EV, An Evocation of Ottoman Turkey

21 June–16 August 1987

EV, An Evocation of Ottoman Turkey, is designed to evoke the spirit of Istanbul, from two differing points of view; European topographical images of the city from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries, and the Turkish self-image projected by the illustrations in one famous manuscript in the Topkapi Sarayi Palace Library. The exhibition uses European engravings, Turkish paintings, and life-size figures of Ottoman officials, dervishes, courtesans, and royalty to represent every day life in Istanbul. 

The exhibition was made possible by the Government of Turkey, the Turkish Consul-General in Chicago, the Library of Congress, and the Center for Middle East Studies at the University of Chicago. 

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