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WARNING: Contains brief sexual references and a description of an execution.
The influence of the Renaissance in the Ottoman Empire, told through the figures of Sultan Mehmed II "the Conqueror" and the Venetian artist, Gentile Bellini.
Links to photos associated with the episode:
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Recommended further reading...
The standard biography of Sultan Mehmed II, though somewhat dated.
A research article that examines the 'Sinan Portrait', an artistic cousin to Bellini's famous portrait.
A book published to accompany the 2005-2006 exhibition 'Bellini and the East' in the Isabella Gardner Museum in Boston and the National Gallery in London. A comprehensive series of essays that examines Mehmed's II's Relations with the West and Bellini's stay in Constantinople.
A fascinating article that explores the influence of the Italian Renaissance in Mehmed II's Constantinople.
A PhD Dissertation, completed in 1980, that set in motion research into Mehmed II as a patron of Western Art.
The most comprehensive work on Gentile Bellini's famous Portrait of Mehmed II.
Break Music, ‘Uskudara Gideriken’ by Turku, Nomads of the Silk Road, (Free Music Archive). https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Turku_Nomads_of_the_Silk_Road/Alleys_of_Istanbul/01_-Uskudara_Gideriken/ CC BY ATTRIBUTION 4.0 INTERNATIONAL 4.0 Deed (No changes were made. By using this audio track, the licensor does not endorse this podcast nor its use for this episode).
Ending and closing theme, 'Classical Orchestral Dvorak Serenade Waltz Strings Music, provided by mrqwertz on https://www.pond5.com (Purchased with license on the 01/06/2024)
By Owen DelaneyWARNING: Contains brief sexual references and a description of an execution.
The influence of the Renaissance in the Ottoman Empire, told through the figures of Sultan Mehmed II "the Conqueror" and the Venetian artist, Gentile Bellini.
Links to photos associated with the episode:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/ULSSsA4R1RzKJGub/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/C9-5522sCmw/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
Recommended further reading...
The standard biography of Sultan Mehmed II, though somewhat dated.
A research article that examines the 'Sinan Portrait', an artistic cousin to Bellini's famous portrait.
A book published to accompany the 2005-2006 exhibition 'Bellini and the East' in the Isabella Gardner Museum in Boston and the National Gallery in London. A comprehensive series of essays that examines Mehmed's II's Relations with the West and Bellini's stay in Constantinople.
A fascinating article that explores the influence of the Italian Renaissance in Mehmed II's Constantinople.
A PhD Dissertation, completed in 1980, that set in motion research into Mehmed II as a patron of Western Art.
The most comprehensive work on Gentile Bellini's famous Portrait of Mehmed II.
Break Music, ‘Uskudara Gideriken’ by Turku, Nomads of the Silk Road, (Free Music Archive). https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Turku_Nomads_of_the_Silk_Road/Alleys_of_Istanbul/01_-Uskudara_Gideriken/ CC BY ATTRIBUTION 4.0 INTERNATIONAL 4.0 Deed (No changes were made. By using this audio track, the licensor does not endorse this podcast nor its use for this episode).
Ending and closing theme, 'Classical Orchestral Dvorak Serenade Waltz Strings Music, provided by mrqwertz on https://www.pond5.com (Purchased with license on the 01/06/2024)