ART OF RÜVEYDA EBRAR

ILLUMINATION DENİZ
ART OF İLLUMİNATİON (TEZHİP):

Tezhip, the art of illumination, is a bright

and appealing form of book decoration.

The word tezhip is derived from the

Arabic word for “gilding.”

It is a technique that uses crushed gold foil

to form patterns in various colors.
ART OF İLLUMİNATİON (TEZHİP):

The person who performs the

art of illumination is called the
Müzehhip, müzehhibe.
 İMPORTANT PERSONS OF
MÜZEHHİPS

Prof. Dr. ÇİÇEK

DERMAN
1945- RİKKAT KUNT
1903-1986 Ord. Prof. Dr. SÜHEYL ÜNVER
1898-1986
ART OF İLLUMİNATİON (TEZHİP):

The art of ilumination has been practiced as

widely in the West as it has in the East.

In the Middle Ages in particularly it was widely

used to decorate Christian religious texts and
prayer books.

Gradually however, picture illustrations became

more popular, and illumination became
restricted to decorating the capital letters in
main headings.
MATERİALS OF TEZHİP:
Tezhip is made with the help of brushes made of sable
hair, materials such as gold, paint, gelatin, and mühre.

In the past, the müzehhips prepared the root and ocher

paint themselves. But today, the müzehhips can use a
variety of ready-made paints.
GOLD PAİNT PREPARATİON
The main ingredient in illumination is gold or paint.

Gold is used in a thin leaf prepared by beating it to an extreme

fineness.

The gold leaf is powdered in water and mixed with gelatine, and
then brought to the desired thickness.
STAGES OF PREPARATİON :
In the art of illumination, which is based on patterns,
patterns are primarily created with motifs, and there is
a wealth of motifs formed over centuries in this
culture.

Geometric motifs, naturalistic plant motifs, rumi,

hatayi, leaf, penç, zencerek, cloud, münhani as motifs
are used.
STAGES OF TEZHİP:
It is usually done by contours of the half or quarter
symmetrical pattern, then the patterns are painted
one by one.

Apart from gold, colors such as navy blue, red,

pink, yellow, black, orange, blue and green shades
are common in illumination.

Lastly, crochet is drawn, details such as scattering

and sweeping are added.
DIFFERENTIATION OF THE
ART OF ILLUSTRATION
• It can be said that it is possible to understand
the period to which it belongs by looking at
the color intensity of the works decorated with
Tezhip.

• Because the use of different colors was

preferred in different periods.
USAGE PLACE OF TEZHİP:
1-) MANUSCRİPT BOOKS
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2-) TABLE (LEVHA)
USAGE PLACE OF TEZHİP:
3-) FERMAN AND TUGRA
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4-)BOOK BİNDİNG:
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 In the past, it was mostly used on manuscript books and

edicts.

 But nowadays it is possible to see the art of illumination

everywhere.

 It also shows itself on architectural areas, furniture, fabrics

such as scarves and ties.
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