aygaz, 2000.Atasoy Nurhan, "Ottoman Garden Pavilions and Tents." Muqarnas 21 (2004): 15-20.Onuk, Taciser. Osmanlı Çadır Sanatı: XVII-XIX: Yüzyıl Ottoman Tent Art XVII-XIX Centuries. Ankara: T.C. Kültür Bakanlığı, 1998.Tents (broadly)Andrews, Peter A. Felt Tents and Pavilions: The Nomadic Tradition and Its Interaction with Princely Tentage. London: Melisende, 1999.Mansel, Philip. "Travelling Palace." Halı 39 (1988): 30-35.O'Kane, Bernard. "Fron Tents to Pavilions: Royal Mobility and Persian Palace Design." Ars Orientalis 23 (1993): 249-268.Late Ottoman Material and Visual CultureHamadeh, Shirine. The City's Pleasures: Istanbul in the Eighteenth Century. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2008.More on Ashley's Work:Dimmig, Ashley. "Fabricating a New Image: Imperial Tents in the Late Ottoman Period." International Journal of Islamic Architecture 3: 2 (2014), 341- 372.http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/journals/view-issue,id=2701/ Paper: "Sarmatism, Orientalism, and the Third Reich: The Afterlife of Ottoman Imperial Tents in Empire." Encounters with Islamic Art: Reception, Revival, and Response, University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA), 1 February, 2014.https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhs2tMYJ4-YVqYTJImGtp-GfvTTUQ1zW9 "Triumphal Tents: Ottoman Tents, European Trophies, and Remembering the Battle of Vienna." Stanbouline, 14 February, 2014.http://www.stambouline.com/2014/02/one-canopy-two-empires.html Normal.dotm 0 0 1 12 71 Georgetown University 1 1 87 12.0 0 false 18 pt 18 pt 0 0 false false false /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} Single-columned tent, 19th century, appliqué and embroidery. Askeri Müzesi, Istanbul. (Author Photo)Single-columned tent, 19th century, appliqué and embroidery. Askeri Müzesi, Istanbul. (Author Photo)Marquee, formerly owned by Sultan Mahmud II (r.1808–39), 1224 AH / 1809 AD, appliqué and embroidery. Askeri Müzesi, Istanbul. (Author Photo)Marquee, formerly owned by Sultan Mahmud II (r.1808–39), 1224 AH / 1809 AD, appliqué and embroidery. Askeri Müzesi, Istanbul. (Author Photo) Tent walls as part of Sarmatism exhibition, probably late 18th century, appliqué. Regional Museum at Tarnów, Poland (Author Photo) Single-columned tent and a children’s birthday party, ca. 17th century, appliqué.  “War Against the Ottomans” permanent exhibition, Museum of Military History (Heeresgeschichtliches Museum), Vienna. (Author Photo) To schedule your own birthday parties in an Ottoman tent at the Heeresgescichtliches Museum, Vienna be sure to visit: http://www.hgm.at/en/service-contact/children/birthdayparty.html#c599