Project description
Reconstructing Ottoman and Safavid visual legacies across the Mediterranean and beyond
Representations of the Islamic world and the construction of images of Muslim subjects have played a crucial role in shaping cultural identities and perceptions across the Mediterranean. Supported by the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions programme, the knOttS project will provide the first systematic iconographic and iconological analysis of portraits and images of the Ottomans/Turks and Safavids, as well as their culture, society and ideas, during the period 1400-1762. Supported by a dedicated digital system, knOttS will reconstruct their iconographic legacy, propose a new periodisation of these representations, and critically assess the visual and cultural assumptions behind their construction from a transcultural perspective. KnOttS brings together European, Ottoman, Persian, global, intellectual, emotional and cultural history, addressing Muslim 'otherness' and overcoming Eurocentric perspectives.
Objective
knOttS aims to provide the first systematic iconographic & iconological analysis of portraits and images of the Ottomans/Turks and Safavids, as well as their culture, society, and ideas. Focusing on the period 1400-1762, and supported by a dedicated digital system, it addresses three interrelated specific objectives: 1) to reconstruct the Ottomans’ and Safavids’ iconographic legacy by collecting, labelling, and systematising a representative sample of a larger data set; 2) to propose a new periodisation to highlight key points in the development of these representations by following the (art-)historical issue of their truthfulness, thus mapping the metamorphoses of this iconographic phenomenon; 3) to critically assess the visual and cultural assumptions underlying the construction of these images from a transcultural perspective, tracking their flow within the Mediterranean basin. The project is innovative: it investigates a pan-Mediterranean phenomenon through a non-traditional approach, bringing together European, Ottoman, Persian, global, intellectual, emotional, and cultural history, thus providing new elements for the understanding of collective identities. It is timely: it explores crucial issues, such as Muslim Otherness and Western cultural and social stereotypes referring to the Islamic Worlds, aiming to overcome a Eurocentric analytical perspective by comparing Western and Islamic depictions of Muslim subjects. knOttS sits at the intersection of the History of Renaissance, Ottoman, and Safavid Arts; Iconography & Iconology; Early Modern Studies; Ottoman & Turkish Studies; Persian & Iranian Studies. It will be hosted by Ca’ Foscari University of Venice and the University at Buffalo, SUNY, with a secondment at the University of Vienna.
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HORIZON.1.2 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
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