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Materiality of Mehmet II Smelling A Rose Based on Gentile Bellini’s Painting with Cultural Perspective

2020; Istanbul University; Linguagem: Inglês

10.26650/artsanat.2020.14.0001

2148-3582

Tuğba BATUHAN,

Cultural and Sociopolitical Studies

This paper examines the painting of Mehmet II, which was painted by Sinan Bey/ Şiblizade Ahmed based on the painting by Gentile Bellini. Those works of art show Mehmet the Conqueror in the same perspective by using different materials and styles of painting. Mehmet II is depicted as the Conqueror of Constantinople in this painting and the painting also includes concepts of Ottoman culture. This paper illustrates the ways in which particular Western elements of art commingled with traditional Turkish art imagery to depict the Sultan’s power over Constantinople. Both paintings represent different aspects of Mehmet the Conqueror. Both painters convey their own cultural consciousness and impressions in their paintings. Even though, Gentile Bellini and Şiblizade Ahmed made a similar artistic creation, they present different perspectives of Mehmet II within their own cultural framework. In addition, this paper shows how a local artist was inspired by a foreign artist. Furthermore, the two paintings are explained based on the objects and features used. In conclusion, this study shows that both paintings are also arranged within their own long memory and different social, cultural, and historical point of views to materiality.