7/4/2023 0 Comments My name is red book review![]() Illustrations thrived under a Sultan who was a patron of art but died under a Sultan who was not. ![]() Calligraphy was regarded higher than illustration as an art form and a miniaturist was not supposed to have a style and couldn’t sign his name. Miniature Painting: The book describes in great detail the prevalent miniature painting practices and beliefs of the period in Istanbul and how from Persian (eastern) influence, it was getting influenced by the realist style of the west- Venice, regarded as infidels, especially the use of perspective and life-like portraits. Besides the main characters, the book also had interesting non-human narrators that had been painted like: dog, tree, horse and coin. It took me some time to figure that out, so had to reread the initial chapters to comprehend the story completely. Unique Narration Style: Every chapter has a different narrator, starting with the corpse who had just been murdered. ![]()
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