Abstract
Remarks on the Families Contributing to the Ottoman Works of Art on the Basis of the Poems of Praise Presented to Them
When the issue of patronizing and shaping Ottoman art comes to the agenda, it is seen that in addition to first place of the palace’s support and influence, names in important state positions are also mentioned. Most of these names belong to important families of the Ottoman Empire. However, apart from the descriptive nicknames that are mentioned next to their names, which describe them as part of a family, no other information is known about their belonging to that family. When we look at the West in the same dates, it is noteworthy that the patrons were either from the palace environment or from aristocratic and bourgeois families who had a say in the politics of the middle and upper layers of society, if the kings were excluded. The distinguished families of the period such as Strozzi, Corbinelli, Rossi, Medici, Davanzati, Rothschild and Alessandri were recognized as important patrons, especially from the middle of the 15th century, and also actively took part in the city's political and cultural life. In this study, important families involved in patronage activities as part of a family with a similar position in the Ottoman Empire will be discussed, the differences of these families in practice with families with similar activities in the West will be highlighted and the extent to which they shaped Ottoman culture and art will be evaluated through the amount of praise poems written in the divans and presented to them.
Keywords
Ottoman Families, praise poems, divan, patronage, patron.