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17th
International Architecture Exhibition
La Biennale di Venezia
Pavilion of Turkey
22/05—21/11/2021
SALE D'ARMI, ARSENALE
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GUILD
OF
STREET
SWEEPERS
Curatorial Team
Published on
14/04/2021
Keywords
STREET SWEEPERS, MAINTENANCE, OTTOMAN MINIATURE
İntizami. Surname-i Hümayün [Imperial Literary Work]. 1588. Topkapı Sarayı Hazine Env. No: 1344 [Topkapı Palace Treasury inventory number: 1344]. Varak No: 341a [Foil number: 341a]. Çizer: Nakkaş Osman [Illustrated by Osman the miniature artist].
Published on
14/04/2021
Keywords
STREET SWEEPERS, MAINTENANCE, OTTOMAN MINIATURE
GUILD
OF
STREET
SWEEPERS
Curatorial Team

Illustrated by Nakkaş Osman, the chief miniaturist of the Ottoman Empire in 1588, this miniature narrates the circumcision feast of Prince Mehmed, son of Murat the Third, and also provides significant information about certain occupational groups, while featuring fractions of the era’s everyday life. It is worth noting that among the highly important occupational guilds of artists and craftspeople—architects, glassmakers, pottery makers—street sweepers, who maintain the town, are also included within the guild pageantry.