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Horse Armor in Europe
Mankind has used animals such as onagers (wild donkeys), horses, camels, elephants, and dogs in conflicts for thousands of years, but no other animal has been employed so widely and continuously and was at times so comprehensively protected as the horse. Although its history and development generally paralleled that of armor for man —both employing the same materials (metal, leather, and textile) and decorative techniques—horse armor was generally rarer, being reserved mainly for the elite heavy cavalry and predominantly for battle.
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The Art History Archive, Understanding Islamic Art of the 16th & 17th Centuries many of the great empires can be traced to turkish ethnic origins such as the mameluks, timurids and mughals. all of these people developed and integrated singular styles in art which are best defined by their dynastic names. in 1453, when constantinople fell to the ottoman turks, another new era in islamic art emerged. these ottomans employed the most adept and artistic calligraphers available. they commissioned splendid illuminated qurans and enhanced the standards of the decorative arabesque.
http://www.arthistoryarchive.com/arthistory/arabic/Islamic-Art-of-the-16th-17th-Centuries.html [1450 words]
Pieter Coecke van Aelst: Procession of Suleyman the Magnificent through the Hippodrome (28.85.7a) ¦ Heilbrunn Timeline o before the panorama of the city of constantinople, a lengthy procession is depicted winding its way toward the minareted fatih ("conqueror") mosque on the left horizon. it houses the tomb of sultan mehmed ii, the ottoman conqueror of constantinople. most significant among the riders who file past the hippodrome is sultan suleyman the magnificent (ca. 14941566), shown in strict profile on the right. this image is part of an extensive frieze composed of seven scenes and measuring about fifteen feet in length created by the netherlandish artist pieter coecke van aelst.
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/28.85.7a [409 words]
Marco del Buono Giamberti and Apollonio di Giovanni di Tomaso: Cassone with the Conquest of Trebizond (14.39) ¦ Heilbrun adorn the sides of the chest, and it has long been thought to have been made to celebrate a strozzi marriage of about 1460 and may originally have been in the strozzi palace. the fascinating depiction of a battle involving the ottoman turks and taking place—impossibly—before both cities of constantinople and trebizond has been the subject of many interpretations. it most likely refers to the fall of trebizond on the black sea to the ottoman empire in 1461,
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/14.39 [291 words]
National Gallery of Art, Standing Man Wearing A Turban (Getty Museum) he unified the drawing with a wide range of hatching and cross-hatching, creating texture as well as tonal contrasts on his robe. representations of turks became more common in venetian art of the late 1400s. during this time the ottoman empire began to spread westward from its center in ancient anatolia, now modern turkey, threatening the independence of venice. ottoman armies won important victories in southeastern europe,
http://www.getty.edu/art/gettyguide/artObjectDetails?artobj=342 [178 words]
Furnishing fabric - Victoria & Albert Museum - Search the Collections which depicts four heroines, seemingly associated with various wars. only the scene in the lower left has been identified with confidence: it is from the greek war of independence (1821-1832) and a massacre of greeks by ottoman turks can be seen in the background. french naval units were deployed to help the greeks in their struggle for independence and french military assistance may also have been associated with the other scenes.
http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O16660/furnishing-fabric/ [569 words]
Constantinople after 1261 | Thematic Essay | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art .. christian manuscript church architecture from west asia secular manuscript subject matter/theme... christian architecture christian book conservation liturgical books ruler ... share... | more ... ottoman rule brought new prosperity to the city, renamed istanbul by the ottomans. under the conqueror mehmed ii (r. 1444–81), the harbor once again became an important center of trade and the population increased.
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