In the 1860s and early 1870s, Sultan Abdülaziz utilized painting and photography in concert to fashion a triumphant historical image of the Ottoman dynasty and its modernizing contemporary state.

A newly opened painting museum on the shores of Istanbul’s breathtaking strait is home to an Ottoman palace painting collection that continues to draw visitors despite the pandemic. The National ...

The visual culture of the late Ottoman Empire reflected widespread and dramatic reforms. However, while political and social developments in this period have received much attention, the interaction ...

The canvas showing the Battle of Veľké Vozokany — now part of Slovakia — will soon go on show in a local museum. The oil-canvas painting, titled Battle of Vozokany and measuring 118 by 148 centimetres ...

The Ottoman Empire was created in 1299 by Turkish tribes in Anatolia lead by Osman Ghazi. After Ghazi's death, the empire controlled much of Southeastern Europe, Western Asia and Northern Africa for ...

Focusing on a seventeenth-century Syrian city, this study examines the practice of slavery as a strategy for building elite households in the Ottoman Empire. After an overview of the slave trade and ...

A rare 19th-century painting depicting the Battle of Veľké Vozokany, one of Slovakia’s most celebrated victories over the Ottoman Turks, is set to return to public display. The restored work is ...