Innovation, Style and Signature

“Benim Adım Kırmızı (My Name Is Red)” from the Artistic Perspective

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.220205.048How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Miniature painting; Style; Idol worship; Confusion; Art history

Abstract

Pamuk reproduced the unparalleled glory of Islamic miniature painting in “Benim Adım Kırmızı (My Name Is Red)”. The time of the story is set in 1591 AD. At this time, the Western World Renaissance has been completed, and society has undergone comprehensive and profound changes. Facing the changes of European opponents, the Ottoman emperor showed a positive attitude, hoping to change the state of the art of miniature painting and actively learn Venetian painting, but this action was obstructed and resisted by various forces, either openly or secretly. Pamuk incorporated the hesitant and contradictory attitudes of the Ottoman Empire in the face of historical changes into the carefully constructed miniature story. In the story, these masters hidden in the painting workshop feel that miniature painting is about to become history, but the miniature painting based on Allah’s perspective does not allow the artist to have any artistic reforms and innovations. Innovation, individuality and style are the driving force for the existence and development of art. Without innovation, art that does not respect individuality and style can only decline and die. Following the law of artistic innovation or sticking to the Allah perspective of miniature painting, this made the painters in the age of change struggle between faith and style, and made them involuntarily struggle in this impenetrable network of stories woven by suspicion, suspicion and murder.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Yuyun Xue
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/02/15
TI  - Innovation, Style and Signature
BT  - Proceedings of the 2021 Conference on Art and Design: Inheritance and Innovation (ADII 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 292
EP  - 299
SN  - 2352-5398
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DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.220205.048
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