Diversity of ship shapes In Iznik ceramics

Abstract

Abstract

This research aims to study the diversity of formal formulations of ships in Iznik ceramics, considering ceramics as one of the most important applied arts of Ottoman civilization, which documented many historical scenes, including scenes of Ottoman ships that played a significant role in military victories and trade. The researcher reached a number of results and conclusions, including:

The Iznik potter achieved diversity in formal formulations during the Ottoman era: This was done by designing ship scenes with high accuracy, depending on the external form of the ship's subject matter, which he formulated with high expressiveness that excites the recipient, through what he achieved of kinetic action within the ceramic work, as manifested in all sample models.

The most important conclusions reached by the researcher are:

          The diversity that appeared in the formulation of forms came with its subjects influenced by what is inherited and extends to historical stages that passed through the Ottoman Empire. Thus, it was determined by a type of formal formulation in its temporal and spatial belonging